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CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has named Harriet Hunnable as Managing Director, Metals Products. Hunnable, 44, will be responsible for developing and executing the company's global metals business strategy. She will be based in London and will report to Joe Raia, Managing Director, Energy and Metals Products.

-- Fourth-quarter volume averaged 12.0 million contracts per day, up 17 percent
-- December volume averaged 10.5 million contracts per day, up 15 percent
-- Fourth-quarter agricultural commodities average daily volume set record, up 42 percent
-- Fourth-quarter metals average daily volume set record, up 27 percent

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced today that it will begin listing and trading rainfall futures, options on futures and binary options beginning October 31 for trade date November 1. The monthly and seasonal contracts will be based on the CME Rainfall Index and will be available March through October. These contracts will be listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CME.

- Treasuries averaged 2.6 million contracts per day in September, up 50 percent
- Commodities averaged 1.0 million contracts per day in September, up 56 percent
- Interest rates, foreign exchange, commodities, energy and metals experienced double-digit monthly and quarterly year-over-year growth

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CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has named Alice Hackett as managing director, Global Client Development & Sales. With 25 years of global financial services experience, Hackett will lead the company's global sales force and will be responsible for the development, execution and management of the company's global sales strategy across all asset classes and client segments.

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for iron ore 62% Fe, CFR China (Platts) swap futures, reflecting changing dynamics in the global ferrous industry. Trading will be available on the New York trading floor. Clearing services will be available through CME ClearPort®, a set of flexible clearing services open to over-the-counter (OTC) market participants to substantially mitigate counterparty risk and provide neutral settlement prices across asset classes.

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced that in the fourth quarter of 2010 it will begin offering futures and options contracts based on volatility indexes that combine CME Group's options market data with the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index® (VIX®) methodology. These contracts will be listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX and COMEX.

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad successfully migrated all its derivatives products onto CME Globex®, the electronic trading platform of CME Group, today. This move to CME Globex® enables global traders to access Bursa Malaysia Derivatives products electronically, particularly the global benchmark crude palm oil futures (FCPO) contract. The migration of all Bursa Malaysia Derivatives products onto CME Globex will create broader exposure for Bursa Malaysia Derivatives products.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has notified the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade (collectively referred to as the Exchanges) of the results of a rule enforcement review completed by the Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (Division). The review covered the period from January 1, 2008, to January 2, 2009 (target period). The Division assessed the Exchanges’ compliance with core principles relating to their audit trail, trade practice surveillance and disciplinary programs.