Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

End of an era as CME sells bulk of Cbot building

CME Group today announced the sale of two of the three buildings that comprise the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Building Complex located at 141 W. Jackson to a joint venture between GlenStar Properties LLC and USAA Real Estate Company.

24 April 2012

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CME puts Cbot building on the market

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has hired Jones Lang LaSalle and Holly Duran Real Estate Partners LLC (HDREP) to market the historic Chicago Board of Trade Building, located in the city's Financial District, for sale.

13 June 2011

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CFTC takes issue with CBOT block on ELX futures

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, August 13, 2010, sent a letter to CME Group, Inc. regarding a Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) self-certified Market Regulation Advisory Notice issued on October 19, 2009. In that notice, CBOT stated that its rules do not permit the execution of exchange of futures for futures (EFF) transactions. The notice was issued shortly after the CFTC approved an ELX Futures (ELX) rule authorizing participants on ELX to carry out EFF transactions. The Commission's August 13 letter supports a previous CFTC staff letter regarding this matter.

17 August 2010

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CME Group expands international incentive programmes

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced it is expanding its international incentive programs to provide its global customer base with greater access to CME, CBOT and NYMEX products.

15 January 2009

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Fruition Partners names Steve Dickey MD, market data services

Fruition Partners, the Chicago based IT consulting firm, has hired Steve Dickey as its Managing Director of its newly formed Market Data Services division.

11 June 2008

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Icap appoints Cathryn Lyall COO of exchange projects

Icap (IAP.L) announced today the appointment of Cathryn Lyall as Chief Operating Officer of Exchange Projects, reporting to Mark Yallop, Group Chief Operating Officer.

25 March 2008

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Penson Worldwide nominates Bernard Dan to board of directors

Penson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNSN), a leading provider of execution, clearing, settlement and custody and technology products and services to the global financial services industry, today announced that Bernard W. Dan has been nominated to serve on the Company's Board of Directors and audit committee, subject to his election at the next annual shareholders meeting on April 29, 2008.

11 March 2008

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Penson GHCO introduces FIX-based e-trading capability

Penson GHCO, the futures and derivatives clearing subsidiary of Penson Worldwide (NASDAQ: PNSN), announced today the launch of PFIX API, an advanced electronic trading capability based on the securities industry FIX standard protocol.

22 January 2008

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OneChicago appoints Cbot executive Thomas McCabe COO

OneChicago, the all-electronic exchange for trading Single Stock Futures, a synthetic stock lending and financing tool, today announced that Thomas G. McCabe, a twenty-plus-year executive at the Chicago Board of Trade, has been named Chief Operating Officer. He will join the exchange on February 4, 2008.

15 January 2008

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Reuters adds nine new feeds to exchange data service

Reuters (LSE: RTR; NASDAQ: RTRSY) has increased the number of venues available via Reuters Data Feed Direct (RDF-Direct) by adding nine new feeds to its direct exchange data service across America, Europe and Asia.

15 October 2007

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ICE reports Q2 profit jumps

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) reported consolidated net income for the second quarter of 2007 of $53.7 million, a 73.4% increase in quarterly earnings compared to $31.0 million in net income for the second quarter of 2006.

26 July 2007

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CME and Cbot complete merger

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE/Nasdaq: CME) and CBOT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BOT) today announced that they have completed the merger of their companies, effective today.

13 July 2007

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