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ELX accuses CME of “deliberately confusing” debate


ELX Futures, the new exchange trying to break into US Treasury futures, has launched a new salvo in its war with CME Group over whether trades should be transferrable between the two exchanges.

CME, which enjoys a near-monopoly of US Treasury futures trading, is refusing to accept a practice called exchange of futures for futures, which allows positions opened at one exchange to be closed at another. This would make it easier for ELX to break into...

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