CME Group

CME • NASDAQ

CME Group is a financial - data & stock exchanges company in the financial services sector on NASDAQ, led by Terrence A. Duffy, with a market cap of $98.3B. As of Q3 2025, 87% of shares are held by 1,600 institutional investors, with VANGUARD GROUP INC as the largest holder at 9.8%.

CEOTerrence A. Duffy

Market Cap$98.3B

Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges

Financial Services

Websitecmegroup.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in CME as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $97.4B

All Institutions

Institutions: 1,600
Value Held: $84.9B
Shares Held: 314.3M
Avg Position: $53.0M
Median Position: $1.4M

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 91
Value Held: $3.7B
Shares Held: 13.8M
Avg Position: $41.0M
Median Position: $2.6M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

83.33%

$81.1B

Hedge Funds

3.83%

$3.7B

Retail & Other

12.84%

$12.5B

Based on market cap of $97.4B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in CME as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$9.5B 0.14% of portfolio	9.80% 35.3M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+	$6.69T
BlackRock, Inc. Institution	Laurence D. Fink CEO	$8.4B 0.15% of portfolio	8.67% 31.3M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+	$5.67T
STATE STREET CORP Institution	Ronald P. O'Hanley CEO	$4.3B 0.15% of portfolio	4.46% 16.1M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+	$2.88T
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO Institution	Jamie Dimon CEO	$2.6B 0.16% of portfolio	2.65% 9.5M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+	$1.56T
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC ETF Provider	David Kenneth Lane CEO	$2.5B 0.16% of portfolio	2.60% 9.4M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+	$1.57T
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	Jed Finn CEO	$2.4B 0.15% of portfolio	2.47% 8.9M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+	$1.65T
C Capital World Investors Institution	-	$2.2B 0.31% of portfolio	2.30% 8.3M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+	$730.00B
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ Long Only Manager	Robert W Sharps President	$2.0B 0.22% of portfolio	2.04% 7.4M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+	$912.31B
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC Institution	Jim Cracchiolo CEO	$1.3B 0.30% of portfolio	1.34% 4.8M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+	$433.11B
Bank of New York Mellon Corp Institution	Robin Vince CEO	$1.3B 0.23% of portfolio	1.33% 4.8M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+	$556.34B

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for CME in Q3 2025

Traded: +$11.3M
Buyers: 763
Sellers: 718
Total Bought: +$5.3B
Total Sold: −$5.3B
Avg Position: $49.5M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
Sanders Capital, LLC Long Only Manager	+$1.0B +3.7M shares	$1.0B 3.7M shares
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ Long Only Manager	+$433.8M +1.6M shares	$2.0B 7.4M shares
BlackRock, Inc. Institution	+$330.3M +1.2M shares	$8.4B 31.3M shares
GQG Partners LLC Long Only Manager	+$256.7M +950.0K shares	$1.2B 4.5M shares
Mawer Investment Management Ltd. Long Only Manager	+$210.1M +777.6K shares	$406.0M 1.5M shares
HENDERSON GROUP PLC Institution	+$152.8M +565.4K shares	$489.6M 1.8M shares
Invesco Ltd. ETF Provider	+$142.8M +528.4K shares	$764.7M 2.8M shares
BARCLAYS PLC Institution	+$132.8M +491.5K shares	$411.5M 1.5M shares
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. Long Only Manager	+$118.2M +437.6K shares	$424.4M 1.6M shares
A Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Institution	+$116.4M +430.9K shares	$165.9M 613.9K shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO Institution	−$741.6M −2.7M shares	$2.6B 9.5M shares
V Vontobel Holding Ltd. Institution	−$267.7M −990.7K shares	$521.3M 1.9M shares
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Hedge Fund•Quant	−$261.2M −966.6K shares	$774.5M 2.9M shares
TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$250.0M −925.2K shares	$247.5M 916.2K shares
VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	−$164.6M −597.4K shares	Sold Off 0 shares
UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC Long Only Manager	−$155.4M −575.1K shares	$695.4M 2.6M shares
Bank of New York Mellon Corp Institution	−$153.1M −566.6K shares	$1.3B 4.8M shares
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	−$144.9M −536.4K shares	$2.4B 8.9M shares
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$141.4M −523.4K shares	$81.4M 301.1K shares
A AXA Institution	−$133.9M −485.7K shares	Sold Off 0 shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited CME in Q3 2025

