AEGIS SEF, LLC (“AEGIS Markets”), a CFTC-regulated bilateral marketplace for commodity hedging, today announced the successful handling of record-setting trading activity during 2Q2025, driven by heightened market volatility linked to recent geopolitical events in the Middle East.

Despite unprecedented volume and extreme price fluctuations, AEGIS Markets demonstrated resilience, efficiency, and scalability, enabling hundreds of commercial end users and dealers to execute swaps in crude oil, natural gas, and NGLs as markets fluctuated.

“AEGIS Markets’ electronic platform executed a record number of trades,” said Andrew Furman, President of AEGIS Markets. “Our platform once again proved its value, allowing commercial end users and their dealers to transact in a moment that truly mattered with greater speed, accuracy, and control than legacy methods like phone, chat or email ever could.”

During the volatile 12-day conflict in the Middle East, the platform facilitated daily and monthly trading records that were previously set in 1Q, while maintaining real-time visibility, recordkeeping, auditability and control for users.

“On days like these, execution precision and operational efficiency are non-negotiable,” said Matt Marshall, President of AEGIS CTA, a registered Broker Firm on AEGIS Markets. “The Marketplace was indispensable in enabling us to gather bids, execute trades, and service our clients with confidence and speed.”

AEGIS Markets continues to expand its institutional capabilities, recently launching its Dealer Dashboard in February, which has further enhanced real-time trade monitoring, risk tracking, and position visibility for dealers. Platform growth has reached a milestone with a record of 37 active Dealers, reinforcing AEGIS Markets' growing role as the industry's preferred venue for bilateral OTC commodity trading.

“When markets are moving fast, there's no time to manually enter trades or scramble for CFTC SDR reporting compliance,” said Kwame Etwi, Manager of Operations for AEGIS Markets. “Our straight-through processing and robust API integrations eliminate those burdens—freeing dealers to stay focused on the markets and their customers rather than manual processes.”

Highlights from 2Q 2025:

• Quarterly trading records set in both 1Q and 2Q of 2025
• New daily and monthly volume records during the 12-day Middle East conflict
• Record number of Dealers onboarded: 37 active Dealers
• Dealer Dashboard launched in February, expanding trade oversight tools
• Named 2025 OTC Platform of the Year — for the second consecutive year

About AEGIS Markets

AEGIS SEF, LLC d/b/a AEGIS Markets (“AEGIS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of AEGIS Hedging Solutions, LLC, is registered as a Swap Execution Facility (“SEF”) under the authority of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) pursuant to Section 5h (7 U.S.C. 5h) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) and Part 37 (17 C.F.R. Part 37) of the CFTC Regulations thereunder. All matters pertaining to the use of the Order Book, Request for Quotes (RFQ), or Offline Execution Functionality (OEF) of the AEGIS-SEF Platform to solicit bids/offers for, and execute, uncleared bilateral swaps are expressly subject to the rules set forth in the AEGIS-SEF Rulebook. This material is not required to be, and has not been, filed with the CFTC. Consequently, the CFTC has not reviewed or approved this material.

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“AEGIS Markets’ electronic platform executed a record number of trades,” said Andrew Furman, President of AEGIS Markets.