Company Awards

CME Group has been selected by Foundry’s Computerworld as one of the Best Places to Work in IT for eight consecutive years based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company offerings such as workplace culture, IT growth, workplace modernization, IT employee retention and engagement strategies, benefits, and IT career development and training opportunities.

CME Group was named to the inaugural list of the best companies in America.

CME Group was named to the inaugural list of companies that inspire the most confidence from customers, employees and investors.

CME Group has been selected by Foundry’s Computerworld as one of the Best Places to Work in IT for seven consecutive years. This recognition is based on a comprehensive questionnaire that evaluates company offerings such as benefits, career development, diversity and inclusion, the future of work, training and retention.

CME Group was named Clearing House of the Year by Risk Magazine due in part to how our margin models provided strong coverage during times of market volatility. We were also recognized for our move to the new SPAN 2 margin platform for our energy products and for our significant role in helping the market transition away from LIBOR.

For the 11th consecutive year, CME Group was named the World's Most Valuable Exchange Brand by Brand Finance, a marketing valuation consultancy that evaluates over 6,000 brands across all sectors and geographies annually.

CME Group was named one of the top 500 brands in the U.S. by Brand Finance for the 11th consecutive year.

CME Group was awarded Best Trading Platform for FX Derivatives and the Best Trading Platform for Spot.

CME Group was named one of 1,000 companies changing the world.

This latest recognition honors CME Group’s innovation, industry advocacy, growth and exceptional service to clients.

CME Group was recognized for successfully navigating market conditions, providing liquidity and offering innovative solutions to clients.

CME Group’s clearing house was recognized for its exceptional efforts on behalf of clients.

CME Group was named The World's Best FX Exchange, North America's Best FX Exchange and The World's Best Venue for Non-Deliverable Forwards at the EuromoneyFX awards.

Presented as part of the inaugural Global Markets Choice Award.

CME Group was named Best Exchange for FX (2025, 2024) and Best Venue for NDF Trading (2025).

CME Group was awarded Best New FX Initiative for the launch of FX Spot+, its next generation all-to-all spot marketplace.

BrokerTec was awarded European Repo Team of the Year.

CME Group has been named the Best Exchange for FX at the FX Markets e-FX Awards 2023.

CME Group has been named the Best FX Exchange at the Euromoney Foreign Exchange Awards 2023.

CME Group has been named the Best Global FX Trading Technology Provider at the Euromoney Foreign Exchange Awards 2023.

CME Group Data Services was named Best Market Data Provider (Exchange) for the second year in a row, as part of WatersTechnology's 2023 IMD/IRD Awards.

For the third consecutive year, CME Group was named to the prestigious list of major companies that are leading the industry in employing distributed ledger technology.

CME Group’s clearing house was recognized by GlobalCapital for creating efficiencies through the trade lifecycle.

CME Group clearing house was recognized by GlobalCapital for focusing on market-leading innovation and launching new products and services.

This recognition honors companies, products and services that have grown and improved the derivatives markets.

CME Group was recognized by GlobalCapital for its innovative suite of temperature-based index futures and options, which help global market participants manage weather-related risk.

CME Group remains the most valuable brand among the world’s leading exchanges by Brand Central. This is the ninth consecutive year we have won this award, with our brand valued at $2.3 billion in 2023, up from $2.1 billion in 2022.

CME Group was named Exchange of the Year by Risk Magazine, due in part to the critical role our markets played in helping clients manage risk during the past year of extreme volatility, geopolitical upheaval and ongoing economic uncertainty.

CME Group has been named the Best Exchange for FX at the FX Markets e-FX Awards 2022.

CME Group has been named the Commodity Exchange of the Year at the 2022 Energy Risk Awards, recognized for the key role our risk management tools play in the energy transition.

For the fifth consecutive year, CME Group has been selected by Foundry’s Computerworld as one of the Best Places to Work in IT. This recognition is based on a comprehensive questionnaire that evaluates company offerings such as benefits, career development, diversity and inclusion, the future of work, training and retention.

