CME Group, operator of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, yesterday suffered a setback in its ability to maintain a virtual monopoly in trading of US futures contracts, after regulators rebuffed its attempts to quash a challenge from a Wall Street-backed competitor.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the US futures markets watchdog, rejected the CME's claim that a futures contract offered by ELX, a smaller rival, was illegal.
It also said it had asked its staff to start “a thorough analysis” of antitrust issues raised by both exchanges' claims.
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