Winnipeg Commodity Exchange ("WCE") is pleased to announce that Fortis Clearing Americas LLC, of Chicago, Illinois, has registered with the Exchange as a Direct Access Trading Participant in the category of Futures Commission Merchant ("FCM").
Fortis Clearing Americas LLC is the 15th U.S. FCM to register with the Exchange. There are now 23 companies that are Direct Access Trading Participants in the FCM category on WCE.
Since the beginning of 2006 five new Participant companies have joined WCE; two FCMs, two Liquidity Providers and one Delivery Location Participant; bringing the total number of companies registered with the Exchange to 61.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc., established in 1887, has been facilitating futures contract trading since 1904. WCE is Canada's only agricultural futures and options exchange and North America's first fully electronic commodity exchange. WCE offers futures and options contracts on canola, domestic feed wheat, and western barley.
