Intercontinentalexchange, Inc.

David Goone

Thomas Farley

Mark A Rowell

Stanislav I Ivanov

Jeffrey Sprecher

Donald F Sternard

John Harding

Chris Crowley

Chris Edmonds

Raymond James Cummings

R J Cummings

A method for trading financial instruments includes listing, by an electronic financial exchange, financial instruments that specify which version of a serialized index the financial instrument tracks; receiving, by the electronic financial exchange, an electronic indication to buy or sell the financial instrument; executing, by the electronic financial exchange, a trade involving the financial instrument; and settling the financial instrument according to the version of the serialized index specified by the financial instrument.

Financial products based on a serialized index

A system for automatically determining a trade settlement pathway comprising: receiving trade pathway preferences from a first and second party with respect to each other; wherein the trade is settled through clearing if both parties have available accounts with a clearing firm and the trade satisfies each party's clearing account credit limitations; and wherein the trade is settled bilaterally if at least one party does not have an available clearing account or both parties prefer to settle the trade bilaterally, and the trade satisfies each party's bilateral credit limitations.

System for settling over the counter trades

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Glencoe, IL, United States of America

David Goone