CHICAGO, November 4, 2011 – Today, CME Group continued to successfully transfer additional MF Global U.S. customer positions and CME Clearing-held collateral to other qualified clearing firms. The remaining customer segregated positions are expected to be transferred by the end of the day, completing the total transfer of customer positions at CME Group exchanges in approximately 15,000 MF Global accounts and approximately $1.45 billion in associated clearing collateral, as approved by the Trustee and bankruptcy court.
Receiving commodity brokers for these transfers are responsible for notifying customers as to the new commodity broker for their accounts.