CME Group hikes dividend by 11.1%

CME Group (CME) will increases its quarterly dividend by 11.1 percent to $1.00 per share in 2021. In 2021 the dividend was hiked by 5.9 percent and CME also paid a special dividend of $3.25 per share.

The next CME dividend is payable March 25, 2022, to shareholders of record as of March 10, 2022.

CME Group enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities.The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing. With a range of pre- and post-trade products and services underpinning the entire lifecycle of a trade, CME Group also offers optimization and reconciliation services through TriOptima, and trade processing services through Traiana.