Chicago Board of Trade plans to go public in the second half of this year, according to a news release from CBOT Holdings Inc., the holding company that operates the derivatives exchange. The value of the IPO is expected to be about $150 million, according to the release. No other information was available; Maria Gemskie, a CBOT spokeswoman, declined to comment further.
On April 14, CBOT members approved a restructuring of the exchange into a for-profit, stock-based holding company and a for-profit, membership exchange.
