Transforming Trading Around the Globe the World on Ice
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TRANSFORMING TRADING AROUND THE GLOBE THE WORLD ON ICE IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) operates global commodity marketplaces, including the world’s leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange. ICE offers a complete range of front-to-back-office trading and risk management services powered by an integrated technology platform. Our leading-edge, global network brings market participants together with benchmark commodities, clearing services and market data in one vibrant marketplace. A global marketplace: ICE Futures Markets Market Data ICE operates three regulated derivatives exchanges: ICE delivers a range of market information ICE backs up its vast global markets ICE Futures U.S., ICE Futures Europe and including historical prices, indexes, real-time and technology network with personal Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE). prices, tick-data and forward curves. And, our service and a helpdesk that is Futures and options contracts on agricultural and leading-edge data feed is just one example of staffed around the clock. Together soft commodities, energy, equity indexes and how we use technology to enhance the trading with the commitment of our global currency products are available around the clock. experience for our customers. staff, ICE technology is designed to bring more trading opportunities to Over-the-Counter (OTC) Markets Clearing Services customers through the highest level ICE is an innovator in the OTC energy markets, ICE Clear U.S., Winnipeg Clearing Corporation of performance. See why thousands bringing electronic trading and cleared products and, soon, ICE Clear Europe provide trade of customers –– traders, brokers, to increase transparency, liquidity and access to registration and settlement services to our market risk managers, portfolio managers, these previously opaque and illiquid markets. participants to ensure the integrity of ICE’s commercial firms, and financial As a leader in the rapidly growing OTC market, dynamic markets through effective risk mitigation, institutions –– rely on ICE every ICE’s technology supports both cleared and financial safeguards and the application of trading day. bilateral markets for hundreds of natural gas, efficient post-trade processes. power, refined oil products and natural gas liquids. TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERED FOR DERIVATIVES TRADING The ICE trading platform brings the sophistication of high-speed trade matching technology together with the flexibility and functionality required to transact in the futures and OTC markets. With both pre-trade and post-trade functionality, ICE’s platform supports a broad array of instruments and strategies ranging from swaps, futures and options, outrights and multi-legged spreads, to cleared and bilateral markets. Innovative technology for the future of trading: Secure and Scaleable Flexible and Accessible The ICE platform is built on a new, state-of-the-art Participants can connect to ICE via the Internet hardware and network infrastructure rather than through direct-line connections, telecommunications legacy systems. With multiple connectivity options, hubs in the U.S., Europe and Asia, or through the platform is fully architected, developed, co-location at ICE’s data center. ICE markets are also secured and operated by ICE engineers. available via Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), From risk management tools to trade execution third-party connectivity and an open API and spreadsheet driven programs, ICE’s platform for futures. ICE also supports its own front-end is built to support the demands of a 24/7 market. trading screen, known as WebICE. WebICE is easy to use, functionally rich and offers built-in Fast and Efficient pre-trade risk management, a real-time order book One of the fastest derivatives trading systems in and deal ticker, and the industry’s most sophisticated the world, the ICE platform completes most spread implication engine. transactions in an average of 12 milliseconds. With its modern architecture, standard FIX Collaborative and Responsive connectivity, lightweight and fast iMpact price We continually engage with customers to learn feed, the trading engine and related messaging about their evolving trading and technology components can broadcast vast amounts of requirements to enhance the platform. This has data while conserving bandwidth and offering resulted in one of the most sophisticated and greater speed. flexible platforms for commodities trading today. ICE also offers complete technology support services through its helpdesks in the U.S. and the U.K. GLOBAL FUTURES MARKETS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS When it comes to growth and innovation, ICE is setting a global standard. With futures exchanges based in the U.S., Europe and Canada, ICE delivers a diverse range of products and