Hedgers Brace for Hurricane Season
With the Atlantic hurricane season getting underway this week, rising temperatures and wind speeds on the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast could give way to rising trade volumes for the Chicago-based CME Group Inc. for hurricane derivatives.
Last year 32,600 contracts were cleared through the CME, most of which were traded during the hurricane season. So [...]
CME Group Well-Positioned to Benefit from Proposed Regulations
This article originally appeared on MedillNewsService.com and was featured in the well-regarded derivatives industry publication The John Lothian Newsletter
CME Group Inc., the world’s largest futures and derivatives exchange, is well-positioned to benefit from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s proposal to further regulate the over-the-counter derivatives market, according to industry analysts.
The plan, which calls for all standardized [...]
