Innovative Dealing Room for Commodity and Financial Securities Trading to Open in Champaign, Illinois, USA

MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands and CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, November 6
 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bourse International Group, LLC today announces that it is developing an innovative dealing room for trading professionals in financial and commodity futures, options and equities, in response to changing industry needs. This dealing room, The International Bourse at M2, will be located in Champaign USA, the heart of the agricultural intelligence center of the world.

International Bourse at M2

The business model responds to the fact that the trading floors are disappearing as most, if not all trading is being replaced by electronic trading. The International Bourse at M2 provides an electronic solution for traders large and small, while also integrating the benefits of a traditional trading floor-livelihood of the market, the noise when prices are changing and interaction with other traders. The interaction between regional U.S. and international players as well as between traders of different asset classes (stocks, bonds and commodities) is unique. In addition, The International Bourse at M2 will provide real-life trading education facilities for the commodity financial industry.

Champaign, USA

The International Bourse at M2 will be located in Champaign, Illinois, USA, the center of commodity production in the USA, giving traders first hand information on the commodities they trade and the factors that drive prices. The community and the surrounding region are home to the University of Illinois, the world's leading agribusiness institutions, and several international agricultural manufacturers. This will position The Bourse optimally for benefiting from commodity's trading knowledge and experience. Champaign represents the convergence of education, innovation, business and entertainment-all in one place.

"This Dealing Room will provide the most accurate, actual and expert knowledge to traders by organizing several morning meetings on both commodity and equity markets (e.g. weather interpretation for commodities by T-Storm Weather). The technology and design will be of the highest level available and advised by Mr. G.J. Dijkstra (Director of Footmark B.V.) who has an impressive track record in building dealing rooms. The Bourse International at M2 will innovate the trading environment and we are excited about the first response from market participants, which are very positive." says Erik Walker, President of Bourse International Group, LLC.

Visit our booth (nr. 232) at the 23rd Annual Futures and Options Expo, November 27-29, 2007, Hyatt Regency in Chicago, USA. More information on this event can be found at http://www.futuresindustry.org/expo-2007.asp

About The International Bourse at M2

- An open environment that creates unique interaction between different professionals. It mimics a trading floor, including the benefits of interaction with other traders and sound-hotspots to spread the emotion across the floor, making the dealing room a vivid and energetic workplace

- Real-time price and news feed from Reuters(r) and/or Bloomberg(r)

- Full wall displays of the most important real-time market information such as world indices, commodity and financial futures, options and stocks

- Large video screens provide you with the latest financial, political, weather and agricultural news from all over the world

- Fast connection to your trading hub or International Bourse can provide electronic trading solutions to several exchanges across the world 

  - 24/7 access to the Dealing Room to trade all time zones
  - The Bourse will provide real-life trading education facilities


- International Bourse is fully backed-up to prevent temporary service interruptions and offers back-up trading facilities for traders from other places

- The International Bourse at M2 will open beginning of 2009, for leases contact us

About The Bourse International Group

The Bourse International Group, LLC (http://www.theinternationalbourse.com/) is a partnership between Dutch-based, FS-Innovators B.V. and One Main Development LLC, from the USA. The mission of the organization is to create cutting-edge trading and educational environments to the commodity and financial futures, options and equities industry.

FS-Innovators B.V. (http://www.fs-innovators.com/) objective is to "create value through financial innovation by translating new scientific approaches to useful concepts" and does this by cooperating with their clients to develop innovative solutions. FS-Innovators provides innovative services on commodity risk management and hedging strategies, optimal asset allocation, financial product development and offers their services to commodity processing industries, the energy and chemical sector, governments and financial institutions.

One Main Development, LLC (http://www.1-main.com/) is a full-service development group located in Champaign, Ill., USA. With a focus on mixed-use property and on the revitalization of downtown communities, One Main Development transforms core urban environments that spur economic growth and bring social and intellectual value to mid-sized communities. 

The Bourse International Group