The CME Group is one of the world's largest options exchanges and the largest futures exchange in the world, based in Chicago in the state of Illinois, the company was formed on July 12, 2007 through the merger of the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
According to CME Group's latest financial reports the company has £1.48 Billion in cash and cash equivalents. A company’s cash on hand also refered as cash/cash equivalents (CCE) and Short-term investments, is the amount of accessible money a business has.