Cuộc họp công bố kết quả kinh doanh Quý 3/2026 của CME Group (CME): Khối lượng giao dịch kỷ lục và tăng trưởng doanh thu 13%

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• CME Group đã báo cáo doanh thu quý 3/2026 đạt 1,7 tỷ USD, tăng 13% so với cùng kỳ năm ngoái, trong khi EPS pha loãng đã điều chỉnh tăng 13% lên 3,02 USD.
• Khối lượng giao dịch bình quân hàng ngày đạt mức kỷ lục trong quý 3 là 29,4 triệu hợp đồng, tăng 16%, với mức tăng trưởng hai chữ số ở cả 6 nhóm tài sản.
• Khối lượng vị thế mở vào cuối quý đạt 128 triệu hợp đồng và sau đó đã vượt 133 triệu hợp đồng. Mức tiết kiệm ký quỹ bình quân hàng ngày của khách hàng đã vượt 100 tỷ USD.
• Khối lượng giao dịch bình quân hàng ngày quốc tế tăng 22% lên mức kỷ lục 9 triệu hợp đồng, dẫn đầu là mức tăng trưởng 28% ở khu vực APAC và 20% ở khu vực EMEA.
• Doanh thu Dữ liệu Thị trường lập kỷ lục theo quý mọi thời đại là 243 triệu USD, tăng 20%, đánh dấu quý thứ 34 liên tiếp tăng trưởng so với cùng kỳ năm ngoái.
• CME Group đã hoàn trả gần 1 tỷ USD cho các cổ đông thông qua 465 triệu USD tiền cổ tức thường niên theo quý và 524 triệu USD tiền mua lại cổ phiếu.

Dữ liệu tài chính cốt lõi

Trong 9 tháng đầu năm 2026, doanh thu tăng 9% và EPS đã điều chỉnh tăng 11%.

Kết quả Kinh doanh và Hoạt động

Khối lượng giao dịch bình quân hàng ngày trong quý 3 tăng 16% lên 29,4 triệu hợp đồng. Khối lượng các sản phẩm tài chính và hàng hóa đều tăng 16%, trong khi nhóm sản phẩm cổ phiếu dẫn đầu mức tăng trưởng với mức tăng 23%. Tất cả 6 nhóm tài sản đều ghi nhận mức tăng trưởng khối lượng hai chữ số so với cùng kỳ năm ngoái.

Khối lượng giao dịch bình quân hàng ngày quốc tế đạt 9 triệu hợp đồng. Khối lượng tại khu vực EMEA tăng 20% lên 6,5 triệu hợp đồng/ngày, trong khi khu vực APAC tăng 28% lên 2,1 triệu hợp đồng/ngày. Tăng trưởng quốc tế được dẫn dắt bởi các sản phẩm năng lượng, tăng 40%; sản phẩm nông nghiệp, tăng 28%; và các sản phẩm chỉ số cổ phiếu, tăng 24%.

Doanh thu Dữ liệu Thị trường được hưởng lợi từ cơ sở người đăng ký chuyên nghiệp rộng lớn hơn, sự tăng trưởng người đăng ký cá nhân và không chuyên nghiệp, nhu cầu nguồn cấp dữ liệu mạnh mẽ hơn, các hoạt động liên quan đến SOFR, các thay đổi về giá và điều chỉnh chính sách. Hơn 50% nhu cầu Dữ liệu Thị trường đến từ bên ngoài nước Mỹ. Quý này cũng bao gồm 4,7 triệu USD doanh thu kiểm toán và các khoản thanh toán truy thu cho việc sử dụng trong giai đoạn trước.

Mức tiết kiệm ký quỹ bình quân hàng ngày của khách hàng đã vượt 100 tỷ USD. Mức tiết kiệm liên quan đến cổ phiếu là gần 47 tỷ USD trong quý 3, bao gồm gần 42 tỷ USD từ việc bù trừ hợp đồng tương lai và quyền chọn của CME và hơn 5 tỷ USD từ thỏa thuận liên thị trường CME-OCC. Mức tiết kiệm ký quỹ danh mục hợp đồng hoán đổi đạt bình quân 13,2 tỷ USD mỗi ngày trong tháng 9, tăng 58% so với cùng kỳ năm ngoái, trong khi mức tiết kiệm ký quỹ chéo CME-FICC đạt bình quân 2,3 tỷ USD mỗi ngày.

CME Group đã ra mắt Hợp đồng Tương lai Cổ phiếu Đơn lẻ và Hợp đồng Tương lai Chỉ số Cổ phiếu E-nano trong quý. Hợp đồng Tương lai Cổ phiếu Đơn lẻ tạo ra hơn 315.000 hợp đồng và giá trị danh nghĩa khoảng 3,5 tỷ USD. Mạng lưới phân phối đã tiếp cận 25 đối tác môi giới bán lẻ lớn, với sự tham gia của hơn 50 quốc gia.

Công ty cũng đã mở rộng giao dịch 24/7 đối với các hợp đồng vàng 1 ounce và bạc 100 ounce. Ban lãnh đạo cho biết khối lượng giao dịch cuối tuần chiếm khoảng 20% đến 30% khối lượng giao dịch bình quân hàng ngày của các hợp đồng đó.

Triển vọng của Ban Lãnh đạo

Ban lãnh đạo cho biết khối lượng giao dịch đầu quý 4 cao hơn 17% so với quý 4 kỷ lục của năm trước, trong khi khối lượng giao dịch từ đầu năm đến nay đang cao hơn 12% so với năm kỷ lục trước đó. Công ty cho biết họ vẫn đang đi đúng hướng cho một năm kỷ lục khác, mặc dù không cung cấp dự báo cụ thể về doanh thu hoặc lợi nhuận.

Các thay đổi về giá được thực hiện vào ngày 1 tháng 10 dự kiến bởi ban lãnh đạo sẽ làm tăng khoảng 0,5% đến 1% phí bù trừ và giao dịch trên cơ sở tính theo năm. Các thay đổi này ảnh hưởng đến các sản phẩm tiền mã hóa, một số phần trong nhóm hàng hóa ngũ cốc, các bậc lãi suất được chọn và các sản phẩm cổ phiếu Quy mô Micro.

CME Securities Clearing vẫn dự kiến ra mắt vào ngày 7 tháng 12, trước quy định bắt buộc bù trừ Trái phiếu Kho bạc của SEC. CME cũng dự kiến bắt đầu chuyển đổi các thị trường của mình sang Google Cloud vào cuối năm 2027, tùy thuộc vào tiến độ triển khai tiếp theo.

