CHICAGO, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the
world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today
released the following statement in response to repeated market
inquiries:
"We remain committed to creating shareholder value by executing
our strategy to pursue organic growth opportunities in our core
derivatives business, expand globally, and extend our capabilities
into OTC markets and index services.
Like other industry participants, we will continue to monitor
ongoing developments in the global exchange sector and the
implications of those developments on our long-term growth
strategy.
In the meantime, it is our policy not to comment on rumor or
speculation."
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 and its trading
facilities in New York and
Chicago. CME Group also
operates CME Clearing, one of the largest central counterparty
clearing services in the world, which provides clearing and
settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for
over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort®.
These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere
can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk in both listed
and over-the-counter derivatives markets.
The Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME Group,
Globex, E-mini and CME ClearPort are trademarks of Chicago
Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of the
Board of Trade of the City of
Chicago. NYMEX and New York Mercantile Exchange are
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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SOURCE CME Group