CME GROUP INC. Financials

PERIOD ENDING30-Sep-0930-Jun-0931-Mar-0931-Dec-08Total Revenue650,400  647,800  647,100  691,769  Cost of Revenue(91,400)44,900  46,500  (120,576)Gross Profit741,800  602,900  600,600  812,345  Operating ExpensesResearch Development -   -   -   -  Selling General and Administrative276,800  142,100  146,700  321,720  Non Recurring23,000  1,400  3,200  2,774  Others63,000  60,600  64,300  69,996  Total Operating Expenses -   -   -   -  Operating Income or Loss401,400  398,800  386,400  417,855  Income from Continuing OperationsTotal Other Income/Expenses Net(119,700)10,100  4,200  (216,430)Earnings Before Interest And Taxes387,800  407,200  389,400  197,796  Interest Expense32,000  32,300  38,900  86,633  Income Before Tax355,800  374,900  350,500  111,163  Income Tax Expense153,500  153,100  151,400  49,098  Minority Interest -   -   -   -  Net Income From Continuing Ops197,800  221,800  199,100  62,065  Non-recurring EventsDiscontinued Operations -   -   -   -  Extraordinary Items -   -   -   - ...
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CME GROUP INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. Effective November 4, 2009, Craig S. Donohue, CME Group Inc.'s ("CME Group") Chief Executive Officer, adopted a prearranged trading plan (the "Donohue Plan") to sell shares of CME Group's Class A common stock. Effective November 10, 2009, Phupinder S. Gill, CME Group's President, also adopted a prearranged trading plan ((the "Gill Plan)" and collectively with the Donohue Plan, the "Trading Plans") to sell shares of CME Group Class A common stock. The Trading Plans were designed to comply with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and CME Group's policies regarding stock transactions. Under Rule 10b5-1, directors, officers and other persons who are not in possession of material non-public information may adopt a prearranged plan or contract for the sale of the registrant's securities under specified conditions and at specified times to achieve prudent and gradual asset diversification over time. The Trading Plans will enable Messrs. Donohue and Gill to diversify their personal investment portfolio in an orderly, prearranged manner. Under the terms of the Donohue Plan, Mr. Donohue will exercise options on 17,500 shares of CME Group stock, which an authorized broker will sell over a period of 13 months. The number of shares involved represents less than 15 percent of Mr. Donohue's current holdings, including his vested and unvested equity awards outstanding. Mr. Donohue currently owns shares of CME Group with a value of approximately $6.1 million based on today's closing price of $313.76. Mr. Donohue's current share ownership meets the company's stock ownership guidelines (ownership of stock valued at five times his annual base pay). He has met this requirement two years ahead of schedule. Under the terms of the Gill Plan, Mr. Gill will exercise options on 6,000 shares of CME Group stock, which an authorized broker will sell over a period of 13 mon...
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CME Group, KRX Announce After-hours Access to KOSPI 200 Futures on CME Globex

CHICAGO and BUSAN, South Korea, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and the Korea Exchange Inc. (KRX), a premier capital marketplace for Northeast Asia, today announced the launch of the first phase of their program to provide customers with after-hours access to KOSPI 200 Futures hosted on the CME Globex electronic trading platform by routing orders through KRX Unified System for Global (USG) trading. In addition, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and KRX also indicated their commitment to pursue a potential bi-directional order routing initiative, based on the model CME Group has implemented successfully with BM&FBOVESPA in Brazil. This initiative is subject to regulatory approvals. Building on CME Group's track record of successful relationships, volume routed through CME Globex now accounts for more than 25 percent of trading activity in BM&FBOVESPA's stock index futures contracts."The launch of after-hours trading for KOSPI 200 Futures on CME Globex is a significant achievement, and we are proud to partner with KRX to deliver this advancement in Korean capital markets," said Phupinder Gill, CME Group President. "Through this initiative, we will work with KRX to create opportunities to expand access and increase distribution of both exchange's products globally. Our partnership with KRX is another example of CME Group's commitment to Asia and to expanding our services to customers around the world.""This after-hours trading for KOSPI 200 Futures on CME Globex is a big breakthrough for the global expansion of the KRX derivatives market," said Chang-ho Lee, A...
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CME Group, Korean exchange announce partnership

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Congressmen oppose making Fed super-regulator

By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress ought to clarify if a proposed super-regulator of the U.S. financial system should be an overlapping overseer of securities and futures exchanges, the chief futures regulator said on Tuesday.Chairman Gary Gensler of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission spoke to the House Agriculture Committee at the same time the Financial Services Committee was writing a bill to create a systemic risk regulator.Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson said he was skeptical "and very much opposed" to giving the job to the Federal Reserve as proposed in a Financial Services Committee draft. Republican Congressman Frank Lucas said "no one can credibly argue" the Fed is qualified to be a market regulator.Gensler pointed to possible duplication of authority under administration and congressional proposals and said Congress should "closely consider whether it's best to set up multiple regulators" of equities and futures markets.He said the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission ought to remain the sole regulators of clearinghouses affiliated with futures and equities exchanges.Legislative proposals for a systemic risk regulator "may have unintentionally encompassed robustly regulated markets such as securities and futures exchanges," said Gensler. The systemic regulator could order SEC and CFTC to revise their rules or impose standards directly if agencies demur.As an example, he said the Federal Reserve could include exchanges and intermediaries such as futures commission agents and commodity pool operators under the rubric of "identified financial holding companies" subject to heightened prudential standards."As these holding companies and their subsidiaries, such as the New York Stock Exchange or the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (NasdaqGS:...
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