Rủi ro và Các Lĩnh vực Cần Theo dõi

Sản phẩm hợp đồng tương lai năng lực tính toán đề xuất vẫn phải chờ cơ quan quản lý phê duyệt. CFTC đã gia hạn thời gian lấy ý kiến thêm 45 ngày cho đến hết ngày 9 tháng 11, và ban lãnh đạo chưa cung cấp ngày ra mắt. CME cho biết nhu cầu đã xuất hiện từ các công ty điện toán đám mây thế hệ mới (neocloud), đơn vị vận hành trung tâm dữ liệu, ngân hàng, quỹ và các tập đoàn.

CME đã rút hồ sơ đăng ký hợp đồng WTI 10 thùng giao dịch 24/7 sau sự chậm trễ từ phía cơ quan quản lý và những lo ngại từ các bên tham gia thương mại về chi phí nhân sự và vận hành. Ban lãnh đạo cho biết việc áp dụng rộng rãi hơn giao dịch 24/7 trên các thị trường lớn sẽ phụ thuộc vào việc ngân hàng, thanh khoản và hạ tầng hậu hoàn tất giao dịch hoạt động liên tục.

Công ty cũng liên quan đến các vụ kiện tụng về phân loại pháp lý của hợp đồng vĩnh viễn. Ban lãnh đạo bày tỏ sự tin tưởng vào vị thế của mình nhưng cho biết mọi quyết định ra mắt các sản phẩm vĩnh viễn sẽ phụ thuộc vào kết quả của tòa án và các đề xuất quản lý trong tương lai.

Ban lãnh đạo nhấn mạnh đòn bẩy trên một số nền tảng hợp đồng vĩnh viễn ở nước ngoài là nguồn rủi ro hệ thống tiềm ẩn. Ban lãnh đạo cho biết CME sẽ tiếp tục ưu tiên tính toàn vẹn của thị trường, các biện pháp bảo vệ tài chính và bảo vệ khách hàng khi giới thiệu các sản phẩm mới.

Những Điểm nổi bật trong Phần Hỏi & Đáp với Chuyên gia Phân tích

• Phân bổ vốn: Ban lãnh đạo nhấn mạnh sự linh hoạt giữa cổ tức hàng quý, cổ tức biến đổi và mua lại cổ phiếu. CME vẫn thận trọng lựa chọn trong việc thâu tóm, tập trung vào các giao dịch có thể bổ sung khách hàng, sản phẩm hoặc hiệu quả sử dụng vốn.
• Hợp đồng Tương lai Cổ phiếu Đơn lẻ: Ban lãnh đạo đánh giá sản phẩm này phù hợp với cả khách hàng cá nhân và tổ chức. Nhu cầu của các tổ chức tập trung vào hiệu quả ký quỹ và ký quỹ chéo, trong khi định vị đối với nhà đầu tư cá nhân nhấn mạnh vào đòn bẩy, delta cố định và không chịu sự sụt giảm giá trị theo thời gian của quyền chọn.
• Dữ liệu Thị trường: Mức tăng trưởng trải rộng trên đối tượng người dùng chuyên nghiệp, người đăng ký không chuyên nghiệp và nhu cầu nguồn cấp dữ liệu. Ban lãnh đạo không đưa ra tỷ lệ tăng trưởng dự báo cho tương lai.
• Khối lượng vị thế mở: Ban lãnh đạo cho biết các hợp đồng đáo hạn theo tuần và các hợp đồng ngắn hạn khác khiến việc so sánh khối lượng vị thế mở hiện tại không còn đơn giản như những năm trước. Mặc dù vậy, tổng khối lượng vị thế mở vẫn duy trì trên 133 triệu hợp đồng trong tháng 10.
• Treasury Link: Nền tảng này đã bước vào giai đoạn thử nghiệm với khách hàng và được thiết kế để cho phép giao dịch chênh lệch giá tập trung giữa hợp đồng tương lai Trái phiếu Kho bạc và Trái phiếu Kho bạc cơ sở, giúp giảm rủi ro về thời điểm thực thi.
• Sự tham gia của nhà đầu tư cá nhân: CME đã có thêm hơn 100.000 nhà giao dịch cá nhân mới trong quý, tăng 40% so với một năm trước đó. Ban lãnh đạo cho biết hoạt động của các tổ chức vẫn chiếm 94% hoạt động kinh doanh của CME và tiếp tục giữ vai trò trung tâm trong hệ sinh thái thanh khoản của công ty.
• Thỏa thuận cấp phép CBOE-S&P: CME dự kiến sẽ được hưởng lợi thông qua công ty liên doanh của mình từ việc tăng giá bắt đầu vào năm 2027, mặc dù hiệu quả kinh tế chính xác vẫn chưa được tiết lộ.

Toàn văn Biên bản Cuộc họp Báo cáo Kết quả Kinh doanh

Toàn văn cuộc gọi công bố kết quả kinh doanh

Phần trình bày của ban lãnh đạo

Operator

Welcome to the CME Group Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] I will now turn the call over to Adam Minick. Please go ahead.

Adam Minick

Good morning, and I hope you're all doing well today. Earlier this morning, we released our earnings commentary, which provides extensive details on the third quarter 2026, which we will be discussing on this call. I'll start with the safe harbor language, and then I'll turn it over to Terry.

Statements made on this call and in the other reference documents on our website that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or implied in any statement. Detailed information about factors that may affect our performance can be found in the filings with the SEC, which are on our website. Lastly, in the earnings release, you have a reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP measures following the financial statements.

With that, I'll turn the call over to our Chairman and CEO, Terry Duffy.

Terrence Duffy

Thanks, Adam, and thank you all for joining us this morning. I'll make a few comments about our exceptional third quarter performance before turning it over to Lynne, to provide an overview of our financial results. In addition to Lynne, we have other members of our management team present to answer questions after the prepared remarks.

Against the backdrop of shifting Central Bank policies, geopolitical uncertainty and persistent market volatility, global participants continue to turn to CME Group in record numbers. The third quarter average daily volume of 29.4 million contracts was the highest third quarter average daily volume in CME Group's history, and increased 16% compared to the same period last year. This strong growth was broad-based as we achieved double-digit year-over-year volume growth in all 6 asset classes. Our Financial and Commodity products volume each grew by 16%. Beyond the strong volume growth, the underlying health of the business is perhaps best reflected in the strength of our open interest and the significant capital efficiencies we provide to our customers.

Quarter-end open interest reached 128 million contracts, and today, it's over 133 million, the highest open interest at the end of September in our history. As I said, this open interest continues to grow in October. We also set a record for a number of large open interest holders in both our interest rates and foreign exchange complexes in September. Additionally, we delivered record levels of capital efficiency in the third quarter, saving our customers an average of over $100 billion a day in margin savings. This was a record third quarter for our International business as well, where average daily volume reached 9 million contracts, up 22% versus last year. This was led by 6.5 million average daily volume from EMEA, which was up 20% and 2.1 million contracts per day from APAC, up 28%. The record International volume was driven by growth in energy products, up 40%, agricultural products were up 28% and equity index products were up 24% to support our customers.

