Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) 10-K14 Feb 142012 FY Annual reportFinancial data

Company Profile

Document_and_Entity_Informatio

Document and Entity Information Document (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Document and Entity Information Document (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Feb. 12, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Document Information [Abstract]	'	'	'
Entity Registrant name	'INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE GROUP, INC.	'	'
Entity Central Index Key	'0001571949	'	'
Document Type	'10-K	'	'
Document Period End Date	31-Dec-13	'	'
Amendment Flag	'false	'	'
Document Fiscal Year Focus	'2012	'	'
Document Fiscal Period Focus	'FY	'	'
Current Fiscal Year End Date	'--12-31	'	'
Entity Filer Category	'Large Accelerated Filer	'	'
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	'	114,961,022	'
Entity Well-known seasoned issuer	'Yes	'	'
Entity Voluntary Filers	'No	'	'
Entity Current Reporting Status	'Yes	'	'
Entity Public Float	'	'	$12,595,251,282

Consolidated_Balance_Sheets

Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Current assets:	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents	$961	$1,612
Short-term investments	74	0
Short-term restricted cash and investments	277	87
Customer accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1 at December 31, 2013 and 2012	482	127
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	42,216	31,883
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	249	41
Total current assets	44,259	33,750
Property and equipment, net	891	144
Other noncurrent assets:	'	'
Goodwill	9,501	1,938
Other intangible assets, net	9,404	799
Long-term restricted cash	161	163
Long-term investments	324	391
Other noncurrent assets	19,668	3,321
Other noncurrent assets	278	30
Total assets	64,818	37,215
Current liabilities:	'	'
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	343	70
Accrued salaries and benefits	301	55
Current portion of long-term debt	1,135	163
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	42,216	31,883
Other current liabilities	347	75
Total current liabilities	44,342	32,246
Non-current liabilities:	'	'
Noncurrent deferred tax liability, net	2,771	216
Long-term debt	3,923	969
Accrued employee benefits	412	0
Long-term debt	5,058	'
Other noncurrent liabilities	433	107
Total noncurrent liabilities	7,539	1,292
Total liabilities	51,881	33,538
Redeemable non-controlling interest	322	0
Commitments and contingencies	'	'
IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc. shareholdersâ€™ equity:	'	'
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 100 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding at December 31, 2013 and 2012	0	0
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500 shares authorized; 115 and 80 shares issued at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively; 115 and 73 shares outstanding at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively	1	1
Treasury stock, at cost; 0 and 7 shares at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively	-53	-717
Additional paid-in capital	9,794	1,903
Retained earnings	2,482	2,509
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	359	-52
Total IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc. shareholdersâ€™ equity	12,583	3,644
Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries	32	33
Total equity	12,615	3,677
Total liabilities and equity	$64,818	$37,215

Consolidated_Balance_Sheets_Co

Consolidated Balance Sheets Consolidated Balance Sheets Parenthetical (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]	'	'
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable, Current	$1	$1
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share	$0.01	$0.01
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized	100,000,000	100,000,000
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued	0	0
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding	0	0
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share	$0.01	$0.01
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	500,000,000	500,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	115,000,000	80,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding	115,000,000	73,000,000
Treasury Stock, Shares	0	7,000,000

Consolidated_Statements_of_Inc

Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Revenues:	'	'	'
Transaction and clearing fees, net	$1,402	$1,185	$1,176
Market data fees	212	147	125
Listing fees	35	0	0
Other revenues	146	31	26
Total revenues	1,795	1,363	1,327
Transaction-based expenses:	'	'	'
Exchange Fees	33	0	0
Liquidity payments	88	0	0
Revenues, less transaction-based expenses	1,674	1,363	1,327
Operating expenses:	'	'	'
Compensation and benefits	331	251	250
Technology and communication	69	46	48
Professional services	60	33	35
Rent and occupancy	43	19	19
Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs	165	19	16
Selling, general and administrative	55	37	34
Depreciation and amortization	161	131	132
Total operating expenses	884	536	534
Operating income	790	827	793
Other income (expense):	'	'	'
Interest and investment income	3	2	3
Interest expense	-56	-39	-35
Other expense, net	-237	0	-1
Total other expense, net	-290	-37	-33
Income before income tax expense	500	790	760
Income tax expense	230	228	238
Net income	270	562	522
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	-16	-10	-12
Net income attributable to IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.	$254	$552	$510
Earnings per share attributable to IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc. common shareholders:	'	'	'
Basic	$3.24	$7.59	$6.97
Diluted	$3.21	$7.52	$6.90
Weighted average common shares outstanding:	'	'	'
Basic	78	73	73
Diluted	79	73	74
Dividend per share	$0.65	$0	$0