markets through a single point of access. We offer regulated markets for many of the world’s most vital commodity contracts — energy, soft and agricultural commodities, Russell Indexes and currencies — to enable market participants to manage risk in a connected and dynamic world. Futures & Options Markets Clearing Firms ICE Futures U.S. products: ICE Futures U.S. – BHF Bank AG – BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. Clearing firms include: – BNP Paribas Commodity Futures Ltd – CIBC World Markets Inc. – Sugar No.11 – BP Oil International Ltd – Fimat Canada Inc. – Coffee “C” – ADM Investor Services, Inc. – Calyon Financial SNC – JPMorgan Securities Canada Inc. – AG Edwards & Sons Inc. – Citgroup Global Markets Ltd – James Richardson International Limited – Cotton No. 2 – Alaron Trading Corporation – Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd – Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd – Cocoa – Banc of America Securities, Inc. – Deutsche Bank AG – MF Global Canada Co. MF Global – Bear Stearns Securities Corporation – Orange Juice (FCOJ) – Dresdner Bank AG Canada CIE – BNP Paribas Commodity Futures, Inc. – Fimat International Banque SA (UK Branch) – RBC Dominion Securities Inc. – Sugar No. 14 – Calyon Financial, Inc.** – Fortis Bank Global Clearing NV – Scotia Capital Inc./Scotia Capitaux Inc. – US Dollar Index – Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (London branch) – Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc. dba Vittera – Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC – GH Financials Ltd – Foreign exchange futures, – Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. – Glencore Commodities Ltd ICE OTC featuring 41 different currency pairs – Dunavant Commodity Corporation* – Goldman Sachs International Clearing firms include: – F.C. Stone, LLC – HSBC Bank Plc ® – Russell Index contracts – Fimat USA LLC – JPMorgan Securities Ltd – ADM Investor Services – Reuters Jefferies CRB Index – Goldman Sachs & Company – Jump Trading LLC – Advantage Futures – JPMorgan Futures, Inc. – Lehman Brothers International (Europe) – Bache Commodities Ltd – Lehman Brothers, Incorporated – MF Global UK Ltd – Bank of America – MF Global Inc. – Barclays Capital ICE Futures Europe products: – Marex Financial Ltd – MBF Clearing Corporation – MBF Clearing Corp – Bear Stearns – Brent Crude Oil – Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith,Inc – Merrill Lynch International – BNP Paribas – Calyon Financial – West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – Morgan Stanley & Company – Mizuho Securities USA Inc – Prudential Bache Commodities, LLC – Morgan Stanley & Co International Ltd – Citigroup Global Markets Crude Oil – Rand Financial Services, Inc. – Natixis Commodity Markets Ltd – Credit Suisse – Deutsche Bank – Middle East Sour Crude Oil – RBC Capital Markets Corporation – Penson GHCO – R.J. O’Brien & Associates, LLC – Phibro Futures & Metals Ltd – Fimat – Emissions (ECX CFI) – Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC – Rand Financial Services Inc – Fortis – Gas Oil – Sterling Commodities Corporation – RJ O’Brien & Associates – Goldman Sachs – SMW Trading Company, Inc. – Rosenthal Collins Group LLC – HSBC – Heating Oil – Term Commodities, Incorporated** – Royal Bank of Canada Europe – JPMorgan – RBOB Gasoline – Triland USA Inc.** – SEB Futures (Div of Skandi Enskilda Bk) – Lehman Brothers – UBS Securities, LLC – Shell International Trading & Shipping Co Ltd – MF Global – Coal – Sucden (U.K.) Ltd – Marex Financial – U.K. Electricity ICE Futures Europe – The Royal Bank of Scotland – Merrill Lynch Clearing firms include: – TRX Futures Ltd – Mizuho Securities – U.K. Natural Gas – Penson GHCO – ADM Investor Services International Ltd – UBS Clearing & Executions Services Ltd – UBS Limited – RJ O’Brien – Advantage Futures LLC – Rosenthal Collins Group WCE products: – Arcadia Petroleum Ltd – Royal Bank of Canada – Bache Commodities Ltd WCE Clearing Corporation – UBS – Canola – Banc of America Securities Ltd clearing firms include: – Banco Santander Central Hispano SA – Barley * Cotton and OJ only – Barclays Capital – ADM Agri-Industries Company ** Excluding stock indexes – Feed Wheat – Bear Stearns International Ltd – Alfred C. Toepfer (Canada) Ltd OTC MARKETS: ENERGY TRADING REFINED ICE revolutionized OTC markets by bringing electronic trading and clearing to commercial and financial firms worldwide. ICE OTC markets feature a wide range of derivative and physical commodity contracts. From North American natural gas and power contracts covering more than 100 hubs to jet fuel delivered in Asia, if it’s a key energy contract, you can find it in ICE’s OTC energy marketplace. Hundreds of products are available in ICE’s OTC markets, including: > Financial Gas – Fixed for floating, options, basis, index and swing swaps > Financial Power – Peak, off-peak, swaps, spreads > Oil and Refined Products – Cracks, differentials, outrights, spreads > Physical Gas – Basis, Canadian and U.S.