CME sees mainland presence in commodities, derivatives rising

Mercantile Exchange's Asia Pacific head expects mainland clients to increase

One of the top leaders of the world's biggest derivatives marketplace - the Chicago Mercantile Exchange & Chicago Board of Trade - said that much greater participation from the Chinese mainland has been seen in the past two years in the global commodities and derivatives markets.

Christopher Fix, managing director and head of Asia Pacific of the Chicago-based market, said: "CME Group has been growing by double digits in the Asia-Pacific region over the last two years and our major markets are the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Australia."