Product innovation remains central to our strategy. During the quarter, we launched several new products, including Single Stock Futures and E-nano Equity Index futures. We also expanded 24/7 trading to both our 1 ounce gold and 100-ounce silver contracts, building on the strong traction of our 24/7 cryptocurrency products launched earlier this year.

Looking ahead, we are on track for our December 7 launch of CME Securities Clearing in advance of the SEC's treasury curing mandate. Innovation will continue to be a key driver of our performance and our ability to serve our clients effectively. However, true innovation must always be anchored in market integrity, financial safeguards and client protection. Innovation without real risk management isn't progress. It has the potential to create systemic risk. CME Group remains committed to ensuring market integrity and will never sacrifice core protections in the name of innovation. Instead, we continue to launch innovative products while preserving the safety and soundness of our marketplace.

Technology innovation will also be responsive to client needs. As part of our ongoing cloud migration with Google Cloud, [indiscernible] in the Dallas disaster recovery facility for client testing in June. The performance of that infrastructure has been positive with latency and consistency as good or better than our on-premises offering. The primary [indiscernible] region continues to progress to plan, and we expect to begin this cloud migration of our markets in late 2027. Given this time line and the positive testing to date, we have determined that in the interim, relocation of our livestock markets to Dallas is no longer necessary. Next-generation market participants require premier technology optionality. CME Group is uniquely positioned as the -- the only global exchange offering clients the dual advantage of Google Cloud Managed Services alongside ultra-low latency colocation.

It's clear that market participants continue to turn to CME Group to navigate a complex and rapidly evolving global economy. I'm incredibly proud of what we have achieved this quarter, and I'm highly confident in the opportunities ahead of us. With that, I will hand the call over to Lynne to discuss our financial performance in more detail.

Lynne Fitzpatrick

Thanks, Terry, and thank you all for joining us this morning. As Terry mentioned, CME Group generated impressive third quarter financial growth, with revenue of $1.7 billion was up 13% from the third quarter in 2025. This marks a record for third quarter revenue in aggregate and included a new all-time quarterly record for Market Data $243 million. Market Data revenues were up 20% and delivered the 34th consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth. Adjusted expenses were $532 million for the quarter and $428 million, excluding [ license fees ]. The strong growth in volume this quarter, led by our Equity Complex up 23%, resulted in an increase in license fees, which are primarily related to equity activities. Our revenue growth and operating leverage resulted in adjusted operating income of $1.2 billion, up 15% year-over-year or 69.4% adjusted operating margin.

Adjusted net income was $1.1 billion, resulting in adjusted diluted earnings per share of $3.02, up 13% from Q3 2025. Our adjusted net income margin for the quarter was 62.4%. Reinforcing our commitment to disciplined capital return, we returned nearly $1 billion to shareholders during the quarter with $465 million in regular quarterly dividends and $524 million in share repurchase. The third quarter results underscore CME Group's position as the primary definition for global risk management, delivering double-digit volume growth across every single asset class, drove double-digit gains in both revenue and earnings resulting in the second highest revenue, adjusted net income and earnings per share any quarter in our history.

Through the first 3 quarters of this year, our revenues have grown by 9% and our adjusted earnings per share by 11%. Our strong year-to-date momentum reflects robust client demand across our global benchmark products and continued innovation to best serve our clients. As we enter the fourth quarter, volume is surpassing last year's record fourth quarter by 17% and we are tracking 12% ahead of last year's record volume year-to-date as we remain firmly on track to deliver another record year, our focus remains on delivering deep liquid markets and [indiscernible] and capital efficiencies for our clients and strong earnings for our shareholders.

We'd now like to open up the call for your questions.

Operator

[Operator Instructions] The first question in the queue is from Chris Allen with KBW.

Phần hỏi đáp

Christopher Allen

I wanted to ask on compute futures. I know the CFTC extended the comment period. Just wondering if you see any hurdles to launching this product. Judging by our review of the comments, it doesn't seem like any real pushback there. Maybe any update on client feedback, appetite for compute futures? And then whether you're seeing any incremental impact from hyperscale and data centers within the energy product complex?

Terrence Duffy

Thanks, Chris. Chris, it's Terry Duffy. I'm going to start, and I'll let Derek make some comments as well. On the client development, Derek can touch on, because Derek and I and [indiscernible] we all have been working with clients on the street as it relates to compute futures and what they mean for their portfolios and their businesses. As far as the timing of the agency goes, that is still unknown. As you know, they extended the comment period another 45 days, which ends, I believe, on November 9. So then they have to make a decision on what they want to do. We think this is a product that needs to get out.

When you look at all the conversation around data centers, AI, hyperscalers, chips, we have people contacting us that are looking and do a [indiscernible] reference it about how they need to manage this risk in this ever-changing landscape that they're in. So I would hope that the government would allow this product to move forward sooner rather than later. But again, it's in their hands right now and there's not much more we can do until we get the approval from the government. As you know, this was filed under a 40.3 which is a full review of the process and we respect the processes. So we look forward to that going forward. And again, I think this is -- we're playing the long in, as it relates to compute futures. But we wanted to make sure with this product up launched so people can manage the risk. And Derek, I'll let you talk a little bit more about the client set.

Derek Sammann

Yes. Thanks, Chris. I think this has been a tremendous source of client engagement. If you look at that how we've been working on this. We've seen this opportunity talking to our customers. We've been working on compute for almost 2 years now. Given the nature and the scale of our energy franchise where this fits so nicely in connection with our Natgas franchise and the rest of our hedging tools, we're the natural partner for customers to partner with to develop new products. So looking at this over the last 2 years, we spent a lot of time looking at different indexes and PRAs and providers [indiscernible] that on silicon data as what we think the most robust provider of data. We see them providing data observation at huge scale across dozens of platforms and thousands of data points in all types of transactions. We also see them having a robust data set out across the forward curve, and that's crucial for developing an index that is going to be the basis for futures contract.

