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“The actions taken by our Board of Directors regarding these committees is consistent with CME’s leadership position as the largest and only publicly traded U.S. exchange, and strengthen our commitment to sound corporate governance,” said CME Chairman Terry Duffy.
“CME is a model for how exchanges should be organized and operated, both in terms of transparency and openness,” said CME CEO Craig Donohue. “CME is proud to build upon its leadership in this area by being the first futures and options exchange in the U.S. to put an independent non-industry oversight structure in place for ensuring effective self-regulation.”
The new Market Regulation and Market Oversight Committee will conduct an annual review and report to the Board of Directors concerning the following:
- The independence of CME’s regulatory functions from CME’s business operations;
- The independence of CME management and regulatory personnel from improper influence by industry directors, regarding regulatory matters;
- CME’s compliance with its statutory self-regulatory responsibilities; and
- Appropriate funding and resources to ensure effective performance of CME’s self-regulatory responsibilities; and
The following Committee members were appointed for one-year terms by the Board of Directors of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.
Audit Committee
- Dennis Chookaszian, Chairman, former Chairman & CEO, CNA Financial Corporation
- Patrick Lynch, independent floor trader
- Bill Miller, Senior Risk Manager, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
- Jack Sandner, CME Special Policy Advisor and former CME Chairman, Chairman of E*Trade Futures LLC
- Terry Savage, journalist, author and President of Terry Savage Productions Ltd.
Compensation Committee
- Dan Glickman, Chairman, Director, Institute of Politics at Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Elizabeth Harrington, former partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP specializing in the Asian market
- Alex Pollock, President & CEO, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
- Bill Shepard, President, Shepard International
Governance Committee
- Dan Glickman, Chairman
- Dennis Chookaszian
- Myron Scholes, Chairman, Oak Hill Platinum Partners and 1997 Nobel Laureate in Economics
- Jack Sandner
- Leo Melamed, Chairman Emeritus and Senior Policy Advisor
Market Regulation Oversight Committee
- Bill Miller, Chairman
- Alex Pollock
- Myron Scholes
- Terry Savage
The governance structure and processes established by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME) reflects the company’s commitment to its shareholders and to the institutions and individuals who rely on CME to provide fair and efficient markets in some of the most widely used financial instruments in the global marketplace. CME’s governance approach also supports its role as a self-regulatory organization, subject to oversight by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. became the first publicly traded U.S. financial exchange on Dec. 6, 2002. The company was added to the Russell 1000® Index on July 1, 2003. It is the parent company of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (www.cme.com), the largest futures exchange in the United States. As an international marketplace, CME brings together buyers and sellers on its trading floors and GLOBEX® electronic trading platform. CME offers futures and options on futures primarily in four product areas: interest rates, stock indexes, foreign exchange and commodities. The exchange moved about $1.5 billion per day in settlement payments in the first quarter of 2004 and managed $38.6 billion in collateral deposits at March 31, 2004.
