CME Group

Americas

Financial services

FDI

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CME Group’s Belfast team drives the technology to support its global success.

About CME Group

Chicago-based CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. It enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimise portfolios, and analyse data – empowering market participants worldwide to manage risk and capture opportunities.

Northern Ireland Investment

CME Group established its Technology and Support Services Centre in Belfast in 2012 with 50 employees. Today, the team has grown to over 400 employees, securing the company’s place in Northern Ireland’s vibrant financial services sector.

Our Belfast office is perfectly placed geographically, allowing overlap with our technology centres in Asia and the US, to support our global markets. Combined with the best of local ingredients: talent, work ethic and a can-do attitude, we continue to move the business forward.

Andrew Connolly, Head of CME Group, Belfast

Driving Innovation

Technology drives everything at CME Group. Its Belfast team develops advanced electronic trading and risk management systems and invests heavily in cybersecurity to safeguard systems, information and markets.

Recent growth has expanded opportunities beyond technology, tapping into local talent for Finance, Legal and Compliance, Marketing and HR functions.

The Belfast office also hosts an award winning early career program, helping attract and develop the best and brightest from the local community.

Support from Invest NI

Invest Northern Ireland supported CME Group’s location decision, offering assistance with skills and training alongside the Department for the Economy and Learning through the Assured Skills Programme.