CHICAGO, Feb. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the
world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today
announced the company was named "Best Futures Exchange" at Markets
Media's 2016 Markets Choice Awards. The award ceremony, held
Feb. 24 in New York, recognized CME Group's excellence in
diverse and innovative new products, client service and education,
and technology design and execution as voted by peers and
customers.
The Markets Choice Awards include more than 20 categories that
span across exchanges, sell-side desks, institutional buy-side
investors, hedge funds and technology providers. The methodology in
selecting nominees and winners focused on the most important
opinions -- those of market participants.
"We are honored to be named Best Futures Exchange by Markets
Media," said Terry Duffy, CME
Group's Executive Chairman and President. "2015 was a milestone
year for CME Group, and we've continued to reach new volume records
in just the first quarter of 2016. In this time of heightened
global volatility, it's clear that market participants see the
value in turning to CME Group's deep and liquid markets to manage
risk exposure."
"At CME Group, our top priority is to meet the rapidly-evolving
needs of our customers," said Phupinder
Gill, CME Group's CEO. "We're especially gratified that this
recognition is based on direct feedback from market
participants."
CME Group was also recognized in 2015 by Markets Media as the
"Best Global Exchange" and in 2014 and 2013 as the "Best Futures
Exchange."
To select award winners, Markets Media conducted several dozen
one-on-one interviews with senior market participants. Readers and
social media followers also had the opportunity to generate
nominees. The publication, in consultation with the Markets Media
Advisory Board, then deliberated internally and selected the
winners.
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.
KCBOT, KCBT and Kansas City Board
of Trade are trademarks of The Board of Trade of Kansas City, Missouri, 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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