Consolidated_Statements_of_Cha

Consolidated Statements of Change in Equity, AOCI (USD $)	Total	Common Stock [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Subsidiaries [Member]	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
In Millions, except Share data	Total	Common Stock [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]		Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2010	$2,816	$1	($454)	$1,745	$1,447	$38	$39	$0
Beginning Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2010	'	79,000,000	-5,000,000	'	'	'	'	'
Other comprehensive loss	-59	'	'	'	'	-59	'	'
Stock consideration issued for previous acquisition	13	'	'	13	'	'	'	'
Exercise of common stock options	9	'	'	9	'	'	'	'
Payments relating to treasury shares received for restricted stock tax payments and stock option exercises	125,443	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Repurchases of common stock, Shares	-1,550,810	'	-2,000,000	'	'	'	'	'
Repurchases of common stock	-175	'	-175	'	'	'	'	'
Payments relating to treasury shares received for restricted stock tax payments and stock option exercises	-16	'	-16	'	'	'	'	'
Stock-based compensation	57	'	'	57	'	'	'	'
Tax benefits from stock option plans	5	'	'	5	'	'	'	'
Distributions of profits to non-controlling interest	-10	'	'	'	'	'	-10	'
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	'	'	'	'	-12	'	12	'
Net income	522	'	'	'	522	'	'	'
Deferred revenue amortization	-2	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2011	3,162	1	-645	1,829	1,957	-21	41	0
Ending Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2011	'	79,000,000	-7,000,000	'	'	'	'	'
Other comprehensive loss	-31	'	'	'	'	-31	'	'
Exercise of common stock options	7	'	'	7	'	'	'	'
Payments relating to treasury shares received for restricted stock tax payments and stock option exercises	154,242	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Repurchases of common stock, Shares	-416,858	'	0	'	'	'	'	'
Repurchases of common stock	-53	'	-53	'	'	'	'	'
Payments relating to treasury shares received for restricted stock tax payments and stock option exercises	-19	'	-19	'	'	'	'	'
Stock-based compensation	57	'	'	57	'	'	'	'
Issuance of restricted stock	'	1,000,000	'	'	'	'	'	'
Tax benefits from stock option plans	9	'	'	9	'	'	'	'
Distributions of profits to non-controlling interest	-12	'	'	'	'	'	-12	'
Purchase of subsidiary shares from non-controlling interest	-5	'	'	1	'	'	-6	'
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	'	'	'	'	-10	'	10	'
Net income	562	'	'	'	562	'	'	'
Deferred revenue amortization	-4	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	3,677	1	-717	1,903	2,509	-52	33	0
Ending Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2012	80,000,000	80,000,000	-7,000,000	'	'	'	'	'
Other comprehensive loss	411	'	'	'	'	411	'	'
Stock consideration issued for NYSE Euronext acquisition	'	42,000,000	'	'	'	'	'	'
Stock consideration issued for previous acquisition	8,294	'	-53	8,347	'	'	'	'
Exercise of common stock options	13	'	'	13	'	'	'	'
Payments relating to treasury shares received for restricted stock tax payments and stock option exercises	430,677	'	-1,000,000	'	'	'	'	'
Payments relating to treasury shares received for restricted stock tax payments and stock option exercises	-24	'	-24	'	'	'	'	'
Stock-based compensation	69	'	'	69	'	'	'	'
Issuance of restricted stock	'	1,000,000	'	'	'	'	'	'
Tax benefits from stock option plans	8	'	'	8	'	'	'	'
Adjustment to redemption value of redeemable non-controlling interest	-6	'	'	'	-6	'	'	6
Acquisition of non-controlling interest	30	'	'	'	'	'	30	'
Acquisition of redeemable non-controlling interest	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	313
Distributions of profits to non-controlling interest	-12	'	'	'	'	'	-12	'
Purchase of subsidiary shares from non-controlling interest	-37	'	'	-5	'	'	-32	'
Treasury shares retired in connection with formation of ICE Group, Shares	'	-8,000,000	8,000,000	'	'	'	'	'
Treasury shares retired in connection with formation of ICE Group	'	'	741	-541	-200	'	'	'
Dividends paid to shareholders	-75	'	'	'	-75	'	'	'
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	-3	'	'	'	-16	'	13	3
Net income	270	'	'	'	270	'	'	'
Deferred revenue amortization	-31	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	$12,615	$1	($53)	$9,794	$2,482	$359	$32	$322
Ending Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2013	115,000,000	115,000,000	0	'	'	'	'	'

Consolidated_Statements_of_Cas

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Operating activities	'	'	'
Net income	$270	$562	$522
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:	'	'	'
Depreciation and amortization	161	131	132
Deferred revenue amortization	-31	-4	-2
Stock-based compensation	64	52	53
Deferred taxes	-15	-24	-3
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation	-8	-8	-4
Impairment loss on Cetip investment	190	0	0
Expense recognized on early payoff of debt	49	0	0
Other	2	4	8
Changes in assets and liabilities:	'	'	'
Customer accounts receivable	29	10	-22
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	7	2	-9
Accounts payable, accrued salaries and benefits, deferred revenue and other accrued liabilities	32	-7	-5
Total adjustments	465	171	191
Net cash provided by operating activities	735	733	713
Income taxes payable	-15	15	43
Investing activities	'	'	'
Capital expenditures	-136	-32	-57
Capitalized software development costs	-45	-36	-30
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	-2,241	-18	-10
Purchases of cost and equity method investments	0	0	-4
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale investments	16	0	2
Purchases of available-for-sale investments	-42	0	-514
Increase in restricted cash	-75	-32	-2
Net cash used in investing activities	-2,523	-118	-615
Financing activities	'	'	'
Proceeds from debt facilities	3,833	295	1,301
Repayments of debt	-2,464	-50	-992
Dividends to shareholders	-75	0	0
Issuance costs for debt facilities	-18	0	-16
Payments relating to treasury shares received for restricted stock tax payments and stock option exercises	-77	-19	-15
Repurchases of common stock	0	-53	-175
Prepayment Related to Early Retirement of Debt	-49	0	0
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation	8	8	4
Proceeds from exercise of common stock options	13	7	9
Distributions of profits to non-controlling interest	-12	-12	-11
Purchase of subsidiary shares from non-controlling interest	-40	-4	0
Net cash provided by financing activities	1,119	172	105
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	18	2	-2
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	-651	789	201
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year	1,612	823	622
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the year	961	1,612	823
Supplemental cash flow disclosure	'	'	'
Cash paid for income taxes	198	232	194
Cash paid for interest	32	29	17
Supplemental noncash investing and financing activities	'	'	'
Common stock and vested stock options issued for acquisitions	8,347	0	13
Treasury stock retirement	$741	$0	$0

Consolidated_Statements_of_Com

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]	'	'	'
Net income	$270	$562	$522
Other comprehensive income (loss):	'	'	'
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax expense of $3 and $1 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively	304	29	2
Change in fair value of available-for-sale securities	-67	-60	-63
Reclassification of losses realized on available-for-sale securities to other expense	190	0	0
Change in fair value of net investment hedge, net of tax benefit of $12 and tax expense of $1 for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2011, respectively	-19	0	2
Employee benefit plan adjustments:	'	'	'
Net gains for the year ended December 31, 2013	3	0	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)	411	-31	-59
Comprehensive income	681	531	463
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interest	-16	-10	-12
Comprehensive income attributable to IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.	$665	$521	$451

Consolidated_Statements_of_Com1

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]	'	'	'
Foreign currency translation adjustments, Tax	$3,000,000	$1,000,000	'
Change in fair value of net investment and cash flow hedges, Tax	($12,000)	'	$1,000

Description_of_Business

Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Description of Business	Dec. 31, 2013
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]	'
Description of Business	'
	Description of Business
	Nature of Business and Organization
	IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc. (the “Company” or “ICE Group”) is a leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses. The Company operates 17 global exchanges and six central clearing houses. ICE Group was organized on March 6, 2013 as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. for the purpose of effecting the acquisition of NYSE Euronext Holdings LLC ("NYSE Euronext"), which occurred on November 13, 2013 (Note 3). Upon the completion of the acquisition, IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. and NYSE Euronext each became wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.
	IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, operates regulated global markets and clearing houses, including futures exchanges, over-the counter markets and derivatives clearing houses, and is a provider of post-trade services. IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. operates these global marketplaces for trading and clearing of a broad array of energy, environmental and agricultural commodities, credit derivatives, equity indexes and currency contracts. NYSE Euronext is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, operates the following securities exchanges: the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca, Inc. and NYSE MKT LLC in the United States and the European-based exchanges that comprise Euronext N.V. ("Euronext") — the London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Lisbon stock exchanges, as well as the derivatives markets in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Lisbon. NYSE Euronext is a global markets operator and provider of securities listing, trading, market data products, and software and technology services. NYSE Euronext also provides critical technology infrastructure around the world to its clients and exchange partners including co-location services, connectivity, trading platforms and market data content and services.