Another important point is the silicon data's index is already IOSCO-compliant, meaning it's globally ready to be adopted by the community for the benchmark product itself. In terms of the client participation base, we're seeing really early adoption come from the neocloud players, data center operators, banks. If you think about the banks, they're significantly exposed to the AI infrastructure on their leverage portfolios and where they're lending for the growth there. So they're exposed to the AI sector creates an un-hedge able risk, this is the solution for that. We've also seen a lot of interest from funds and crops. And as it relates to potential cross-sell opportunities, much that we saw when we built out [indiscernible] metals. This is bringing new commercial customers into our orbit that previously hadn't used our products to manage the risk in their portfolios. So this is opening new opportunities with chip providers and different kinds of participants that we can actually cross-sell opportunities into. So I think its early days as Terry said, we're ready to go. We're waiting for regulatory review. But I can say definitively, this product has a significant amount of client demand and the Street is eager to be able to access these.

Operator

Next question is from Patrick Moley with Piper Sandler.

Patrick Moley

So I had one on 24/7 trading. Gold and silver are now trading around the clock. And I think in the deck, you said weekend volumes were at about 20% to 30% of those contracts to ADV. So there's clearly demand there. But you did withdraw the 10-barrel WTi filing after the CFTC stay and the industry pushback that you cited. So could you just walk us through maybe what the key constituents concerns actually were there and what the path and time line is to maybe bringing 24/7 Energy back? And then maybe more broadly, just how are you thinking about which asset classes you could potentially bring 24/7 next?

Terrence Duffy

Thanks, Patrick, and you highlighted the success we've had with both the gold, silver and the cryptocurrency trading 24/7. As we move forward and listed our for an application for our 24/7 small 10-barrel oil contract. We're trying to give a place -- the marketplace with an opportunity to hedge over the weekend, as they are doing today, even though participants are trading on what is called the VPN, and they're trading overseas on markets that our U.S. participants are not supposed to be participating in. Yet we have not seen any evidence of any policing of that activity. So I'm very surprised by that, to be honest with you.

So I'm surprised our 24/7 oil got held up, but let's talk about that for a second why? From the commercial side. Commercials are looking to make sure that they have the big contract where they want it, and we support that. They did not want to staff up another desk. We respect that. We respect that there's cost of moving to 24/7 on any product and this one in particular as well. So we wanted to be mindful, respectful of the commercial participants and what they're hearing to date. But I think the bigger question is what is the agency doing and what are others doing to make certain that U.S. participants are adhering to U.S. law. So for now, we heat the advice of the commercial participants, and we rolled off on listing that contract to [indiscernible]. As far as other products go, did you say, Patrick?

Patrick Moley

Yes. Just how do you think about which asset classes to bring 24/7 next. What makes sense?

Terrence Duffy

I'm a big believer. I've said this publicly, too, Patrick, as you know. When you go to 24/7, I think the market is ultimately going to 24/7 on all products, but you need to have the infrastructure to support 24/7. As I've said, the U.S. equity market alone is $76 trillion, nobody can prefund that on a Friday. It's really important that we have an infrastructure in the United States that set up to handle 24/7 markets, not just for crypto, not just for maybe a small silver gold or oil contract but for our primary products. So it's going to be harder and harder for anybody to list a primary product till the infrastructure of the banking system grows 24/7, because that's what lends credibility to the participant and we are certain that we have the liquidity and the back office support in order to run those markets.

Operator

The next question is from Alex Kramm with UBS.

Alex Kramm

Actually, just a quick numbers question, if I can. On the below-the-line items, the interest income on a net basis kind of surprised me a bit. I think the clearinghouse assets went down, I think, a couple of percent quarter-over-quarter, but I think the net interest went down 8%. I know there's a few other things that go in there in terms of your own cash and obviously, rates environment or just -- maybe you can just give us a detail view quarter-over-quarter. What exactly happened there so we can maybe model a little bit better.

Terrence Duffy

Lynne?

Lynne Fitzpatrick

Sure, Alex. So if you look at the cash at the clearing house, the average balances for the quarter were $147 billion in Q3. That was down from about $150 billion in Q2 with a similar return of about 33 basis points that we [ earned ]. We did have an increase in our corporate cash. We had about $27 million in earnings on that in the quarter. You obviously then have the JV income that is rolling through that line. Interest expense was relatively flat. So it's really the balance changes that you're seeing roll through there.

Operator

The next question is from Dan Fannon with Jefferies.

Daniel Fannon

I was hoping to talk about pricing -- if you could talk to the changes that went into effect here in early October in more detail, as well as the potential implications to you from any of the -- from the changes in the CBOE S&P licensing deal through your JV ownership?

Terrence Duffy

Thanks, Dan. Good question. I'll let Lynne go ahead and start on the pricing, and I might touch on the CBOE one as well.

Lynne Fitzpatrick

So on the pricing side, we did have some impacts that were implemented here on October 1. [indiscernible], if you look at an annualized basis, those to have an impact at somewhere in the range of 0.5% to 1% of the clearing and transaction fees. So say, the lines where you're seeing those changes, they're going to be in crypto, some in our grains complex. We did adjust some of the tiers in interest rates and then the micros equities as well. So just to keep in mind, we did have some pricing changes in April. We are moving away from having that annual price increase, and we are looking at doing it more spread out through the course of the year when we see changes in marketplaces when we see value creation at that point. So that's what this is reflective of.

Terrence Duffy

Dan, on the CBOE licensing agreement, obviously, we all know it's a 25-year extension they put forward. There's a couple of interesting points in that. As you know, we're a partner in the JV. So we benefit from that licensing agreement with CBOE. What's really interesting about that is we benefit starting in 2027 on potential increases, not 2032 because their agreement -- the escalation of the pricing starts in '27. What those are exactly is yet to be disclosed from both CBOE and S&P Global. But we know that we've been working with our partner at S&P Global, and we know they do escalate. So whether they are, we'll wait and see like everybody else. But we know we're in a much better situation economically with the S&P deal going forward, and we're there actually 5 years ahead of time in getting paid at a higher rate. So we'll wait and see until they report on what the cap -- the nuance of the numbers are. But largely, it's very much a winning proposal for CBOE [indiscernible] and our shareholders.

Operator

The next question is from Michael Cyprus with Morgan Stanley.

Michael Cyprys

I wanted to ask about single stock futures. I was hoping you could talk about the distribution strategy as you're working with retail brokers on the product, what the feedback has been? And then related to that, given you already have a prediction market today, I guess, what's the scope to potentially introduce prediction markets on single stocks kind of equivalent to maybe a single [indiscernible], but more of a prediction market contract. Do you think there might be appetite for that? And what might be the required build there?

Terrence Duffy

So three questions that you asked there, Michael and I'm going to ask Tim McCourt and maybe Julie Winkler to chime in as far as the distribution, the clients, and then I'll talk a little bit about the prediction side of your question. So Tim, I'll start with you.

