Jonathan Thursby

Part of CME Group, Inc., CME Trade Repository Ltd. is a derivatives marketplace that offers a wide range of futures and options products for risk management. Founded in 2013, the company is based in London, UK. The British company's services include short-term, limited risk contracts, equity index futures and options, and exchange-agnostic services to reduce systemic or counterparty risk throughout the trade lifecycle. The company also provides educational materials, reports, and analysis on market events and CME Group products. Additionally, CME Group Volatility Indexes (CVOL) measure market expectations on 30-day forward risk across six asset classes using a simple variance methodology.

KOR Financial, Inc. is a US-based fintech company that specializes in developing technology innovations for the derivatives markets. The company is based in Costa Mesa, CA. The company is CFTC-licensed and the first independent swap data repository, providing solutions that enable market participants to meet reporting mandates for OTC derivative trades and lifecycle events. KOR offers a reporting-as-a-service (RAAS) offering to complement its SDR, which together replace many common reporting functions and solve numerous systemic reporting challenges. The company was founded in 2021 by Jonathan Thursby, who has been the CEO since 2021.