Nymex to support ConfirmHub trade confirmation standard

Source: ConfirmHub

ConfirmHub, announces execution of a Letter of Intent by NYMEX Holdings (NYSE: NMX), the parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, to join Amerex, GFI Group, ICAP Energy, Tullett & Prebon Energy, TFS Energy and Spectron in support of the ConfirmHub standard.

ConfirmHub allows energy traders and back offices to receive their NYMEX brokered and bilateral over-the-counter cleared trades, as well as their futures and OTC trades, on a single confirmation platform.

Patrick McKinnon, Executive Director of ConfirmHub comments "The world's leading energy exchange coupled with our current slate of the largest inter-dealer brokers will provide the industry with access to a vast majority of the energy market cleared, OTC and futures trade information in one place, at one time. As a developing standard, we couldn't be more enthusiastic about NYMEX support."

NYMEX Executive Chairman Richard Schaeffer said, "NYMEX is committed to being the energy industry innovator and providing leading edge tools and information to the energy trading community. We believe ConfirmHub's standardized electronic confirmation platform will yield tremendous advantages to risk managers and users of NYMEX products and over-the-counter brokerage services."

ConfirmHub is the industry effort to provide standardized format delivery of confirmations via a single secure interface. ConfirmHub facilitates straight through processing, increased efficiency, improved accuracy and eases the burden of confirmations management. Over fifty of the largest industry participants subscribe to ConfirmHub and more are adopting the standard every month.

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