Tim McCourt

Yes, Michael. I appreciate the question. So we've launched single-stock futures and off to a good and strong start for that product. We've done a little bit over 315,000 contracts in sponsors about $3.5 billion of notional. And I think what's important to note, when we look at the distribution, we have 2 size products that we have. The 100 [indiscernible] buyer across [ 55 ] of the largest names in the U.S., and we have the 10 share multiplier across 22 names of [indiscernible]. So when we look at the distribution strategy, it's really a continuation of making sure that all market participants, whether they're institutional or individual traders have the products they need to access these markets and manage their risk.

When we look at the distribution, I think the one thing that we're encouraged by is we do have global participation in these products. When we look at the European and APAC market, we've also seen strong uptake but they are more familiar with the product regionally, and this is something that is relatively reintroduced in the U.S. perspective. So when we look at the partnerships, the tapping into 130-plus retail firms that we work with alongside several dozen FCMs that we have on the [indiscernible] side. We're encouraged by the growth we've seen. But with any new product, where we're reintroducing an interesting new market structure for that financially settled single stock future. It does take time to work with our FCMs, to work with our vendors as we head into the last quarter here of 2026. We're encouraged by what we see. And then we look forward to continuing to have it grow from here, but strong performance on this product out of the gate.

Terrence Duffy

Thanks, Tim. Julie, do you want to add a little bit?

Julie Winkler

As Tim pointed out, we've had commercial momentum across over 50 countries globally. So the interest is definitely there. Just from a perspective of like what's most interesting to clients, certainly on the institutional side, this is a capital and margin efficiency play. We have said this is a core tenet of our strategy across all of our asset classes. But particularly for this product, right, the ability to cross margin single stock futures against the robust CME equity index products and it's helping them unlock additional equity financing capacity. The buy-side firms that we are speaking with are also actively embedding single stock features into their QIS strategies and long short equity models. So that's certainly positive.

And when we look on the retail side, we've got distribution to 25 of our top retails broker partners today. And this is -- the value proposition for them is really it's an options alternative and we're looking at it as our clients and brokers as a key differentiator across leverage, static delta, zero option Greeks and it doesn't have any time decay. So for us, the focus has very much been on building of that liquidity. And as Tim pointed out, we have some additional FCMs that are going live here in Q4. So we think we've got some great momentum going into the end of the year.

Terrence Duffy

And Michael, on your question as it relates to predictions on single stocks. You got to remember, we listed single stock features going way back in 2000. The product did not grew up around very well because of the [indiscernible] reasons, and I don't need to go through them right now. But we've been working hard, Tim and his team they'd been working, Julie and her team and [indiscernible] working hard to make sure that we can have a successful single-stock future contract moving forward because we do believe it's an important instrument for participants from the retail to the largest institutions to use.

But I don't think you can draw the conclusion that every single market, it has to have a prediction market associated with it. And I think that you're getting a narrative right now where people believe that every market should have a prediction market associated with it. It doesn't make it right to do that. So I'm not suggesting that we would not want to go down to have a prediction market on single stock futures. What I think is going to be important is single stock futures get off the ground, the way they've been doing, methodically working to look at this at the long game.

And then if we want to introduce another version of it with a prediction market, we will do so at time once we get a better sample of the client base and how they are participating. But right now, so this is really important for this product, which has been duly regulated. There's been a host of concerns going forward that we need to analyze and make a decision on how we're going to do that going forward. This contract will go forward without prediction to start with for sure.

Operator

The next question in the queue is from Craig Siegenthaler with Bank of America.

Craig Siegenthaler

Our question is on the CFTC perpetual suit. How should we weigh the perpetual's lawsuit against your earlier comments that clients aren't asking for perpetuals? And if the case is dismissed and perps are deemed futures in the U.S. would [indiscernible] list its own perpetuals given its exclusivity in equity index futures?

Terrence Duffy

Yes, Craig, thank you for the question. And our new General Counsel, John Marchese, he is on the line. John, I'll let you go ahead and start and then I'll go from there.

John Marchese

Yes. So in terms of the lawsuit itself, as you know, a motion to dismiss has been filed. We've opposed it. We are very confident in our position, and we are also going to brief the substance of the case and expect it to be [indiscernible] for the judge in December. So we are confident in our position, and we are awaiting the court decision and are eager to get a decision. We think it will fall in our favor. And I'll kick it back to you, Terry, on the sort of question strategically about what that means going forward.

Terrence Duffy

So Craig, your question is if we're not being harmed. Did you say something to that effect? Can you repeat that last part?

Craig Siegenthaler

Yes. So if the case is dismissed or essentially, if you guys lose it, and Perp is deemed as future in the U.S., I believe you have exclusivity with equity index. You could have a monopoly in that business, would you then turn around and launch perpetuals in that category where there might be strong demand and [indiscernible] can own it?

Terrence Duffy

Yes. Again, Craig, I think I'll go back to the earlier answer around prediction markets. We'll make that decision if and when the time comes, whatever the court decides, we will abide by the court's decisions and we will move forward. The question is, would we list perps or not? That question has yet to be asked and answered yet publicly. So I will tell you that for now the question of is it a perp, or is it a future is it a swap? I mean all you have to do is Google the definition of a swap, and it's no different than a fixed versus floating rate, when you look at a swap today. And when you look at a swap on perpetuals under Dodd-Frank, it suggests that swap is designed as two people exchanging payments for that similar product that is called the funding rate of the perp and that is deemed the swap. So we're fairly confident in our position on that. But again, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it, and not until. So I would not make a decision one way or another if we would go forward at perps for now. But again, we feel very strongly about our case as our General Counsel stated.

Operator

The next question is from Simon Clinch with Rothschild & Co Redburn.

Simon Alistair Clinch

I was wondering if we could just jump to the Market Data business. Obviously, it's been a couple of quarters now of 20% growth, if not more. And I was wondering if you could just walk through again the kind of secular drivers here and how we should think about the normal kind of growth rate from this business going forward?

Lynne Fitzpatrick

Yes. So thanks for the question, Simon. It was another record quarter, 20%, $243 million. And how I'll break that down for you is we're really seeing an incredibly diverse mix of drivers across the entire ecosystem. And the group is really broken down into three main buckets. 1/3 has been from our expanding professional subscriber base, and that's for our real-time market data, 1/3 coming from our retail and SIM platforms, so that's our nonprofessional subscribers. And the remainder in that last category is really driven by a combination of increased data feed demand, the terms SOFR, some of the pricing adjustments that we've made and a few more policy changes.

So really, what we're seeing is that this demand for CME Data has been increasing as clients need access our prices for trading, for research and product creation. And that's really [indiscernible] of a really dynamic macroeconomic environment and characterized by a lot of global volatility. I heard this first hand when I was attending the Global Market Data Conference in Copenhagen last week and was engaging with many of our Market Data partners and our clients.

