IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) (ICE)

An exempt exchange under CFMA 2000. It is exempt from many reporting requirements that are required of Nymex. It was initially backed by major energy merchants (excluding Enron) and investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Today it is a publicly traded business that offers trading in over a 1000 physical and financial products and clearing through LCH (formerly London Clearing House). It has a futures exchange (formerly IPE) in London, and just made a bid for NYBOT.