CHICAGO, July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group today
released the following statement on the swearing in of Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Heath Tarbert:
"CME Group congratulates Dr. Tarbert as he is sworn in today as
CFTC Chairman, following his strong bipartisan confirmation last
month. His experience and accomplishments in the international
arena in his role as Acting Under Secretary for International
Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury position him
extraordinarily well to lead the agency. We look forward to working
with the new Chairman and Commissioners Behnam, Berkovitz, Quintenz
and Stump to address cross-border regulatory challenges and ensure
the continued growth and integrity of U.S. derivatives markets.
"We also thank the agency's outgoing Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo for his leadership on
the many issues facing the U.S. derivatives markets throughout his
tenure at the Commission, especially on the critical cross-border
challenges facing the U.S. markets."
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of pre- and post-trade products and services underpinning the
entire lifecycle of a trade, CME Group also offers optimization and
reconciliation services through TriOptima, and trade processing
services through Traiana.
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