Summary_of_Significant_Account

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with United States (“U.S.”) generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned and controlled subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions between the Company and its wholly-owned and controlled subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation. As discussed in Note 3, the Company completed several acquisitions during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 and has included the financial results of these companies in its consolidated financial statements effective from the respective acquisition dates.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Estimates also affect the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual amounts could differ from those estimates.

Comprehensive Income

Other comprehensive income includes changes in unrealized gains and losses on financial instruments classified as available-for-sale, changes in fair value of net investment hedges, foreign currency translation adjustments and amortization of the difference in the projected benefit obligation and the accumulated benefit obligation associated with benefit plan liabilities, net of tax.

Non-controlling Interest

For those consolidated subsidiaries in which the Company’s ownership is less than 100% and for which the Company has control over the assets and liabilities and the management of the entity, the outside stockholders’ interests are shown as non-controlling interests.

Segment and Geographic Information

The Company operates as a single reportable business segment as this is reflective of how the Company's chief operating decision maker reviews and operates the business. Substantially all of the Company’s identifiable assets are located in the United States, United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Canada.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all short-term, highly liquid investments with remaining maturities at the purchase date of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Short-Term and Long-Term Restricted Cash and Investments

The Company classifies all cash and cash equivalents that are not available for general use by the Company, either due to regulatory requirements or through restrictions in specific agreements, as restricted in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets (Note 4).

Short-Term and Long-Term Investments

The Company periodically invests a portion of its cash in excess of short-term operating needs in investment-grade marketable debt securities, including government or government sponsored agencies and corporate debt securities. These investments are classified as available-for-sale in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In connection with the acquisition of NYSE Euronext, the Company now has additional investments classified as available-for-sale securities (Note 5). The Company does not have any investments classified as held-to-maturity or trading. Available-for-sale investments are carried at their fair value using primarily quoted prices in active markets for identical securities, with unrealized gains and losses, net of deferred income taxes, reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. Realized gains and losses, and declines in value deemed to be other-than-temporary on available-for-sale investments, are recognized currently in earnings. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Investments that the Company intends to hold for more than one year are classified as long-term investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Cost and Equity Method Investments

The Company uses the cost method to account for a non-marketable investment in an entity that the Company does not control and for which the Company does not have the ability to exercise significant influence over an entity’s operating and financial policies. When the Company does not have a controlling financial interest in an entity but exercises significant influence over the entity's operating and financial policies, such investment is accounted for using the equity method (Note 5).

Margin Deposits and Guaranty Funds

Original margin, variation margin and guaranty funds held by the Company’s clearing houses for clearing members may be in the form of cash, government obligations, money market mutual fund shares, certificates of deposit, letters of credit, gold or emission allowances (Note 11). Cash original margin, variation margin and guaranty fund deposits are reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as current assets and current liabilities. The amount of margin deposits on hand will fluctuate over time as a result of, among other things, the extent of open positions held at any point in time by market participants in contracts and the margin rates then in effect for such contracts. Non-cash original margin and guaranty fund deposits are not reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. These non-cash assets are held in safekeeping and the Company’s clearing houses do not take legal ownership of the assets as the risks and rewards remain with the clearing members, unless and until such time as a clearing member defaults on its obligations to the clearing house.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost, reduced by accumulated depreciation (Note 6). Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method based on estimated useful lives of the assets, or in the case of leasehold improvements, the shorter of the initial lease term or the estimated useful life of the improvement. The Company reviews the remaining estimated useful lives of its property and equipment at each balance sheet date and will make adjustments to the estimated remaining useful lives whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the remaining useful lives have changed. Gains on disposals of property and equipment are included in other income and losses on disposals of property and equipment are included in depreciation expense. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The allowance for doubtful accounts is maintained at a level that the Company believes to be sufficient to absorb probable losses in the Company's accounts receivable portfolio. The allowance is based on several factors, including a continuous assessment of the collectability of each account. In circumstances where a specific customer's inability to meet its financial obligations is known, the Company records a specific provision for bad debts against amounts due to reduce the receivable to the amount it reasonably believes will be collected. Accounts receivable are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts when collection efforts cease. A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):

Year Ended December 31,

2013

2012

2011

Beginning balance of allowance for doubtful accounts

Bad debt expense

)

Charge-offs

)

—

Ending balance of allowance for doubtful accounts

Bad debt expense in the table above is based on our historical collection experiences and management’s assessment of the collectability of specific accounts. Charge-offs in the table above represent the write-off of uncollectible receivables, net of recoveries. These lines also include the impact of foreign currency translation adjustments.

Software Development Costs

The Company capitalizes costs, both internal and external direct and incremental costs, related to software developed or obtained for internal use in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Software development costs incurred during the preliminary or maintenance project stages are expensed as incurred, while costs incurred during the application development stage are capitalized and are amortized using the straight-line method over the useful life of the software, not to exceed three years. Amortization of these capitalized costs begins only when the software becomes ready for its intended use. General and administrative costs related to developing or obtaining such software are expensed as incurred.

Accrued Employee Benefits

In connection with the Company’s acquisition of NYSE Euronext on November 13, 2013 (Note 3), the Company assumed the NYSE Euronext defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans (collectively "benefit plans"). The Company accounts for the benefit plans in accordance with U.S GAAP, which requires plan sponsors of benefit plans to recognize the funded status of their benefit plans in the consolidated balance sheet, measure the fair value of plan assets and benefit obligations as of the date of the fiscal year-end consolidated balance sheet, and provide additional disclosures.

Benefit plan costs and liabilities are dependent on assumptions used in calculating such amounts. These assumptions include discount rates, health care cost trend rates, benefits earned, interest cost, expected return on assets, mortality rates and other factors. Actual results that differ from the assumptions are accumulated and amortized over future periods and, therefore, generally affect recognized expense and the recorded obligation in future periods. While the Company believes that the assumptions used are appropriate, differences in actual experience or changes in assumptions may affect the Company's pension and other post-retirement obligations and future expense.

Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of the Company’s acquisitions over the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired, including other identified intangible assets (Note 7). The Company recognizes specifically identifiable intangibles when a specific right or contract is acquired. Goodwill has been allocated to reporting units for purposes of impairment testing based on the portion of synergy, cost savings and other expected future cash flows expected to benefit the reporting units at the time of the acquisition. The Company tests its goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level. The reporting unit levels for the Company’s goodwill are the futures, U.S. cash listings, Euronext, technology and credit default swaps (“CDS”) reporting units. Goodwill impairment testing is performed annually in the fiscal fourth quarter or more frequently if conditions exist that indicate that the asset may be impaired.

Goodwill impairment testing consists of a two-step methodology. The initial step requires the Company to determine the fair value of each reporting unit and compare it to the carrying value, including goodwill and other intangible assets, of such reporting unit. If the fair value exceeds the carrying value, no impairment loss is recognized and the second step, which is a calculation of the impairment, is not performed. However, if the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment charge is recorded equal to the extent that the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value.

The Company also evaluates indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment annually in its fiscal fourth quarter or more frequently if conditions exist that indicate that the asset may be impaired. Such evaluation includes determining the fair value of the asset and comparing the fair value of the asset with its carrying value. If the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to the difference.

For goodwill impairment testing, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, including goodwill and other intangible assets. If the Company concludes that this is the case, it must perform the two-step methodology described above. Otherwise, the Company will skip the two-step methodology and does not need to perform any further testing. The Company also has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment for the testing of indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment to determine whether it is more likely than not that such asset is impaired. If it is concluded that this is the case, it is necessary to perform the currently prescribed quantitative impairment test by comparing the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset with its carrying value. Otherwise, the quantitative impairment test is not required.

The Company did not record an impairment charge related to goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible assets during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Finite-Lived Intangible Assets

The Company reviews its property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. To analyze recoverability, the Company projects undiscounted net future cash flows over the remaining life of such assets. If these projected cash flows are less than the carrying amount, an impairment indicator would exist. The impairment loss is measured based upon the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the assets. Finite-lived intangible assets are generally amortized on a straight-line basis or using an accelerated method over the lesser of their contractual or estimated useful lives. The Company did not record an impairment charge related to long-lived assets and finite-lived intangible assets during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011.

Derivatives and Hedging Activity

The Company uses derivative instruments to limit exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. All derivatives are required to be recorded at fair value in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Changes in the fair value of such derivative financial instruments are recognized in net income as they are not designated as hedges under U.S. GAAP.

The Company hedges the foreign currency translation of certain net investments by designating all or a portion of certain financial liabilities denominated in the same currency in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In such cases, the gain or loss on the currency translation of the designated financial instruments is recorded in other comprehensive income. Pre-tax gains and losses on financial liabilities designated as hedging items under net investment hedging relationships recognized in other comprehensive income was a pre-tax loss of $19 million for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Intellectual Property

All costs related to internally developed patents and trademarks are expensed as incurred. All costs related to purchased patents, trademarks and internet domain names are recorded as other intangible assets and are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. All costs related to licensed patents are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the license.

Income Taxes

The Company recognizes income taxes under the liability method. The Company recognizes a current tax liability or tax asset for the estimated taxes payable or refundable on tax returns for the current year. The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. The Company establishes valuation allowances if we believe that it is more likely than not that some or all of our deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using current enacted tax rates in effect.

The Company does not recognize a tax benefit unless it concludes that it is more likely than not that the benefit will be sustained on audit by the taxing authority based solely on the technical merits of the associated tax position. If the recognition threshold is met, the Company recognizes a tax benefit measured at the largest amount of the tax benefit that, in its judgment, is greater than 50 percent likely to be realized. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense.

The Company is subject to tax in numerous domestic and foreign jurisdictions primarily based on its operations in these jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in assessing the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company's financial statements or tax returns. Fluctuations in the actual outcome of these future tax consequences could have material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

Revenue Recognition

The Company’s revenues primarily consist of transaction and clearing fee revenues for transactions executed and/or cleared through the Company’s global electronic trading and clearing platforms. Following the Company’s acquisition of NYSE Euronext on November 13, 2013 (Note 3), the Company also has revenues relating to cash trading and listing fees and the associated market data fees, technology fees and other revenues from NYSE Euronext services.

Derivatives trading and clearing revenues are recognized over the period in which the services are provided, which is typically the date the transactions are executed or are cleared, except for a portion of clearing revenues related to cleared contracts which have an ongoing clearing obligation that extends beyond the execution date. The transaction and clearing fee revenues are determined on the basis of the transaction and clearing fee charged for each contract traded on the exchanges. Derivatives transaction and clearing fees are recorded net of rebates of $511 million, $372 million and $296 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The Company offers rebates in certain of its markets primarily to support market liquidity and trading volumes by providing qualified trading participants in those markets a discount to the applicable commission rate. These rebates reduce revenue that the Company would have generated had it charged full transaction fees and had it generated the same volume without the rebate program. The increase in rebates is due primarily to rebates relating to NYSE Euronext derivatives trading and clearing following its acquisition, an increase in the number of participants in the rebate programs offered on various contracts, an increase in the number of rebate programs offered and from higher contract volume traded under these programs during the periods.

Cash trading fee revenues are paid by organizations based on their trading activity. Fees are assessed on a per share basis for trading in equity securities. The fees are applicable to all transactions that take place on any of the Company’s trading venues, and the fees vary based on the size and type of trade that is consummated and trading venue. The U.S. securities exchanges earn transaction fees for customer orders of equity securities matched internally, as well as for customer orders routed to other exchanges. The European securities exchanges earn transaction fees for customer orders of equity, debt securities and other cash instruments on the cash markets. Cash trading fees are recognized as earned, which is generally upon execution of the trade. Cash trading fees are recorded gross of liquidity rebates and routing charges. Liquidity payments made to cash trading customers and routing charges made to other exchanges are included in transaction-based expenses on the consolidated statements of income.

