{"url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-21/cme-group-disciplinary-notices-2025","markdown_url":"https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-21/cme-group-disciplinary-notices-2025.md","title":"CME Group Fines Fall to $330,000 in 2025","headline":"CME Group Penalties Drop to $330,000 in 2025 as Disciplinary Notices Hold Steady","description":"CME Group issued 127 disciplinary notices in 2025 and imposed $330,000 in fines, down from $1.58 million a year earlier.","section":"Research & Clinical Trials","published_at":"2026-10-21T20:00:08+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-21T20:00:08+00:00","author":"News Desk","key_takeaways":["CME Group issued 127 disciplinary notices in 2025, with 125 of them carrying a fine.","Fines tied to Disruptive Practices Prohibited fell from $1.58 million in 2024 to $330,000 in 2025.","Providing and Keeping Records was cited in 31 notices in 2025, while Disruptive Practices Prohibited appeared in seven."],"companies":[{"name":"CME Group","is_primary":true,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000694/cme-group","website":"http://www.cmegroup.com"},{"name":"Cornerstone Research","is_primary":false,"profile_url":"https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0004u2i/cornerstone-research","website":"https://www.cornerstone.com"}],"source":{"publisher":"PR Newswire","title":"CME Group Disciplinary Activity Remained Steady in 2025 with Lower Aggregate Monetary Penalties","url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cme-group-disciplinary-activity-remained-steady-in-2025-with-lower-aggregate-monetary-penalties-302914649.html"},"other_sources":[],"tags":["Research & Clinical Trials","CME Group","Cornerstone Research"],"body_markdown":"[CME Group](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000694/cme-group) imposed $330,000 in fines across 127 disciplinary notices in 2025, the second-lowest aggregate monetary penalties since 2018, according to a [Cornerstone Research](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0004u2i/cornerstone-research) report. [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cme-group-disciplinary-activity-remained-steady-in-2025-with-lower-aggregate-monetary-penalties-302914649.html) published the findings on October 21, 2026.\n\n## What the Cornerstone Research Report Found\n\nThe report, Trends in CME Group Disciplinary Notices: 2018–2025, counted 962 unique disciplinary notices issued against market participants between 2018 and 2025. Notices fell 55% from 2019 through 2022, rose 80% in 2023, and have stayed relatively steady since, with 120 notices in 2024 and 127 in 2025. Over the eight years, CME Group imposed more than $81 million in monetary penalties, including about $59 million in fines, $12 million in disgorgement, and $10 million in restitution.\n\nFines tied to Disruptive Practices Prohibited fell from $1.58 million in 2024 to $330,000 in 2025, and that category appeared in only seven notices. Providing and Keeping Records was cited in 31 notices. \"While the overall number of disciplinary notices changed little in 2025, the composition of enforcement activity shifted considerably,\" said Nicole Moran, a report coauthor and vice president at Cornerstone Research.\n\nCornerstone Research is an economic and financial consulting firm founded in 1989, with more than 1,000 professionals across nine offices in the US, UK, and EU. CFO Dive reported on October 9, 2026 that large corporate bankruptcies fell 15% to 100 in the 12 months ending June 2026, per Cornerstone Research, a count that still exceeded the 2005-2025 average of 82.\n\n## CME Group's Scale and Recent Moves\n\nCME Group operates the world's largest derivatives marketplace, offering futures and options across six asset classes through four CFTC-regulated exchanges, according to [akta.pro company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The same records show average daily trading volume of 28.1 million contracts in 2025 and a record 36.2 million contracts per day in the first quarter of 2026, up 22% year over year.\n\nCME Group filed a lawsuit against the CFTC on June 18, 2026 challenging the regulator's May 29 decision allowing Kalshi and Coinbase to list perpetual futures, the same records show. On June 29, 2026, it launched four new E-mini equity index futures and Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 options.\n\n## Earlier CME Group Developments\n\nCME Group announced plans on October 19, 2026 to launch new European dairy futures and options contracts before the end of 2026, pending regulatory reviews, PR Newswire reported. Stock Titan reported the same day that CME Group will launch tungsten futures, with trading starting by early Q1 2027 pending regulatory reviews.\n\n247wallst reported on October 16, 2026 that CME Group plans to list Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, 2026, pending regulatory approval.\n\n## What Comes Next for CME Group\n\nCME Group will extend implied trading functionality for Calendar and Butterfly spreads on CME Globex effective November 15, 2026, according to Fxnewsgroup. The company's tungsten futures are set to begin trading by early Q1 2027, and its European dairy contracts are planned before the end of 2026, both pending regulatory reviews.\n","publisher":{"name":"News for Agent","url":"https://newsforagent.com"}}