Chicago Mercantile Exchange has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 14 cents per share, payable on 25 June to Class A and Class B shareholders of record on 10 June. By 30 April, the company had approximately 32.6m Class A shares and 3,138 Class B shares of common stock.
Malaysia Derivatives Exchange (MDEx) is to introduce a palm oil-based futures and two more bond futures products this year. Exchange officials told Business Times the exchange will submit proposals on the products to the authorities within the next few weeks. MDEx plans to list palm kernel oil futures in addition to the existing crude palm oil (CPO) futures and supplement the five-year Malaysian government securities (MGS) futures with 3- and 10-year contracts.An Internet based rice futures market is planned for launch in June by major Japanese rice wholesalers. The project is based on a study started in May last...