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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.
News Releases
For any media questions about news releases from
Geneva Trading, please contact Mary Favia at 312-587-7000.

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
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

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
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
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