The last part, we had $4.7 million in audits this quarter and some catch-up payments for prior period use. So that was a little low what we saw in Q2. And I would just say data continues to be a critical input, and it is a leading indicator for our market. We're continuing to invest in this growing business. And also keep in mind that a lot of our Market Data business is driven outside the U.S. And so a demand over 50% comes from outside the U.S., Data business is almost always a first to customer asset for us and solution for them. And so we're continuing to listen to our customers, improve the client experience, but we don't share specific expectations about future growth.

Operator

The next question is from Dan Welden with Wells Fargo.

Daniel F. Welden

I have a question about innovation speed. If I look at Slide 8, from this morning, you've got 15 new announcements or launches, and I go back a few quarters and that was more like single digits. So am I right to think that the cadence is increasing here? And you've historically framed like roughly 2% of your growth or [indiscernible] coming from new products. But with the things like compute, single stock futures, other things we talked about today, does that 2% feel conservative at this moment?

Terrence Duffy

Julie? Thank you, Dan. Appreciate it.

Julie Winkler

Yes. And I'll start out and then Tim can [indiscernible] in. Certainly, it has been a busy year for product launches. You're correct in that. We've had the 368 new products year-to-date. And that is in addition to advances, right, that we're making in our execution technology where we're looking to introduce things like Treasury Link. And these are things where we've proven we have the technology to be able to do this work, but we also have the throughput from being able to quickly launch these new products on both the institutional as well as the retail side. And that means a lot of partnership with our distribution networks as well as with our Market Data network to make that successful.

So I think it proves that we can move quickly as well as we are the only [indiscernible] exchange that is offering 24/7 products. that doesn't just happen because we will it to be done. It takes a lot of work and technical agility in our part, and we've proven we can do that. Lynne do you want to take it up?

Lynne Fitzpatrick

Dan, [indiscernible] to answer your question, I don't know if there's a fundamental change in the outlook. We typically don't break down as a percent of what's coming from new products going forward. I think we're in an environment now where there are many new risks that are coming forward that we are looking to address for [indiscernible] base. I think the beauty of having the broad products that we have is that when we do go to launch new products, particularly in a space where those clients are already connected. So we're meeting that need, that additional risk for clients that are already connected to CME. So we'll continue to look at areas that risks are evolving and looks to meet that need with new products. But it's hard to forecast what the years ahead will bring, but we certainly feel that we had a good position to continue to grow and [indiscernible] products as those [indiscernible] arrive.

Terrence Duffy

Yes. And thank you for your question. I think I referred to [indiscernible] at this time, so I apologize. I know its Dan, so welcome. I know you're another analyst to scare me. So thank you for your question. Appreciate it.

Operator

The next question comes from Bill Katz with TD Cowen.

William Katz

Maybe to mix up the topics a little bit. I was wondering if you can talk a little about capital priorities from here. It's great to see continued buyback, if you will, there's been a fair amount of industry consolidation, maybe more in the cash markets and the futures market. But how are you thinking about sort of priorities from here, maybe buyback versus anything on the inorganic side?

Terrence Duffy

Thanks, Bill, and it's a great question. I'll let Lynne start and then I will chime in as well.

Lynne Fitzpatrick

Yes. So Bill, I would point out, obviously, we had the [indiscernible] that we were looking to return through the repurchase program, and we have now completed the redeploy of that. So I want to make sure that was noted. What we like about our capital return policy is the flexibility. So whether that's our variable dividend structure or the repurchase. We have the ability to be flexible. So we have opportunities where to come up on the inorganic side. We have that ability to flex. We also have a very low debt load. So we set up our capital structure in a way that gives us a lot of optionality.

That being said, we have tended over time to be a lot more choosing when it comes to M&A. We're not active in that market at all times, what we tend to look for are things where we're bringing additional clients or additional products or driving additional capital efficiencies for our customer base. So we tend to be a bit more focused within our lane when it comes to M&A. But I think we've got a unique capital structure that gives us a lot of ability to [indiscernible].

Terrence Duffy

And just to add to what Lynne said, Bill, I mean, we have been very disciplined. Our debt load is probably the lowest in most -- in our sector for sure, and other companies of our size. So that does put us in a very advantageous situation if we were to do something. Also, I think when you look at our mix year return of capital going as a dividend paying stock since 2002 to today and returning capital that way and now with the share repurchase. I just want to emphasize how important that is to different constituents of people who own CME and how they like to have that capital return to them, whether it's through buybacks, whether it's through the special or whether it's through the quarterly dividend.

But we are in a very, very strong position to do a lot of different things that we so choose. And again, I think what Lynne said, it's right. We just don't go out taking and shopping for things that we don't think we need, just to buy the buy. So we're very focused. And I think the reason why we stay focused is because when you look at that $100 billion of efficiencies that Lynne referenced a moment ago, that was just $40 billion, not too long ago. And these are things that we have been able to accomplish, not only with the growth of our business, but some of the plug-and-play technology and other things that we have to enhance the volume of our business. So that is how we grow the business.

Operator

And the next question is from Ken Worthington with JPMorgan.

Kenneth Worthington

I wanted to ask about the trends in open interest and how you see the relative importance of the data as you think about the volume outlook? So as of September 30, 2026 versus September 30, 2025, equity open interest was up 0.2%. Interest rate OI was up 1.2% and Energy OI was down 3.6%. So it appeared to be a very strong environment for all 3 asset classes and volumes were up low to mid-teens across the board in 3Q, as you highlighted. But it's velocity that's driving volume, not OI. So the question is, why didn't OI really grow in the quarter in these products? And how big a factor is this in the outlook for volumes as we start to think about 2027?

Terrence Duffy

So I am very much of the mindset and that we talk about open interest because it shows the people that are parking their positions on CME's books to manage risk. I referenced a number of 133 million open positions as of this morning. Our open interest has been sitting at very lofty levels for a long time. And the reason why I think that is more impressive today than it was as little as 5 years ago is because we didn't have some of these option products that expire in short-term basis is like we do today. We didn't have weekly options expirations. We had quarterly options expirations, semi-quarterly that we had different types of products with different instruments where you would see the open interest build up significantly.

So as impressive as we all been interested in, and I will talk about it all the time. I think you have to look at it in the light that we do have many different expirations that we did not have just a couple of years ago. So that's why you're seeing the numbers that you decided a moment ago. But again, I think that is a good problem to have to maintain levels in the single digits when you're having expirations on a weekly basis versus either a monthly or quarterly basis. That's the big difference.

Operator

And the next question is from Ben Budish with Barclays.

