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CME sees $100M from electronic trader services

CME Group Inc. anticipates the business of providing fast connections to computer-powered traders could bring in $100 million in revenue within four to five years, a senior executive said Wednesday.

The world’s biggest futures-exchange operator plans to introduce co-location services for electronic traders in early 2012, and more than 100 customers have made early commitments to the program, according to CME Chief Financial Officer Jamie Parisi. Get the full story »

CME senior exec confident about U.S. position

The proposed combination of Europe’s biggest futures markets will do little to help NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse AG compete against CME Group Inc. in the U.S., a senior CME executive said Tuesday.

“Putting together their pools of liquidity doesn’t really create competitive advantages for them,” said Jamie Parisi, chief financial officer for the Chicago-based exchange company, speaking at an event hosted by Raymond James. Get the full story »

NYSE to launch direct challenge to CME March 21

NYSE Euronext will launch its long-awaited challenge to CME Group’s lucrative interest rate futures franchise on March 21, the exchange operator said on Wednesday.

The launch highlights the importance of the derivatives business to the operator of the world’s best known stock exchange, which agreed last month to be taken over by Germany’s Deutsche Boerse AG. The combination would dominate European futures trading, even as the NYSE tries to win a foothold in U.S futures, where CME is the biggest player. Get the full story »

Merger wave only just begun, says LSE head

The recent wave of exchange mergers marks an era of consolidation that will leave no more than four global trading firms in five years’ time, said Xavier Rolet, the chief executive of the London Stock Exchange. Get the full story »

Nasdaq, IntercontinentalExchange may team up

Nasdaq OMX Group is scrambling to respond to Deutsche Boerse AG’s $10.2 billion takeover of NYSE Euronext, and may team up with IntercontinentalExchange Inc, Fox Business Network said.

Nasdaq has hired an investment bank and has discussed launching a joint bid for NYSE with Chicago-based CME Group, the report said. The deal to team up with ICE had not gone to Nasdaq’s board of directors as of Tuesday, the report said.

It was unclear whether the report was referring to a potential Nasdaq merger with ICE, or to a possible joint bid for NYSE. Get the full story »

CME’s Duffy rejects CFTC user fee proposal

CME Group Inc. Executive Chairman Terry Duffy said a plan to allow U.S. futures regulators to charge user fees would harm U.S. exchanges trying to compete globally.

The proposal “could put us at the biggest disadvantage we’ve ever seen,” Duffy told reporters after a hearing in Washington. Get the full story »