what is the intercontinental exchange ice 
the intercontinental exchange ice is an american company that owns and operates financial and commodity marketplaces and exchanges it was founded in may 2000 in atlanta georgia ice operations include futures exchanges cash exchanges central clearing houses and market services for off exchange trading 1ice operates futures exchanges in the u s u k eu canada singapore and abu dhabi its cash exchanges include the new york stock exchange nyse nyse arca nyse national nyse amex options nyse arca options and nyse chicago ice also operates six central clearing houses ice clear europe ice clear u s ice clear credit ice clear netherlands ice clear singapore and ice ngx 2ice became a publicly traded company on november 16 2005 and was added to the russell 1000 index on june 30 2006 34understanding the intercontinental exchange ice in may 2000 ice was founded by jeffrey c sprecher a power plant developer who wanted to create a more transparent and efficient platform for over the counter otc energy commodity trading 5 compared with manual trading the new platform provided greater price transparency efficiency liquidity and had lower costs 