TO:                  Chief Financial Officers                                                                                 #19-03

                        Chief Compliance Officers

DATE:             November 7, 2019

SUBJECT: Certified Public Accountant Confirmation Requests

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc., New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. and Commodity Exchange, Inc. receive external confirmation requests from certified public accountants during the course of their annual examinations of member firms.  To ensure confirmation requests are processed efficiently and in a timely manner, the requests should be sent to the attention of the applicable individual at the following addresses:

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc.

20 S. Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.

Commodity Exchange, Inc.

300 Vesey Street

New York, NY 10282

Performance Bond, Guarantee Deposits, Variation Settlements, and other clearing information will be confirmed by email using opportunistic encryption.  If the certified public accountant’s email gateway does not support this type of encryption, messages will be sent as secure attachments. The certified public accountant wil receive a messge advising them that they have received an email containing CME Group Confidential or CME Group Highly Sensitive information. To view the information, they  must click on the attachment included in this message. 

If you have any questions, please contact the Financial and Regulatory Surveillance Department at 312-930-3230.