Listing fee revenues consist of original listing fees paid by issuers to list the initial securities on the various cash markets, other listing fees related to other corporate actions (including stock splits, sales of additional securities and merger and acquisitions) and annual listing fees paid by companies whose financial instruments are listed on the cash markets. Original listing fees are assessed primarily based on the number of shares that the issuer initially lists. Original listing fees are recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over estimated service periods ranging from five to nine years. The service periods are determined for each of the Company's listing venues. Other listing fees are recognized on a straight-line basis over the estimated service periods ranging from three to six years, as determined by each of the Company's listing venues. Annual listing fees are recognized on a pro rata basis over the calendar year. The Company has determined that, at the time of the acquisition of NYSE Euronext, it did not have a legal performance obligation relating to the original and other listing fees. Therefore, in connection with purchase accounting rules under U.S. GAAP, the Company assigned a fair value of zero to the NYSE Euronext unamortized deferred revenue balances relating to the original and other listing fees as of the acquisition date of November 13, 2013. The unamortized deferred revenue balances as of December 31, 2013 relate to original and other listing fees incurred and billed and not yet recognized as revenue subsequent to the November 13, 2013 acquisition through December 31, 2013.

Market data fee revenues in our derivatives markets primarily include terminal and license fees received from data vendors in exchange for the provision of real-time futures price information and market data access fees. Market data fees are charged to data vendors on a monthly basis based on the number and type of terminals they have carrying futures data. Each data vendor also pays an annual license fee, which is deferred and recognized as revenue ratably over the period of the annual license. Market data fee revenues also include market data access fees charged to customers that are signed up to trade on the electronic platform. The market data access amount for each company is based on the number of users at each company signed up to trade on the electronic platform. The excess of the market data access fee total for each company over the actual amount of commissions paid for trading activity is recognized as market data access revenues. The actual amount of commissions paid that month for trading activity is recognized as transaction and clearing fee revenues.

In the United States, the Company, following the NYSE Euronext acquisition, collects market data revenues for consortium-based data products and, to a lesser extent, for New York Stock Exchange proprietary data products. Consortium-based data fees are determined by securities industry plans. Consortium-based data revenues that coordinated market data distribution generates (net of administration costs) are distributed to participating markets on the basis of the Regulation NMS formula. In Europe, the Company charges a variety of users, primarily end-users, for the use of Euronext's real-time and proprietary market services. The Company also collects annual license fees from vendors for the right to distribute market data to third parties and a service fee from vendors for direct connection to market data. These fees are recognized as revenue as services are rendered.

Other revenues primarily relate to NYSE Euronext related fees following its acquisition in November 2013, and consist of technology services revenues, regulatory fees charged to member organizations of the U.S. markets, trading license fees, facility and other fees provided to specialists, brokers and clerks physically located on the U.S. markets that enable them to engage in the purchase and sale of securities on the trading floor, and clearance and settlement activities derived from certain European venues. Also included in other revenue is revenue generated primarily from connectivity services related to various technology networks, software license and maintenance fees, and strategic consulting services.

Activity Assessment Fees and Section 31 Fees

Following the Company’s acquisition of NYSE Euronext on November 13, 2013 (Note 3), the Company pays the Securities Exchange Commission (the "SEC") fees pursuant to Section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for transactions executed on the U.S. security exchanges. These Section 31 fees are designed to recover the costs to the government of supervision and regulation of securities markets and securities professionals. The Company, in turn, collects activity assessment fees, which are included in transaction and clearing fees in the accompanying consolidated statements of income, from member organizations clearing or settling trades on the U.S. securities exchanges and recognizes these amounts as revenue when invoiced. Fees received are included in cash at the time of receipt and, as required by law, the amount due to the SEC is remitted semiannually and recorded as an accrued liability until paid. The activity assessment fees are designed so that they are equal to the Section 31 fees paid by the Company to the SEC. As a result, Section 31 fees do not have an impact on the Company's net income.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company currently sponsors employee and director stock option and restricted stock plans (Note 9). U.S. GAAP requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expenses for all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors, including employee stock options and restricted stock, based on estimated fair values. U.S. GAAP requires companies to estimate the fair value of stock option awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as stock-based compensation expense over the requisite service period in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model for purposes of valuing stock option awards. The Company’s determination of fair value of stock option awards on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model is affected by the Company’s stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of subjective variables. These variables include, but are not limited to, the Company’s expected share price volatility over the term of the awards and actual and projected employee stock option exercise behavior.

Treasury Stock

The Company records treasury stock activities under the cost method whereby the cost of the acquired stock is recorded as treasury stock (Note 9). The Company’s accounting policy upon the formal retirement of treasury stock is to deduct the par value from common stock and to reflect any excess of cost over par value as a deduction from additional paid-in capital (to the extent created by previous issuances of the shares) and retained earnings.

Credit Risk and Significant Customers

The Company’s clearing houses have credit risk for maintaining certain of the clearing member cash deposits at various financial institutions (Note 11). Cash deposit accounts are established at larger money center banks and structured to restrict the rights of offset or liens by the banks. The Company’s clearing houses monitor the cash deposits and mitigate credit risk by keeping such deposits in several financial institutions, ensuring that its overall credit risk exposure to any individual financial institution remains within acceptable concentration limits, and by ensuring that the financial institutions have strong or high investment grade ratings. The Company also limits its risk of loss by holding the majority of the cash deposits in high quality short-term sovereign debt reverse repurchase agreements with several different counterparty banks or direct investments in short-term high quality sovereign and supranational debt issues. If the cash deposits decrease in value, the Company’s clearing houses would be liable for the losses. However, any negative returns are passed on to the clearing members. The Company’s clearing houses historically have not experienced losses related to these clearing member cash deposits.

When engaging in reverse repurchase agreement, the Company's clearing houses take delivery of the underlying reverse repurchase securities in custody accounts that are under the control of the clearing house. Additionally, the securities purchased subject to reverse repurchase have a market value greater than the reverse repurchase amount. The typical haircut received for high quality sovereign debt is 2% of the reverse repurchase amount. Thus, in the event that a reverse repurchase counterpart defaults on its obligation to repurchase the underlying reverse repurchase securities, the Company's clearing house will have possession of securities with a value greater than the reverse repurchase counterparty’s obligation to the clearing house

The Company’s futures businesses have minimal credit risk as all of their transaction revenues are currently cleared through the Company’s clearing houses. The Company’s accounts receivable related to market data revenues, cash trading and listing revenues, technology revenues, CDS transaction revenues and bilateral over-the-counter energy transaction revenues subjects the Company to credit risk, as the Company does not require these customers to post collateral. The Company limits its risk of loss by terminating access to trade to entities with delinquent accounts. The concentration of risk on accounts receivable is also mitigated by the large number of entities comprising the Company's customer base.

The Company’s accounts receivable are stated at cost. There were no individual accounts receivable balances greater than 10% of total consolidated accounts receivable as of December 31, 2013 or December 31, 2012. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of total consolidated revenues during any of the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011.

