Exchange operator CME ramps up recruiting in Illinois

Chicago

THE world's largest exchange operator is going to college.

To ramp up its recruiting efforts, CME Group Inc will on Sept 9 open an office at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Research Park, a technology epicentre that already hosts 101 finance, technology and agriculture companies. Students are tapped to work on projects ranging from cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin to cloud computing.