EBS was awarded Best Broker for NDFs at the FX Best Banks Awards 2022, which recognizes excellence in the global FX industry.

In the inaugural list from Forbes Digital Assets, which ranks the top 60 global cryptocurrency exchanges, CME Group was named #16.

For the second consecutive year, CME Group was named to the prestigious list of major companies that are leading the industry in employing distributed ledger technology.

Offering a broad range of acceptable collateral is crucial for many clearing members ito meet their obligations. CME Clearing providesr the most flexibility in this regard.

This award reflects our steadfast commitment in providing access to the most diverse range of products and asset classes within derivatives trading.

This recognition celebrates the best of the derivatives markets in the Americas.

CME Group won in four categories at the FOW International Awards: Global Exchange of the Year, Americas Exchange of the Year, Best New Interest Rates Contract and Proprietary Traders' Exchange of the Year. CME Group Chairman and CEO Terry Duffy was also named CEO of the Year.

EBS won the Best Broker for Spot FX category at the 2018 FX Week Best Banks Awards.

TriOptima was placed on this prestigious list for the first time.

NEX Regulatory Reporting won Best Compliance Technology.

NEX Regulatory Reporting won Best Regulatory Reporting Product of the Year.

triResolve Margin and triCalculate were recognized as the Best Buy-Side Technology Solutions for Collateral Management and Pricing/Valuation, while TriOptima was named the Best Overall Buy-Side Technology Provider.

CME Group was recognized for a number of relevant and innovative products launched in the Asian-Pacific market, including Australian Wheat FOB (Platts) futures, Japanese Yen-denominated TOPIX futures as well as the listing of the first-ever U.S. index futures on the S&P 500 and DJIA in Taiwan with TAIFEX.

This latest recognition, which builds off CME Group being named Exchange of the Year and Clearing House of the Year for the U.S., honors companies, products and services that grow and improve derivatives markets.

CME Group was recognized by Risk Magazine as Exchange of the Year at the 2018 Risk Awards for our approach in including clients in discussions around risk management, product design and price discovery. Equally noteworthy were the successful launches of several new products including Wednesday Weekly Treasury options, which offer greater precision for trading and hedging mid-week during major events.

FOW's judges highlighted the record levels of open interest in 2017 across CME Group’s markets as well as the performance of global benchmarks such as WTI, which hit an average daily volume of 1.5 million contracts during the judging period.  We were also recognized for the return of Russell 2000 futures, with 91% of open interest switching to the market since the July 2017 launch.

CME Group’s “exchange and clearing combo” was recognized by Global Capital for creating efficiencies through the trade lifecycle, focusing on innovation and launching new products and services.

For the third consecutive year, CME Group was named Most Valuable Exchange Brand by Brand Finance, a London-based consultancy, with a brand value estimated to be $1.3 billion.

CME Group was recognized by Markets Media as the Best Global Exchange Group in 2017.

CME Group was recognized by leading UK newspaper The Evening Standard for our planned acquisition of NEX Group, plc. in 2018, which delivered operational efficiencies across cash, repo and futures products in U.S. Treasuries and FX, as well as benefit market participants seeking to lower trading costs and manage risk more effectively.

CME Group was voted the winner of two categories at the 2018 FX Week e-FX Awards. The wins followed 18 months of launches and product releases, culminating in FX Link going live in March.

CME Group was named one of Computerworld’s 100 Best Places to Work in IT in 2019 for the third consecutive year. This list highlights 100 top organizations that challenge IT employees while providing excellent benefits and compensation. The recognition  is based on company offerings in categories such as benefits, career development, training and retention.

CME Group remains the most valuable brand among the world’s leading exchanges for the sixth consecutive  year, improving its brand value by 39 percent to $1.9 billion, according to the latest report by Brand Finance.

 Legal In-House Team of the Year.