Benjamin Budish

I was wondering if you could spend a minute on Treasury Link. It looks like it's now live in testing. Could you maybe talk about any kind of early reads or feedback? And then maybe remind us about how you're thinking about the market opportunity sort of potential size of the market that you're thinking about going after and the economic model? Is this simply [ club ] balances and brokerage revenues? Or what else should we be thinking about there?

Terrence Duffy

Yes. Thanks, Ben. I'll let Mike go ahead and talk a little bit about that. It's been a little bunker -- has gone on as it relates to some of the Treasury Link stuff. So I'll let Mike go ahead and touch on.

Paul Woolman

Yes. No. Thanks, Terry. It has been an interesting time. in the rates landscape. Obviously, no shortage of things going on in the interest rate complex. But to get to your question Ben on Treasury Link, it's an industry-first treasury functionality that will enable transparent centralized spread trading between treasury futures and broker-type cash treasuries on C&D Globex. This new offering really gives [indiscernible] 2 leading U.S. treasury liquidity pools, bringing unique innovation and it will enable guaranteed execution of anybody trading cash versus [indiscernible] transactions and eliminate lagging risk in the process [indiscernible] that over the weekend, Treasury Link is live now in our new release environment and clients have been testing the functionality this week.

And we've seen a lot of strong demand from both existing and prospective participants who are interested in realizing execution efficiencies between cash and futures, and Treasury Link, which just represents the next stage an initiative to bring our cash and futures markets closer together. We're looking at, aside from treasuries, futures, versus cash, what are some other things that we can do to link products together. This is an evolving time in the treasury landscape. We have a new Fed chair who is committed to overall in their communication strategy. We continue to see record debt levels we see treasury intervention in our markets, and we're fastly approaching the treasury and repo clearing mandate. So it's just another example of how the CME Group continues to evolve and innovate, deliver [indiscernible] to our clients alongside $30 billion in merchant savings across future options, swaps and cash. So I appreciate the question. More to come. But thanks, Ben.

Operator

And the next question is from Brian Bedell with Deutsche Bank.

Brian Bedell

Terry, one for you, just to maybe come back to perpetuals and retail more broadly. So you did talk about systemic risk. Just maybe if you can just update us on your view on if equity index perpetual futures were to be approved in the U.S. How are you viewing that as a systemic risk potential? And I guess, do you see that potential approval ever coming to fruition? Or do you think there'll be enough industry resistance?

And then combined with that, you've seen, obviously, very good growth in the equity index micros. And so maybe just talk about how you view retail being able to trade equity into [indiscernible] and single stock, of course. And do you think there's literally enough tools for them to do that now without the need for perpetual?

Terrence Duffy

Yes, Brian, again, as I said earlier, I don't want to expand too much further on the argument of perpetuals if there are swaps or future. So again, as I said earlier, I'll let the courts make that decision. As far as systemic risk that you're referring to and I made that comment, I made that comment in reference to the leverage part of perpetuals that have been traded overseas. I made the comment when the amount of leverage was anywhere from 25%, 50% to 250% leverage that are being traded on some of these overseas platforms, not in the U.S. what I said there's a systemic risk. I think that's what you're referring to. As far as single stock futures, what was your question on that one, Brian?

Brian Bedell

Just as a -- I get two-parter there. another tool, obviously, for retail to trade this, and that's good to see. But also there, I guess, do you have the same view on perpetuals for single stocks. And I guess, since you mentioned leverage, if the leverage was contained dramatically, say, less than 10x, I'm thinking that number up, it's something very low, would that change your view on the systemic riskiness of the product?

Terrence Duffy

Yes, Brian, I don't ever give an opinion on changing my view until I actually see something in writing that suggests what it's going to be. So a lot of people can make a lot of comments about what they think it's going to be. So why don't you disagree to it? I don't operate that way I never have. So I will wait until I see what they are proposing, if they are proposing something as it relates to leverage caps or things of that nature. But I've not seen anything so it's really difficult for me to make a comment to you on that product.

As it relates to the opportunity for retail on single stock futures, I said it earlier, and I truly believe it, I think this is a product that is going to be widely accepted from the retail participant to the institutional participants. And I think it's going to be something that is well overdue and needed. So I think our client base is looking for it. When you have the last, say, 5 years to 7 years, with the MAG 7, MAG 9, whatever you want to call it any single day, for people to have single stock features on some of these products that trade a big portion of some of these indices, I think will be very attractive for both constituents of retail and institutional. Julie or Tim, do you want to comment further?

Julie Winkler

Yes. I mean I'll just add, Brian, it's certainly -- we are highly focused on just evolving our products. We do -- be positioned to capture retail demand. We saw -- delivered on the retail business, the tenth consecutive quarter of double-digit retail client acquisition growth. We welcomed well over 100,000 new retail traders into our markets in the last quarter, and that was a 40% increase of where we were a year ago.

We are doing that through this product innovation that we talked about on this call. We had a new record in our Nano suite yesterday of over our 121,000 contracts traded. We spoke to the single-stock future success earlier being available 24/7. This is what our clients are demanding and working closely with our retail partner to continue to ramp those education and those marketing efforts through the remainder of the year. We believe, right, this growth is going to be achieved by upholding our rigorous risk management frameworks and that structural integrity that we've talked about on this call, and that is helping to define and really grow our retail business here.

Terrence Duffy

Thank, Julie. Brian, hopefully that addresses some of your questions. And again, I don't duck any questions. So hopefully, that gives you some...

Operator

The next question is from Ashish Sabadra with RBC Capital Markets.

William Qi

This is Will Qi on for Ashish Sabadra. Maybe a quick question on the new launched NHL future sports indices and their corresponding future instruments. Seems to be kind of an interesting position to step away from kind of the sports in that you guys don't want to get involved in. It's kind of aligned with the IOSCO framework for benchmarks. But with the early days of the month in, what's the kind of early traction you're seeing with that product. Is it coming from institutional demand? Is there any retail demand? What the kind of, I guess, runway you expect for that?

Terrence Duffy

That's a good question, William. Thank you. It is a new product. So we don't want to judge it too early in the season. I'll let Tim go ahead and make a comment as it relates to the overseas businesses.

Tim McCourt

Thanks, Terry, and thanks, Will, for your question. I think what's interesting about this opportunity and partnering with future sports and trying to bring risk management and access to professional sports industry and economy in the U.S. is that this is different in the sense this is based on the statistical performance of the teams that, as you point out, are indexed [indiscernible] IOSCO principles and guidelines. And when we look at building new risk management capabilities, one of the first things to do is work with the market to ascribe that transparent, trusted build time price of what that risk is valued at, at any given moment and then build the product ecosystem around it. And that's why we're excited about the opportunity.

