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CME Group to Launch T-Bill Futures on October 2, as U.S. Treasury Futures Open Interest Hits Record 19.8 Million Contracts
CHICAGO, Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will expand its benchmark interest
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[{"type":"text","content":"CHICAGO, Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will expand its benchmark interest rates offering with the launch of U.S. Treasury Bill (T-Bill) futures on October 2, pending regulatory review. The new T-Bill futures contract will begin trading amid record demand for CME Group U.S. Treasury futures, with open interest reaching 19,814,295 contracts for the first time on August 23.\n\"As we continue to see record risk transfer in the U.S. Treasury market, our new T-Bill futures will enable clients to hedge exposure to short-term debt with the same value proposition offered across our U.S. Treasury and SOFR complexes,\" said Agha Mirza, CME Group Global Head of Rates and OTC Products. \"With open interest approaching an unprecedented 20 million contracts, we are also seeing a record number of large open interest holders in U.S. Treasury futures, which advances efficiencies, deep liquidity and a share of volume that exceeds associated cash markets.\" \nAdding to the CME Group short-term interest rate (STIR) product portfolio, T-Bill futures will be cash-settled and based on the 13-week U.S. Treasury Bill auction discount yield.\nT-Bill futures will receive automatic margin offsets against existing CME Group Interest Rate futures upon launch and will be listed with, and subject to, the rules of CME. Additionally, these contracts will become eligible for portfolio margining against other cleared interest rate swaps and futures shortly after launch.\nOpen interest in the company's current suite of deeply liquid U.S. Treasury futures has grown to $2.4 trillion in 2023, an increase of 49% year-over-year, with a record average daily volume of 5.2 million contracts.\nFor more information on T-Bill futures from CME Group, please see: https://www.cmegroup.com/tbill.\nAbout CME Group\nAs the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) 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 the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offe...