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  • CME Weather Derivatives Establish New Records - 2005 Volume In Innovative Product Complex Surpasses 2004 - New Single Day Volume Record Established On April 11

    Date 13/04/2005

    CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, announced that yesterday year-to-date trading of futures and options on futures in its weather derivative contracts already has surpassed the total volume of contracts traded in 2004. CME® Weather traded this year have reached a total of 124,177 contracts as of the close of trading yesterday, April 12, compared with 122,987 in 2004.

  • CME Euro FX Futures Mark New Daily Volume Record - CME Euro FX Futures Traded On CME Globex Also Hit A New Record

    Date 13/04/2005

    CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX), set a new volume record in its CME Euro FX futures yesterday of 211,929 contracts, representing a notional value of $34.3 billion. The previous record for CME Euro FX futures was 210,094 contracts set on Dec. 8, 2004. The portion of CME Euro FX futures traded on the exchange’s CME® Globex® electronic trading platform was also a record at 199,201 contracts, and represented a notional value

  • CME Appoints Jeffrey P. Kilinski As Director, Interest Rate Products To Grow Electronic Interest Rate Options Volume

    Date 13/04/2005

    CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, announced today it has appointed Jeffrey P. Kilinski as Director, Interest Rate Products. Kilinski, who has over 15 years of financial services experience specializing in interest rate futures and options positions for Lehman Brothers and J.P. Morgan Futures, Inc., will work with the CME Interest Rate Products Team to drive interest rate options volume growth on the CME® electronic Enhanced Options System. Kilinski will report to Robin Ross, Managing Dir

  • CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee To Meet Thursday, April 28, 2005

    Date 13/04/2005

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) will meet on Thursday, April 28, 2005, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Commission’s Washington, D.C., headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, N.W., in the first-floor hearing room. The meeting is open to the public.

  • CBOT April 13, 2005 Treasury Conversion Factors

    Date 13/04/2005

    The attached conversion factor tables for the CBOT U.S. Treasury Bond and Note futures complex have been revised to include conversion factors for the following government security that was auctioned on April 13 by the U.S. Treasury Department: 1.)  4s of April 2010 (i.e., a new 5-year note). This 5-year note will be eligible for delivery into the CBOT 5-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures contract beginning with the June 2005 expiry.