Leases

The Company expenses rent from non-cancellable operating leases, net of sublease income, on a straight-line basis based on future minimum lease payments. The net costs are included in rent and occupancy expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income (Note 12).

Acquisition-Related Transaction and Integration Costs

The Company incurs incremental direct acquisition-related transaction costs relating to various completed and potential acquisitions and other strategic opportunities to strengthen its competitive position and support growth. The acquisition-related transaction costs include fees for investment banking advisors, lawyers, accountants, tax advisors and public relations firms, deal-related bonuses to certain of our employees, as well as costs associated with credit facilities and other external costs directly related to the proposed or closed transactions. The acquisition-related transaction and integration costs incurred during the year ended December 31, 2013 primarily relate to the costs incurred for the NYSE Euronext acquisition and the ICE Endex acquisition (Note 3). The costs during the year ended December 31, 2013 also included integration costs incurred from November 13, 2013 to December 31, 2013 primarily relating to NYSE Euronext employee termination costs, costs incurred relating to the Euronext potential initial public offering in Europe, deal related bonuses and professional services costs incurred relating to the NYSE Euronext integration.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company applies fair value accounting for all financial assets and liabilities and non-financial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (Note 14). The Company defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, short-term and long-term restricted cash and investments, short-term and long-term investments, customer accounts receivable, margin deposits and guaranty funds, cost and equity method investments, short-term and long-term debt and other short-term assets and liabilities.

Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments and Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses

The Company’s functional and reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. The Company has foreign currency translation risk equal to its net investment in certain United Kingdom ("U.K."), European and Canadian subsidiaries. The revenues, expenses and financial results of these U.K., European and Canadian subsidiaries are denominated in pounds sterling, euros or Canadian dollars, which are the functional currencies of certain of these subsidiaries. The financial statements of these subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars using a current rate of exchange, with gains or losses, net of tax, included in the cumulative translation adjustment account, a component of equity. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the portion of our equity attributable to accumulated other comprehensive income from foreign currency translation adjustments was $389 million and $73 million, respectively. The Company seeks to reduce its net investment exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates through the use of foreign currency-denominated debt.

The Company has foreign currency transaction gains and losses related to the settlement of foreign currency denominated assets, liabilities and payables that occur through its operations, which are received in or paid in pounds sterling or euros. The transaction gain and losses are due to the increase or decrease in the foreign currency exchange rates between periods. Forward contracts on foreign currencies are entered into to manage the foreign currency exchange rate risk. Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and resulted in net losses of $2 million and $4 million for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Earnings Per Common Share

Basic earnings per common share is calculated using the weighted average common shares outstanding during the year. Common equivalent shares from stock options and restricted stock awards, using the treasury stock method, are also included in the diluted per share calculations unless their effect of inclusion would be antidilutive (Note 17).

Marketing and Promotional Fees

Advertising costs, including print advertising and production costs, product promotion campaigns and seminar, conference and convention costs related to trade shows and other industry events, are expensed as incurred. The Company incurred advertising costs of $8 million, $2 million and $3 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Recently Adopted and New Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-02, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income” which requires entities to disclose additional information about changes in and significant items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The guidance was required to be applied to reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The guidance was adopted by the Company as of January 1, 2013 and this standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In July 2013, the FASB amended Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 740, “Income Taxes.” The amendment provides guidance on the financial statement presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit, as either a reduction of a deferred tax asset or as a liability, when a net operating loss carryforward, similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. The amendments will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2013 and may be applied on a retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect to adopt this amendment early, and the adoption is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s financial statement presentation. Current portion of licensing agreement of $19 million was reclassified to other current liabilities, income taxes payable of $29 million were reclassified to other current liabilities and non-current portion of licensing agreement of $64 million was reclassified to other non-current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2012.

Acquisitions

Acquisitions	12 Months Ended
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	Acquisitions
	NYSE Euronext Acquisition
	On November 13, 2013, the Company acquired 100% of NYSE Euronext for a combination of cash and stock, including replacement share-based payment awards. Each issued and outstanding share of NYSE Euronext common stock (except for excluded shares) was converted into the right to receive 0.1703 of a share of the Company’s common stock and $11.27 in cash (this is referred to as the “standard election amount”). In lieu of the standard election amount, NYSE Euronext stockholders also had the right to make either a cash election to receive $33.12 in cash (“cash election”), or a stock election to receive 0.2581 of a share of the Company’s common stock (“stock election”), for their NYSE Euronext shares. Both the cash election and the stock election were subject to the proration and adjustment procedures set forth in the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 19, 2013 (the “Merger Agreement”) to ensure that the total amount of cash paid and stock issued were equal to the standard election amount. Because the stock consideration was substantially oversubscribed, the consideration received by the holders who elected the stock consideration was prorated pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, which resulted in the payment, under the stock election, of 0.171200756 of a share of the Company's common stock and $11.154424 in cash for each issued and outstanding share of NYSE Euronext common stock.
	The total purchase price was $11.1 billion and included cash consideration of $2.7 billion and the issuance of 42.4 million shares of the Company's common stock to NYSE Euronext stockholders. The fair value of the shares issued was $8.3 billion based on the closing share price of the Company's common stock of $197.80 per share on November 12, 2013. The cash consideration was funded from cash on hand, $1.4 billion of net proceeds received on October 8, 2013 in connection with the offering of the Senior Notes (as defined below) and $400 million of borrowings on October 31, 2013 under the Revolving Facility (as defined below) (Note 8).
	The acquisition has been accounted for as a purchase business combination with ICE considered the acquirer of NYSE Euronext for accounting purposes. Assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded at their estimated fair values as of November 13, 2013. The total purchase price of $11.1 billion was comprised of the following (in millions):


