Today, CME Group Chief Executive Officer Craig S. Donohue addressed the Managed Funds Association (MFA) Conference in Key Biscayne, Florida. During his presentation, Donohue discussed CME Group's position on market structure, specifically the proven track record of central counterparty clearing models and the benefits associated with market-driven clearing solutions.
CME Group (http://www.cmegroup.com/) is the world's largest and most diverse exchange. Formed by the 2007 merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME) and CBOT Holdings, Inc. (CBOT), CME Group serves the risk management needs of customers around the globe. As an international marketplace, CME Group brings buyers and sellers together on the CME Globex electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. CME Group offers the widest range of benchmark products available across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, and alternative investment products such as weather and real estate. CME Group is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ under the symbol "CME".
