CME Group, the world’s derivatives marketplace, announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the registration of a new securities clearing house, CME Securities Clearing Inc. With launch expected in Q2 2026, CME Group will operate CME Securities Clearing to help market participants “comply with the SEC clearing mandate for U.S. Treasury transactions (as of Dec 31, 2026) and Repo transactions (as of June 30, 2027).”
Terry Duffy, CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer has said that expanded clearing capacity and capital efficiencies “are critical for all market participants working to comply with the U.S. Treasury clearing mandate,”
Duffy added that they are pleased to “provide a solution for clearing both done-with and done-away execution as they continue to extend cross-margining with FICC.”
As the world’s derivatives marketplace, CME Group enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, “optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities.”
CME Group exchanges offer an extensive range of global “benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals.”
The company offers futures and options on futures trading “through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. ”
In addition to this, it currently also operates one of the world’s major central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group has also recently reported its second-highest monthly average daily volume (ADV) of 33.1 million contracts in November, “an increase of 10% year-over-year.”
The company’s monthly ADV record was “set in April 2025 with 35.9 million contracts.”
November 2025 ADV across asset classes reportedly includes:
- Interest Rate ADV of 17.5 million contracts
- Equity Index ADV of 8.9 million contracts
- Energy ADV of 2.6 million contracts
- Agricultural ADV of 2.1 million contracts
- Metals ADV of 1.3 million contracts
- Foreign Exchange ADV of 746,000 contracts
- Record Cryptocurrency ADV of 424,000 contracts ($13.2 billion notional)
