CME to launch credit derivatives in Q2

09 Feb 2007

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has planned to launch credit derivatives in mid- to late-April, after it received regulatory approval from Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and in doing so making it the first exchange traded credit default swap futures in the US.

The CME's contracts would be binary in nature and be...

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