CME Group Inc. is a global markets company that operates some of the world’s largest and most liquid derivatives exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and COMEX. The firm offers futures and options contracts across a broad range of asset classes — including interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities and metals — and serves a diverse client base of institutional investors, commercial hedgers, brokers and retail participants.
The company’s core services include electronic trading on the CME Globex platform, central clearing through CME Clearing, and distribution of market data, indexes and analytics. These capabilities support price discovery and risk transfer while reducing counterparty credit risk through centralized clearing and margining. CME Group also provides post-trade services, trade reporting, and various risk-management and regulatory reporting tools for market participants and intermediaries.
CME Group was created through the consolidation of major U.S. derivatives exchanges, notably through the merger that produced the modern entity in 2007 and subsequent strategic acquisitions, including the integration of NYMEX in 2008. Headquartered in Chicago, the company operates on a global scale with trading and distribution networks that reach market participants across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Leadership has emphasized electronic trading growth, clearing robustness and product expansion to serve evolving client needs; Terry Duffy has served as chairman and chief executive officer.
As an operator of regulated exchanges and a systemically important central counterparty, CME Group plays a central role in global financial markets by facilitating hedging, investment and price discovery for a wide range of market participants while maintaining infrastructure intended to promote market integrity and operational resilience.