	Cash paid to NYSE Euronext stockholders	$	2,742
	Cash paid to NYSE Euronext stockholders	$	2,742
	Common stock issued to NYSE Euronext stockholders and employees	8,333
		8,333
	Fair value of the Company’s unvested restricted common stock and vested options issued to NYSE Euronext employees	14
		14
	Total purchase price	$	11,089
	Total purchase price	$	11,089
	In connection with the acquisition, the Company issued 41.4 million shares of its common stock to NYSE Euronext stockholders and issued 0.9 million shares of its common stock to NYSE Euronext employees relating to time-based restricted stock and performance-based restricted stock awards held by those employees that vested as of the acquisition date. The Company also assumed the NYSE Euronext plans for stock options and certain restricted stock awards.
	For the NYSE Euronext time-based and performance-based restricted stock awards that vested as of the acquisition date, the fair value of the Company’s common stock issued in the satisfaction of these awards was included in the stock consideration presented in the table above as no post acquisition service was required. For those time-based restricted stock and performance-based restricted stock awards that did not fully vest as of the acquisition date and require post-acquisition service, the fair value of the Company’s common stock issued as replacement awards has been allocated between the pre- and post-acquisition service period, with the amount allocated to the pre-acquisition period included in the stock consideration presented in the table above. The amount allocated to the post-acquisition service period for the time-based and performance-based restricted stock awards will be expensed prospectively by the Company (Note 9). The fair value of the Company’s common stock and restricted stock issued for the NYSE Euronext time-based restricted stock and performance-based restricted stock awards was determined for accounting purposes to be $197.80 per share, which represented the closing price of the Company’s common stock the day immediately before the closing, or November 12, 2013. Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, the performance conditions of the NYSE Euronext unvested performance-based restricted stock were deemed satisfied at the date of the merger.
	The NYSE Euronext outstanding stock option awards all vested as of the acquisition date. The fair value of the options issued as replacements awards was included in the table above as no post acquisition service is required. The fair value of the Company’s stock options issued for the NYSE Euronext stock option awards was determined for accounting purposes to be $109.30 per share, which was calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
	Under purchase accounting, the total purchase price was allocated to NYSE Euronext’s preliminary net tangible and identifiable intangible assets based on the estimated fair values of those assets as of November 13, 2013, as set forth below. The excess of the purchase price over the preliminary net tangible and identifiable intangible assets was recorded as goodwill. Goodwill represents potential revenue synergies related to clearing and new product development, expense synergies related to technology and clearing, and opportunities to enter new markets. The preliminary purchase price allocation is as follows (in millions):


	Property and equipment	637
	Property and equipment	637
	Goodwill	7,422
	Goodwill	7,422
	Identifiable intangible assets	8,461
	Identifiable intangible assets	8,461
	Other assets and liabilities, net	159
	Other assets and liabilities, net	159
	Deferred tax liabilities on identifiable intangible assets	(2,734		)
	Short-term and long-term debt	(2,529		)
	Non-controlling interests	(327		)
	Total preliminary purchase price allocation	$	11,089
	Total preliminary purchase price allocation	$	11,089

	Of the preliminary goodwill amount above, $2.4 billion is included in the futures reporting unit, $3.4 billion is included in the U.S. cash listings reporting unit, $1.2 billion is included in the Euronext reporting unit and $465 million is included in the technology reporting unit for purposes of impairment testing as this is consistent with how it is reported internally to the Company’s chief operating decision maker. The Company estimated that $8 million of the preliminary goodwill acquired in the acquisition will be deductible for tax purposes.

	In performing the preliminary purchase price allocation, the Company considered, among other factors, the intended future use of acquired assets, analysis of historical financial performance and estimates of future performance of NYSE Euronext’s business. The following table sets forth the components of the preliminary intangible assets associated with the acquisition as of December 31, 2013 (in millions, except years):


	Preliminary Intangible Assets		Preliminary				Foreign Currency Translation				Accumulated Amortization			Net Book
	Preliminary Intangible Assets		Acquisition-Date Fair Value				Foreign Currency Translation				Accumulated Amortization			Value		Useful Life
	Exchange registrations and licenses		$	6,960			$	138			$	—		$	7,098	Indefinite
	Exchange registrations and licenses		$	6,960			$	138			$	—		$	7,098	Indefinite
	Customer relationships		1,068				19				(7		)	1,080		17-25 years
	Customer relationships		1,068				19				(7		)	1,080		17-25 years
	Trade names		320				2				—			322		3 years to Indefinite
	Trade names		320				2				—			322		3 years to Indefinite
	Developed technology		113				1				(3		)	111		3 years
	Developed technology		113				1				(3		)	111		3 years
	Total		$	8,461			$	160			$	(10	)	$	8,611
	Total		$	8,461			$	160			$	(10	)	$	8,611

	Preliminary identifiable intangible assets consist of intangibles derived from national securities and futures exchange registrations and licenses, customer relationships, trade names and developed technology, of which customer relationships, certain trade names and developed technology are being amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. Indefinite useful lives were assigned for exchange registrations and licenses since the registrations and licenses represent rights to operate the exchanges in perpetuity based on the long history of the NYSE Euronext exchanges acquired and the expectation that a market participant would continue to operate them indefinitely. An average 20 year useful life for customer relationships has been estimated based on the projected economic benefits associated with this asset. The average 20 year estimated useful life represents the approximate point in the projection period in which a majority of the asset’s cash flows are expected to be realized based on assumed attrition rates. Indefinite useful lives for the $310 million NYSE and Euronext trade names have been determined based on their long history in the marketplace, their continued use following the acquisition, and their importance to the business of NYSE Euronext and prominence in the industry. A three year useful life for the $10 million Liffe trade name has been estimated based on the period in which the Company expects a market participant would use the name prior to rebranding and the length of time the name is expected to maintain recognition and value in the marketplace. Developed technology represents both internally and externally developed software related to NYSE Euronext’s internal and trading operations. The exchange registrations and licenses and customer relationships intangible assets were valued using the multi-period excess earnings income approach, the trade names intangible assets were valued using the relief from royalty income approach and the developed technology intangible assets were valued using the multi-period excess earnings income approach and the replacement cost method.

	The preliminary allocation of the purchase price will be finalized upon the completion of the fair value analysis of the acquired assets and liabilities, including the preliminary intangible assets in the table above. The Company has not yet obtained all of the information related to the fair value of the acquired assets and liabilities related to the acquisition to finalize the purchase price allocation. The primary areas of the preliminary purchase price allocation that are not yet finalized relate to the valuation of the identifiable intangible assets, income taxes and certain other tangible assets and liabilities, and the allocation of the goodwill to the various reporting units.

	The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company include the NYSE Euronext results of operations and cash flows from the period from November 13, 2013 through December 31, 2013, and balances as of December 31, 2013. Total revenue, less transaction-based expenses, and net loss attributable to NYSE Euronext of $284 million and ($20 million), respectively, are included in the Company's consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2013. The Company has incurred $63 million in employee termination costs following the acquisition, which are included in acquisition-related transaction and integration costs for the year ended December 31, 2013.

