CME Group to Launch Two Alumina Futures Contracts Next Month

In a move to boost its rivalry in base metals trading against the London Metal ‎Exchange (LME), the oldest and largest market for industrial metals, Chicago-‎based CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), one of the world’s paramount exchange ‎operators, today said it will launch two aluminum futures contracts next month. ‎

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The new offering includes the introduction of Alumina FOB Australia futures and Alumina FOB Australia futures. ‎ Pending relevant regulatory reviews, both contracts will begin trading on ‎September 26, 2016. ‎

The world's largest futures market operator said in a statement that new contracts ‎will be available for trading on CME Globex, submission for clearing through CME ‎ClearPort, and will be listed according to COMEX rules.‎

The new contracts will provide CME’s investors with an effective and transparent ‎solution for hedging aluminum price risk. It also complements the existing suite ‎of aluminum Risk Management Risk Management One of the most common terms utilized by brokers, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance. Most commonly, this also involves the analysis of risk and the undertaking of precautionary steps to both mitigate and prevent for such risk.Such efforts are essential for brokers and venues in the finance industry, given the potential for fallout in the face of unforeseen events or crises. Given a more tightly regulated environment across nearly every asset class, One of the most common terms utilized by brokers, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance. Most commonly, this also involves the analysis of risk and the undertaking of precautionary steps to both mitigate and prevent for such risk.Such efforts are essential for brokers and venues in the finance industry, given the potential for fallout in the face of unforeseen events or crises. Given a more tightly regulated environment across nearly every asset class, Read this Term tools which in addition to physically ‎delivered Aluminum futures includes: ‎

• Aluminum A380 Alloy (S&P Global Platts) futures;‎
• Aluminum MW U.S. Transaction Premium Platts futures;‎
• Aluminium European Premium Duty-Paid (Metal Bulletin) futures;‎
• Aluminium European Premium Duty-Unpaid (Metal Bulletin) futures;‎
• Aluminum Japan Premium (Platts) futures.

The size of both new contracts will be 100 metric tons (equivalent to ‎‎220,462 pounds) and will be financially settled each month. Further, Alumina FOB Australia ‎futures will be settled against the weekly price index published by Metal Bulletin, while ‎Alumina FOB Australia futures settlement will depend on the daily price index ‎published by S&P Global Platts. Both sources are global providers of assets information and premier sources of benchmark price ‎assessments.‎

Commenting on the launch, Young-Jin Chang, CME Group Global Head of Metals ‎Products, said: "These two new Alumina futures contracts are an innovative solution ‎designed to help our customers better manage risk across multiple sources of ‎Volatility Volatility In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, or stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Trad In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, or stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Trad Read this Term." ‎

‎"As we continue to experience strong momentum across our aluminum product suite, ‎we are committed to working with market participants and customers in the aluminum ‎industry around the world to meet their evolving needs," he added

‎"We are pleased to see the creation of a liquid, transparent futures market for fixed ‎price alumina. We believe there is now, and has been for years, strong demand for a product of this nature, from various participants in the alumina market globally, and we look forward to transacting in this new market for years to come," added Zach Mayer, ARG International AG Trader. ‎