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Geneva Trading is regularly quoted and sourced in major financial media around the world. Below is an archive of stories about Geneva or in which Geneva experts have appeared.

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2006

IN FUTURES FIELD, SHE MADE LEAPS
Mary McDonnell has been a key player as electronic trading reshapes the industry, but she's an island in a sea of male execs
Chicago Tribune, April 9, 2006

At a lunch in February for 40 Chicago futures industry leaders, Mary McDonnell realized she was the only woman in the room.
"Holy smokes, is this 2005 or 1980?" wondered the 50-year-old president and chief executive of Geneva Trading USA LLC.....more

 

2005

Interview on Electronic Trading
Chicago Tonight, PBS Program, November 29, 2005
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McDonnell Speaks on Automated Trading Panel
November 10, 2005

Mary M. McDonnell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Geneva Trading, USA, LLC spoke about the impact of algorithmic trading at the Automated Trading: Enabling the Traders panel in Chicago...more

McDonnell Speaks to CME
May 18, 2005

Mary M. McDonnell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Geneva Trading, USA, LLC spoke at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) All Employee Meeting in Chicago...more

 

2004

Gaming Helps Traders Score Big-Time
Tracey Logan, BBC Go Digital, October 10, 2004

Video game skills and a good poker face online are becoming essential job qualifications in the financial markets, with recruitment drives assessing potential star traders in online gaming exams...more

 

CME Cans Old Gear
Waters, September 1, 2004

The once musty and traditional Chicago Mercantile Exchange is embracing new technology and is ready for the future. When Craig Donohue, CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), visited Dublin recently to attend the opening of a new facility of proprietary trading firm Geneva Trading, he asked Geneva's proprietor, Mary McDonnell, how the firm vetted its traders, most of whom are in their early twenties...more

 

Veteran Traders Shift From Signals to Clicks
Chicago Tribune, August 30, 2004

Sitting in front of a computer screen trading U.S. Treasury futures, Brian Hynes grimaced, shaking his head at the columns of red and blue numbers in constant motion. "Electronic trading is here," said Hynes, a trader at the Chicago Board of Trade since 1991. "I wish it wasn't."...more

 

CME Announces Four New Hubs
Irish Examiner, April 2, 2004

Dublin: Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has announced the availability of four new telecommunications hubs in Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt, and Gibraltar...more

 

CME Steps Up Europe Presence
Irish Independent, April 2, 2004

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), which offers a variety of financial instruments including futures and derivatives, has added a new telecommunications hub in Dublin to its network...more

 

Dublin Hub for US Futures Exchange
Irish Times, April 2, 2004

The largest futures exchange in the US opened a new telecoms hub in Dublin yesterday...more

 

Chicago Exchange Sets Up Dublin Hub
Business World, April 1, 2004

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the largest futures market in the US, today announced an expansion that will see it set up four new telecoms hubs - in Dublin, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and Gibraltar...more

 

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Opens Dublin Hub
RTE Business News, April 1, 2004

The largest futures exchange in the US, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), today announced four new telecommunications hubs in Dublin, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Gibraltar, to further expand access and increase efficiency of GlOBEX throughout Europe...more

 

Prop Shops and Trading Schools Raise the Bar
Stocks, Futures and Options, January, 2004

This isn't the pick-up basketball game at the local YMCA. This is where Shaq would teach Lebron James how to play the game if they were professional traders. This is where full-time traders bring their A-game to Wall Street - every day...more

 

2003

Trading Places
Futures, June, 2003

A veteran of small trading firms, Mary M. McDonnell says her new job as president and CEO of Chicago-based proprietary trading house Geneva Trading is a better fit than the management positions she has held at exchanges in recent years...more

 

Geneva Trading Appoints Mary M. McDonnell to President and CEO
Press Release, March 31, 2003

Geneva Trading today appointed Mary M. McDonnell to President and CEO. Geneva Trading was founded in 1999 in Dublin, Ireland. The Dublin office employs more than 50 traders and support staff. The greater Dublin area is a primary recruiting area for Geneva...more