CME Group Expands Equity Index Product Team

by Chicago Mercantile Exchange 04 Aug 22:31

CHICAGO, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CME Group, the world’s largest and
most diverse derivatives exchange and the world’s leading marketplace for
equity index futures and options, today announced that it has expanded its
equity index product team by appointing Helen Flanagan as Director, Equity
Markets, and Phillip Hatzopoulos as Director, Equity Products – OTC. These
newly created positions are designed to focus on selling and marketing CME
Group’s suite of benchmark equity index products to current and potential
clients worldwide.

Flanagan, 44, will be responsible for facilitating CME Group’s equity product
growth strategy, including increasing trading volume and distribution of
equity index futures and options and assisting in the development and launch
of new products and services across all asset classes. Hatzopoulos, 42, will
be responsible for developing new equity index products and services related
to the over-the-counter (OTC) market and promoting CME Group’s existing
equity index products as tools to replicate and hedge OTC transactions.

“Building on our strong growth momentum, we are expanding our equity team,
with the addition of Helen and Phillip, to further support our position as
the leading provider of the most liquid exchange-listed equity index futures
and options on futures on the world’s most recognizable domestic and foreign
equity indexes,” said Scot Warren, Managing Director, Equity Products.
“Helen and Phillip’s extensive experience in exchange-traded and OTC markets
and deep understanding of our customers’ needs enhances our ability to pursue
new growth opportunities and attract new users to our markets.”

A broad array of equity index futures trade at CME Group, including offerings
on large-, medium- and small-cap equity indexes as well as technology and
global equity benchmarks provided by S&P, NASDAQ, Dow Jones, MSCI, Nikkei and
FTSE. Today an average of 3.2 million electronically traded “mini” equity
index contracts trade each day.

Flanagan joins CME Group with over 20 years of experience in the derivatives
industry, most recently serving as Vice President of Fixed Income, Currency
and Commodities/Equities as a salesperson of global futures and interest rate
products for Goldman Sachs & Co. In this role, she was responsible for
directing futures sales and marketing coverage for the firm’s top Midwest
clients. Her previous leadership roles at Goldman included Vice President,
Futures Sales and Execution in New York and Vice President/Manager of the
firm’s CME Group Eurodollar Desk. Flanagan earned a bachelor’s degree in
policy and administration management from Indiana University. She is a Series
7, 3 and 63 registered representative.

Hatzopoulos joins CME Group from Morgan Stanley where he most recently served
as Vice President, Fixed Income Sales, and was responsible for structuring and
selling fixed income products to hedge funds, insurance companies and money
managers. He also has worked for Fuji Securities Inc. and as a proprietary
floor trader. Hatzopoulos earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the
University of Illinois at Chicago and a master’s in finance from the Illinois
Institute of Technology’s Stuart School of Business. Hatzopoulos holds the CFA
designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of
Chicago. He is a Series 7 and 63 registered representative.

CME Group (http://www.cmegroup.com/) is the world’s largest and most diverse
derivatives exchange. Formed by the 2007 merger of the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), CME Group serves the
risk management needs of customers around the globe. As an international
marketplace, CME Group brings buyers and sellers together on the CME Globex
electronic trading platform and on its trading floors. CME Group offers the
widest range of benchmark products available across all major asset classes,
including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes,
foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, and alternative investment
products such as weather and real estate. CME Group is traded on the New
York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ under the symbol “CME.”

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SOURCE: CME Group

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