And then when we look at how this can be used it is very attractive on the institutional grade front. When you think about the -- if you read some of the reports, the certain $50 billion U.S. sports value per year, that, that community [indiscernible] an unmet need to manage those associated risks, to hedge that related to the operation of venues to the performance of that team. So it's really interesting to be able to introduce these products. So there a lot of products, it's really about bringing that diversified participant mix to it. We are also working on the individual size contracts and working with our retail partners to make sure that those smaller-sized individuals can access these markets and also hedge their needs. So we're excited about the opportunity. It's early days, just a few weeks in, but we're excited and look forward to continuing to work with FutureSports to bring risk management to the sports industry here in the U.S.

Operator

The next question is from Michael Cyprus with Morgan Stanley.

Michael Cyprys

I just wanted to ask about the $100 billion of margin efficiencies that you mentioned that seems to be up quite a bit from a year or even 2 years ago. I was hoping you could elaborate on the drivers of that expansion over the past year. How much of that relates to simply more activity on the platform versus the impact of newer initiatives like the FICC cross-margining? And as you look out over the next couple of years, like what newer initiatives do you think could be most meaningful to take that higher at say, flat volumes?

Terrence Duffy

Could go higher. I like that one, Mike. Go ahead, Lynne.

Lynne Fitzpatrick

Yes. So it's really broad-based, Mike, which is what's important. So you're going to have the increased level of activity, the increased level of open interest. You're seeing growth across all different asset classes. You did mention some of the specific extensions to cross margining, which Mike can touch on, we're definitely in good success on the fixed gross margining as well as swap offset [indiscernible] rates. But we're seeing growth in the equities complex. We're seeing growth in the energy offset as well as the rate component. So it's really across the base. But Mike, why don't you cut out a specific [indiscernible]?

Michael Dennis

Yes. I appreciate it, Lynne. And Michael, thanks for the question. I'm going to touch a little bit on portfolio margins related to our Swap business, and then I'll also talk about some growth trends that we're seeing in our CME [indiscernible] margin program now that FCM partners are taking advantage of the savings with cascading that down to client accounts. So if you look at portfolio margining in our Swaps business, Q3 resulted in a new record. We saw a new daily savings of $14 billion occurring on September 30. That was a record. I would say if we look at savings in September, that averaged $13.2 billion, and that was up 58% versus September of 2025. The new clients joining our portfolio margining program, have really contributed to that savings.

And just to put that into perspective, in 2024, that swap savings number was around $7.2 billion, $7.3 billion per day. It's closer to $14 billion. So we've seen a lot of growth there. If we look at our CME Fix cross-margining program, we have about 24 clearing members currently registered for the program, and we expect there to be a ramp-up period as FCM complete operational readiness. Firms are very engaged. They're meeting with us. Many of them are targeting Q4 to be fully up and running for that cross-margining program prior to the treasury and repo clearing mandate. But we're seeing strong growth there. September average daily savings in the program was $2.3 billion a day, and we saw a record day in Q3 of $2.7 billion. So that's kind of come off that [indiscernible] number that we've talked about in the beginning of the year. I just want to highlight where we see growth, particularly in the rates environment.

Terrence Duffy

And let me just touch for a second because I think we talk a lot about the rates, but I think the equities is such a huge part of that $100 billion. Tim, you can give you a little color on that as well.

Tim McCourt

Yes. Thanks, Terry. And Michael, thanks for the question. I think when we look at the equity savings almost coming just under $47 billion for Q3 that's up substantially versus the levels put up in the prior quarters and in 2025. And that comes from two main things. One is the the base offset that we have in our base F&O at CME Group, which is just under $42 billion. And we also have the CME OCC cross-market agreement which delivered a little over $5 billion this quarter. And I think what's interesting -- I might go to your question is when we look at in [indiscernible] complex where some of those savings are coming from.

If we look at all of 2026, about 60% of the increase is coming from new positions established at CME Group and about 40% from rising index levels or rising asset levels and margin being posted at CME. So it's really encouraging to see that coming from that organic new activity and risk being moved to CME Group to capture and take advantage of these capital efficiencies. And to be a little bit more color on that.

One prime example of how the clients and the marketplace is taking advantage. We look at the growth of our swap -- OTC swap alternative products of CME Group, that average daily open interest in Q3 of products like our dividend futures, dividend options and our adjusted interest rate on return futures, that OI grew 30% year-over-year to 2.6 million contracts, or about just under $500 billion of additional open interest [indiscernible] or contract value in open interest being moved to CME. And this is a continuation of a long-standing trend at CME Group of futurizing, swap market and bringing new flow and new participants to the equity complex at CME Group to take advantage of these capital efficiencies.

Operator

And the last question in the queue is from Simon Clinch with Rothschild & Co Redburn.

Simon Alistair Clinch

A bit of a sort of broader question here. As we think about the retail platform and perhaps some [FCMs]. Eventually moving to explore launching products and they're in right, be it prediction market, perpetals or even another option, perhaps. But as that happened, how do you expect the relationship between CME and those partners develop where the economic incentive becomes more prevalent for them to steer volume towards their in-house products? Where there are more of the economics. Just kind of curious as your view on that?

Terrence Duffy

Yes. Thanks, Simon, for the question. I'd be speculating at that. But when we just got done speaking about $100-plus billion of efficiencies, that's really difficult to replicate with a lot of the things that we have done. Retail traditionally does not carry much open interest. As you know, we've said this historically, 94% of CME's business is institutionally driven. So again, I think when you're looking at -- what you're suggesting as platforms listing their own products, is that more attractive to coming CME. You need to have an ecosystem of liquidity from the biggest institutions in the world that are at CME. We cited that through our open interest that retail needs to participate in.

Retail trading with just retail and crops is not a long-term for any particular product. So you need to have the -- all the different participants coming in. So I think our value proposition is strong and those same participants that you're referring to are very, very large as the CME. And I think they benefited [indiscernible] by being here at CME, participating in those liquidity pools, generating those efficiencies and for themselves benefiting their own bottom line. So again, I think what we are doing is a value-added proposition. And again, very difficult to replicate, and it moves that we have made historically. But again, I think you can't stress enough the ecosystem, how important it is. And just to think that retail [indiscernible] would is long-term proposition for a successful market. I have not seen one in my 46 years in the business.

Operator

And showing no further question. I will now turn the call back over to management for closing remarks.

Terrence Duffy

Thank you very much. We appreciate everyone participating in the call, we are very proud of our record quarter today. It's a very dangerous world out there, with the risk management continuing to be a big part of it. I hope everyone stays safe and healthy, and thank you very much for participating in today's call.

Operator

This concludes today's call. Thank you for your participation. You may disconnect at this time.