CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
WHO:
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Ari Studnitzer,
Managing Director, Architecture & Product Management
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WHAT:
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Lunch and
ribbon-cutting ceremony for CME Group Innovation Center at
University of Illinois Research Park
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WHEN:
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11:45 AM
CT, Friday, September 9, 2016
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WHERE:
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2001 S. First
St.
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Champaign, IL
61820
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Valid press
credentials required for admission
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RSVP
TO:
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Please
contact Liz Mannebach,
312-206-7186, liz.mannebach@cmegroup.com
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CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives
marketplace, announced it will open a new facility dedicated to
technology research and innovation at the Research Park on the
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign campus. On Friday,
Sept. 9, members of the media are invited to attend a
luncheon and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new facility.
CME Group will use the facility to employ University of Illinois engineering and computer
science students to work on groundbreaking, hands-on projects
related to financial technology and mathematical innovation, such
as blockchain, big data analytics, distributed ledger technologies
and machine learning. The company plans to employ at least 10
student interns by the end of 2016.
As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace,
CME Group 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 products and metals. Around the world, CME Group
brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex®
electronic trading platform and its exchanges based in Chicago, New
York and London. 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 and over-the-counter derivatives. CME Group's
products and services ensure that businesses around the world can
effectively manage risk and achieve growth.
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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