AEMS hovers as CBoT, Nybot deal collapses

Talks between Chicago Board of Trade (CBoT) and New York Board of Trade (Nybot) have broken down over an agreement that would have put Nybot contracts on the E-CBoT trading platform. However, market sources last week told FO Week that Atos Euronext Market Solutions (AEMS), which provides E-CBoT's Liffe Connect system, may be ready to step into the breach.

Nybot chairman Fred Schoenhut informed traders last week that the preliminary deal struck in January had died, but that the exchange remained committed to finding an...