We contribute to discussions on policy issues that impact our businesses, industries, employees and the communities in which we operate. We share our knowledge and expertise with legislators, regulators, industry organizations and others to contribute to the development of policy initiatives.
We collaborate with and belong to various industry organizations around the world to help further engage and understand different perspectives from a variety of customers and stakeholders, including:
- Commodity Markets Council*
- Cotton Council International
- TheCityUK
- Equity Markets Association
- Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE)
- Financial Information Services Division (FISD)*
- Futures Industry Association (FIA)*
- Index Industry Association*
- International Swaps & Derivatives Association (ISDA)*
- National Futures Association*
- National Investor Relations Institute
- Securities Market Coalition
- Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative
- World Federation of Exchanges
Our policies prohibit the use of corporate funds to make contributions to any candidates, political committees or other entities organized primarily for political activities under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code or under 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, or to any political party that would use the money to support any candidates. Intercontinental Exchange has a PAC in the U.S., which is supported entirely by voluntary employee and director contributions. A statement of organization for ICE PAC was filed with the Federal Election Commission in January 2008 and all expenditures of the PAC are publicly available at www.FEC.gov.
*Per the ICE-PAC Operating & Political Contribution Guidelines, the above list includes all U.S. trade organizations to which we paid membership dues, special assessments or other payments in excess of $50,000, and to the extent available, the portion of such payments in excess of $50,000 reported by the Company as being used by the association for political purposes.