CME Group Files Application to Register as SEF

CME Group announced the filing of an application with the CFTC to have an entity registered as a Swap Execution Facility ("SEF") in addition to its current exchanges and trading platforms. If approved, the CME stated its SEF will be accessible via CME Direct and that its user interface will allow trading in futures as well as swaps.

See: CME Group News Release. See also: CFTC Issues Notice of Temporary Registration as SEFs to SwapEx, LLC, GFI Swaps Exchange LLC, and MarketAxess SEF Corp. (September 13, 2013); CFTC Issues Notices of Temporary Registration to TW SEF LLC and DW SEF LLC as Swap Execution Facilities (September 9, 2013); CFTC Issues Temporary Registration as Swap Execution Facility to Bloomberg (with Lofchie Comment) (July 31, 2013).