LONDON and CHICAGO, Jan. 28,
2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading and
most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the company
was named 'Exchange of the Year' at the 2016 Risk Awards. The
awards are held annually to showcase the work of firms and
individuals in the derivatives markets and risk management, and are
the longest-running awards of their kind.
"We are honored to be named as Risk's "Exchange
of the Year", particularly as the award is based on feedback from
our clients," said Terry Duffy, CME
Group Executive Chairman and President. "This
recognition demonstrates that we are delivering on our
commitment to provide our clients with innovative
products and risk management solutions to help them
navigate through difficult market conditions and new
regulatory requirements around the world."
"In 2015, our global team expanded efforts to develop
new, compelling products and services to suit clients' needs
and attract more users to our markets," added
Phupinder Gill, CME Group CEO. "We
are proud of what we accomplished last year and aim to maintain
this high level of customer focus going forward,
particularly as we focus on continuing our strong
growth trajectory outside the U.S."
The Risk Awards recognized CME Group for the role it played last
year in helping clients manage their risk exposure during the
unprecedented volatility that affected markets globally. In 2015,
the exchange group was at the forefront of innovation, continuing
to develop its business in response to regulatory and customer
demands, introducing new products across a range of areas. This
technological innovation, coupled with international growth, were
further elements contributing to CME Group's recognition and
success in these awards. Recent volume records have also
demonstrated how market participants see the value in turning to
CME Group's liquid markets.
Entries for the Awards are judged by Risk's editorial team, with
the assistance of external industry experts and supplemented by
feedback from clients and other market participants. The awards
ceremony, held on 27th
January in London, recognized CME Group's
significant achievements within the derivatives and risk management
space.
As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace,
CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage
risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global
benchmark products across all major asset classes, including
futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes,
foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather
and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together
through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform, its trading
facilities in New York and
Chicago, and through its
London-based CME Europe
derivatives exchange. CME Group also operates one of the
world's leading central counterparty clearing providers through CME
Clearing and CME Clearing Europe, which offer clearing and
settlement services across asset classes for exchange-traded
contracts and over-the-counter derivatives transactions.
These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can
substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk.
CME Group is a trademark of CME Group Inc. The Globe Logo, CME,
Globex and Chicago Mercantile Exchange are trademarks of Chicago
Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and the Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of the
Board of Trade of the City of
Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and
ClearPort are registered trademarks of New York Mercantile
Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange,
Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners. Further information about CME Group (NASDAQ:
CME) and its products can be found at www.cmegroup.com.
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