New Positions: 56
New Value: $1.1B
Exited Positions: 116
Exited Value: $571.3M

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
Sanders Capital, LLC Long Only Manager	$1.0B 3.7M shares
D DDD Partners, LLC Institution	$17.7M 65.4K shares
Ceredex Value Advisors LLC Long Only Manager	$15.6M 57.6K shares
Polar Securities Inc. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$9.8M 36.4K shares
Sandhill Capital Partners LLC RIA/Wealth	$6.0M 22.1K shares
MORGAN DEMPSEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	$4.5M 16.7K shares
ALTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC/ Long Only Manager	$4.1M 15.2K shares
Shorepoint Capital Partners LLC RIA/Wealth	$2.5M 9.3K shares
LEE JOHNSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC RIA/Wealth	$2.3M 8.4K shares
Krueger & Catalano Capital Partners, LLC RIA/Wealth	$2.0M 7.3K shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$164.6M 597.4K shares
A AXA Institution	$133.9M 485.7K shares
SAMLYN CAPITAL, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$58.5M 212.3K shares
A ADAMS EXPRESS CO Long Only Manager	$24.0M 87.1K shares
V Varenne Capital Partners Institution	$23.7M 86.1K shares
S S.A.C. Capital Advisors Ltd. Institution	$20.8M 75.4K shares
Trexquant Investment LP Hedge Fund•Quant	$17.1M 61.9K shares
N Nearwater Capital Markets, Ltd Institution	$15.2M 55.0K shares
P PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT Institution	$13.9M 50.5K shares
Jain Global LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$12.0M 43.7K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in CME as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 46
Call Value: $567.6M
Put Positions: 36
Put Value: $407.0M

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$144.9M 5.4K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$83.1M 3.1K contracts
Oribel Capital Management, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$39.3M 1.5K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$37.5M 1.4K contracts
UBS Group AG Institution	$29.0M 1.1K contracts
CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. Hedge Fund•Quant Macro	$27.4M 1.0K contracts
P Parallax Volatility Advisers, LLC Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$20.3M 750.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$18.0M 663.0 contracts
R ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Institution	$16.2M 600.0 contracts
S Squarepoint Ops LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$15.4M 571.0 contracts

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$155.2M 5.7K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$38.9M 1.4K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$37.5M 1.4K contracts
UBS Group AG Institution	$27.5M 1.0K contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$15.8M 583.0 contracts
CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. Hedge Fund•Quant Macro	$13.3M 494.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$11.7M 431.0 contracts
D Delta Accumulation, LLC Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$10.8M 400.0 contracts
Verition Fund Management LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$9.4M 348.0 contracts
S Squarepoint Ops LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$9.2M 340.0 contracts

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with CME as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
B BP PLC Institution	-	100.00% $15.9M	0.02% 60.0K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+	$15.9M
V Vitol Holding B.V. Institution	-	74.69% $10.8M	0.01% 40.0K shares	Q3 2020 Held for 5y 3m	$14.5M
Kepos Capital LP Hedge Fund•Global Macro	Robert Bruce Litterman Chairman	47.67% $8.1M	0.01% 30.0K shares	Q2 2023 Held for 2y 6m	$17.0M
P Prevatt Capital Ltd Long Only Manager	Jonathan Israel Tepper CIO	14.88% $43.8M	0.04% 162.0K shares	Q4 2023 Held for 2 years	$294.2M
GUARDCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd Long Only Manager	Steven Andrew Ralph Bates CIO	14.05% $606.2M	0.62% 2.2M shares	Q4 2017 Held for 8 years	$4.3B
ELEMENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	Jeffrey Marc Talpins CEO	11.48% $8.1M	0.01% 30.0K shares	Q1 2015 Held for 10y 9m	$70.6M
CAPITAL COUNSEL LLC/NY RIA/Wealth	Terence Sean Greene President	8.20% $213.9M	0.22% 791.7K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 6m+	$2.6B
Iron Financial, LLC RIA/Wealth	Howard Lee Nixon CEO	7.58% $15.8M	0.02% 58.6K shares	Q4 2013 Held for 12 years	$208.8M
Emmett Investment Management, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Alexander M Rohr Managing Partner	7.40% $10.5M	0.01% 39.4K shares	Q4 2024 Held for 1 year	$141.7M
P Patrick Mauro Investment Advisor, INC. RIA/Wealth	Patrick John Mauro CEO	7.00% $13.3M	0.01% 49.3K shares	Q3 2022 Held for 3y 3m	$190.4M

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in CME

HBK Sorce Advisory LLC

Hedge Fund • Multi-Strategy

Portfolio ManagerMatthew Atcheson Leffers

Portfolio Value: $4.1B
Positions: 732
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in CME Group

Market Value: $332.9K
Shares Held: 1.2K
Portfolio Weight: 0.01%
Owned Since: 2025-Q1

Top Holding	Sector	Market Value	Weight
1 SCHX Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF SCHX	ETF ETF	$897.0M	21.96%
2 VCRB Vanguard Core Bond VCRB	ETF ETF	$680.4M	16.66%
3 Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets VEA	ETF ETF	$464.3M	11.37%

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CME Group

Overview

All Institutions

Hedge Funds

Ownership Breakdown

Biggest Investors

Net Capital Flow

Biggest Buyers

Biggest Sellers

Entry and Exit Activity

New Positions

Exited Positions

Options Activity

Call Positions

Put Positions

Most Committed Institutions

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Position in CME Group

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