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Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network, has announced its participation in the BofA Securities 2025 Financial Services Conference in Miami, Florida. The presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, February 12 at 12:10 p.m. ET.

Key executives participating in the presentation include Fredric Tomczyk (Chief Executive Officer), Jill Griebenow (Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer), David Howson (Executive Vice President and Global President), and Chris Isaacson (Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer).

Investors and interested parties can access the live webcast and replay of the presentation through the company's investor relations website at ir.cboe.com under Events and Presentations. The archived webcast will be made available approximately one hour after the presentation concludes.

Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) reported its Q4 and full-year 2024 financial results, showing mixed performance. The company achieved record net revenue of $2.1 billion for the full year, up 8% from 2023, while Q4 net revenue reached $524.5 million, increasing 5% year-over-year.

Q4 diluted EPS decreased 6% to $1.86, while adjusted diluted EPS grew 2% to $2.10. For the full year 2024, diluted EPS increased 1% to $7.21, and adjusted diluted EPS rose 10% to a record $8.61.

The company's growth was balanced across all segments: Derivatives Markets net revenue up 8%, Data Vantage net revenue up 7%, and Cash and Spot Markets net revenue up 10% in 2024. Looking ahead to 2025, Cboe projects mid-single-digit organic total net revenue growth and mid-to-high single-digit Data Vantage organic net revenue growth, with adjusted operating expense guidance of $837-852 million.

Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) has reported significant trading volume growth across most business segments in January 2025. Multiply-listed options saw a 24.5% increase year-over-year to 13,151k contracts ADV, while index options rose 10.1% to 4,535k contracts ADV. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) options achieved their second-best month ever with 3.46 million contracts ADV.

Notable increases were observed in European Equities (20.9% YoY), Japanese Equities (19.7% YoY), and Global FX (12.3% YoY). The company set new records in short-dated options and global trading hours, including a single-day record of 2.42 million 0DTE SPX contracts on January 31 and 253,000 SPX contracts during global trading hours on January 27.

However, some segments showed declines, with Futures dropping 4.0% and Australian Equities declining 3.5% compared to January 2024.

Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) has appointed Meaghan Dugan as Head of U.S. Options, marking a significant expansion of its Global Derivatives team. Dugan, who brings over 20 years of experience in listed options trading and market making, will oversee business strategy, competitive positioning, and market development for Cboe's U.S. options business.

The company has also made several key appointments across regions: Steven Jorgensen as Head of Derivatives Sales for Europe and Middle East, Jason Beck as Senior Director of Derivatives Sales, and multiple appointments in the APAC region including Hiroshi Okitsu, James Paik, Lydia Stringer, and Vincent Wang. The Derivatives Market Intelligence team was strengthened with Henry Schwartz and Ed Tom joining in leadership roles.

These strategic hires aim to address increasing global client demand for Cboe's derivatives markets and products, with a focus on expanding the company's global presence while providing tailored solutions for individual markets.

Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) has announced the launch of its Global Indices Feed on Snowflake Marketplace, expanding cloud-based access to its index data. The service provides end-of-day summary data and tick data from seven feed channels, including the renowned VIX Index and other proprietary indices developed with partners like S&P Dow Jones, FTSE Russell, and MSCI.

The integration allows users to access comprehensive market data through Cboe DataShop, featuring open, high, low, and closing values, as well as real-time tick data throughout the trading day. This initiative is part of Cboe's broader digital transformation, which includes migrating its proprietary data and analytics to the Snowflake AI Data Cloud platform to enhance data storage and analysis capabilities.

Market participants can utilize this data for various purposes, including market sentiment analysis, performance modeling, back-testing strategies, and portfolio risk identification.

Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) has unveiled its newly branded exchange technology platform, Cboe Titanium (Cboe Ti), marking a significant milestone in its technological evolution. The platform powers Cboe's options, equities, and futures markets across the U.S., UK, Europe, Japan, and Australia.

Cboe Canada is scheduled to migrate to Cboe Ti on March 3, 2025, while cash-settled bitcoin and ether futures contracts will transition to the Cboe Futures Exchange running on Cboe Ti in Q2 2025. The platform maintained 100% uptime across 25 of its 27 global platforms and achieved over 99.9% uptime across all platforms during 2024's heightened volatility.

Notable improvements include a new access architecture for U.S. options handling approximately 100 billion quotes and orders daily, and the introduction of Dedicated Cores service, which reduced latency by 60% in the U.S. and is expanding to other regions.

Cboe Global Markets and Metaurus Advisors have launched the Cboe U.S. Large-Mid Cap 100 Index (CEQX) on December 20, 2024, marking the first of four planned indices in their collaboration. The CEQX is an equal-dollar-weighted index comprising 100 large-mid cap U.S. stocks, rebalanced quarterly to replicate sector capitalization weightings of the largest U.S.-listed companies.

Three additional indices are planned for Q1 2025: the Cboe Lead 50 Index, Cboe Lag 50 Index, and Cboe U.S. Large-Mid Cap 100 Cumulative Return Index. The Lead 50 and Lag 50 indices will track the top and bottom 50 performing companies within CEQX, respectively, providing insights into realized dispersion. Cboe Labs plans to launch tradable futures products based on these indices, subject to regulatory review.

Cboe Global Markets has reported its December and full year 2024 trading statistics, marking significant achievements across its global operations. The company achieved its fifth consecutive record-breaking year in U.S. Options, with total volume reaching 3.8 billion contracts and an ADV of 14.95 million contracts.

Notable highlights include record performances in proprietary index options, with total trading of 1.03 billion contracts and an ADV of 4.1 million contracts. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) options traded 784.2 million contracts, while VIX options reached 209.2 million contracts. In Q4, zero days to expiry trading in SPX set a quarterly record, comprising 51% of overall SPX volumes.

Global FX operations achieved a record full year spot average daily notional volume of $45.4 billion, surpassing the previous year's record of $43.6 billion.

Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) announced the closure of its U.S. equities and options exchanges, including Cboe Futures Exchange, on Thursday, January 9, 2025, observing the National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. Cboe equities exchanges will be closed for all sessions, while options exchanges will only close during Regular Trading Hours. Global Trading Hours for Cboe Options Exchange and CFE will remain open. Cboe Digital Exchange will operate normally. The company also observed a one-minute moment of silence on its Chicago trading floor at 8:20 a.m. CT on December 30, 2024.