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GreenX
Andrew Pisano
+1 212 299 2557

CME Group
Global Account Management:
+1 312 634 8700
globalaccountmanagement@
cmegroup.com

CME Group Strategic Partnership with GreenX

CME Group is the largest owner of GreenX, a futures exchange focused on environmental markets. CME Group also provides:

  • The electronic trading platform, CME Globex, for trading of GreenX products
  • Clearing services, through CME Clearing, for GreenX products

About GreenX

GreenX offers trading of futures and options based on emissions and air quality. Three types of contracts are currently available:

  • Greenhouse Gas contracts
  • Nitrogen Oxide contracts
  • Sulfur Dioxide contracts

On July 22, 2010, GreenX received approval as a designated contract market – a legally recognized futures exchange – from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Currently listed on the NYMEX exchange, existing GreenX products will migrate to GreenX on January 23, 2011 (trade date January 24, 2011). Following the migration, the existing Green products will continue to be cleared through CME Clearing.

Ownership

GreenX is owned by a consortium of leading banks, brokers, trading firms, and exchanges, which recognize the need for an exchange geared to environmental issues. They share a common goal and bring together deep expertise and vast experience in environmental markets.

The owners of the GreenX's holding company, Green Exchange Holdings LLC, are: CME Group, Constellation NewEnergy, Credit Suisse Energy, Evolution Markets, Goldman Sachs, ICAP Energy, J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy, Morgan Stanley Capital Group, RNK Capital, Spectron Energy, TFS Energy, Tudor Investment, and Vitol.

GreenX Products

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