Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) conducted its first quarterly results presentation as a public company last week, announcing that it had seen a prosperous full 2005 including a successful fourth quarter following its IPO.
Volume at the exchange's ICE Futures subsidiary for 2005 was a record 42.1m contracts, up 18.3% over 2004. For the period following the closure of its open-outcry trading floor, April through December,...