	The financial information in the table below summarizes the combined results of operations of the Company and NYSE Euronext, on a pro forma basis, as though the companies had been combined as of the beginning of the periods presented. The pro forma financial information is presented for informational purposes only and is not indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved if the acquisition had taken place at the beginning of the periods presented. Such pro forma financial information is based on the historical financial statements of the Company and NYSE Euronext. This pro forma financial information is based on estimates and assumptions that have been made solely for purposes of developing such pro forma information, including, without limitation, preliminary purchase accounting adjustments. The pro forma financial information presented below also includes depreciation and amortization based on the preliminary valuation of NYSE Euronext’s tangible assets and preliminary identifiable intangible assets resulting from the acquisition. The pro forma financial information does not reflect any synergies or operating cost reductions that may be achieved from the combined operations. The pro forma financial information combines the historical results for the Company and NYSE Euronext for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 in the following table (in millions, except per share amounts).


		Year Ended December 31,
	2013				2012				2011
Total revenues, less transaction-based expenses	$	3,659			$	3,598			$	3,905
Total revenues, less transaction-based expenses	$	3,659			$	3,598			$	3,905
Net income attributable to the Company	$	836			$	875			$	1,083
Net income attributable to the Company	$	836			$	875			$	1,083
Earnings per common share — Basic	$	7.29			$	7.62			$	9.4
Earnings per common share — Basic	$	7.29			$	7.62			$	9.4
Earnings per common share — Diluted	$	7.25			$	7.57			$	9.33
Earnings per common share — Diluted	$	7.25			$	7.57			$	9.33
ICE Endex Acquisition
On March 26, 2013, the Company acquired 79% of the derivatives and spot business of the energy exchange formerly known as APX-ENDEX. Gasunie, a European natural gas infrastructure company and a former stockholder of APX-ENDEX, retained the remaining 21% stake. The acquisition followed the demerger of APX-ENDEX into two separate entities, a spot power and clearing entity and a derivatives and spot gas entity. The Company renamed the acquired business ICE Endex and it is based on the derivatives and spot gas business of the former APX-ENDEX. ICE Endex offers a liquid, transparent and accessible continental European trading hub for natural gas and power derivatives, gas balancing markets and gas storage services. The trade execution and clearing of ICE Endex derivatives products transitioned to the Company’s trading platform and to ICE Clear Europe, respectively, on October 7, 2013. ICE Endex is based in Amsterdam and one of its subsidiaries retains a license to operate a regulated market in the Netherlands. The launch of ICE Endex in conjunction with Gasunie expands the Company’s ability to serve participants in the continental European natural gas and power markets.
The ICE Endex purchase price was allocated to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets based on the fair value of those assets as of March 26, 2013. The net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired were $43 million. The Company has recorded intangible assets of $52 million for exchange traded contracts, which have been assigned an indefinite life and $1 million for customer relationships, which have been assigned a 15-year useful life. The excess of the purchase price over the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets was $23 million and was recorded as goodwill.
Other Acquisitions
On February 3, 2014, the Company acquired 100% of Singapore Mercantile Exchange Pte. Ltd. (“SMX”). The acquisition includes Singapore Mercantile Exchange Clearing Corporation Pte. Ltd. (“SMXCC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of SMX, and the clearing house for all SMX trades. SMX operates futures markets in Singapore across metals, currencies, energy and agricultural commodities. SMX and SMXCC retain licenses to operate as an approved exchange and an approved clearing house, regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, providing the Company with exchange and clearing infrastructure in Asia for the first time.
During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company acquired 100% of WhenTech LLC, a technology, software and information provider for option market participants. WhenTech LLC’s solutions include options valuation, analytics and risk management platforms. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company acquired 100% of Ballista Securities and 100% of DebtMarket. Ballista Securities is a U.S. broker-dealer and Alternative Trading System and DebtMarket is a fixed income platform where users can list, purchase or sell loan portfolios. The total cash purchase price for these three acquisitions was $29 million.

ShortTerm_and_LongTerm_Restric

Short-Term and Long-Term Restricted Cash and Investments	12 Months Ended
Short-Term and Long-Term Restricted Cash and Investments	Dec. 31, 2013
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]	'
Short-Term and Long-Term Restricted Cash and Investments	'
	Short-Term and Long-Term Restricted Cash and Investments
	The Company owns ICE Futures Europe, and in connection with the NYSE Euronext acquisition, LIFFE Administration and Management (“Liffe”), both of which operate as U.K. Recognized Investment Exchanges. As U.K. Recognized Investment Exchanges, ICE Futures Europe and Liffe are required by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom to restrict the use of the equivalent of six months of operating expenditures, subject to certain deductions, in cash or cash equivalents or investments at all times. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, this amount for ICE Futures Europe was equal to $37 million and $18 million, respectively, and this amount for Liffe was $114 million as of December 31, 2013. Such amounts are reflected as short-term restricted cash and investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As a U.K. Recognized Clearing House, ICE Clear Europe Limited ("ICE Clear Europe") is required by the Bank of England in the United Kingdom to restrict the use of the equivalent of six months of operating expenditures, subject to certain deductions, in cash or cash equivalents or investments at all times. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, this amount for ICE Clear Europe was equal to $75 million and $34 million, respectively, and such amounts are reflected as short-term restricted cash and investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The aggregate $60 million increase in the regulatory capital of ICE Futures Europe and ICE Clear Europe during the year ended December 31, 2013 was primarily due to changes to the regulatory capital calculations that were implemented in February 2013 which no longer allow for certain deductions in the calculation of each entity’s six months of operating expenditures.
	The Company’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) regulated U.S. Designated Contract Market ("DCM"), ICE Futures U.S., Inc. ("ICE Futures U.S."), and the Company’s CFTC regulated U.S. Derivatives Clearing Organizations ("DCO"), ICE Clear U.S., Inc. ("ICE Clear U.S."), ICE Clear Europe, ICE Clear Credit LLC ("ICE Clear Credit") and The Clearing Corporation ("TCC"), are required to maintain financial resources with a value at least equal to the amount that would cover certain operating costs for a one-year period, including maintaining cash or a committed line of credit, subject to certain deductions, to satisfy six months of such operating costs at all times. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the financial resources necessary to satisfy six months of such operating costs for the Company’s DCM and DCOs were $154 million and $67 million, respectively, in the aggregate, of which $116 million and $37 million, respectively, was satisfied by the Company’s revolving credit facility. A portion of such revolving credit facility is reserved for use by certain of the Company’s DCOs for liquidity purposes (Note 8). The remaining $38 million and $31 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, was recorded as short-term restricted cash and investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The $87 million increase in the CFTC regulatory capital during the year ended December 31, 2013 was primarily due to adjustments to certain expenditures at ICE Futures U.S. that resulted in lower deductions in the calculation of the six months of operating expenditures.
	Consistent with the other clearing houses that the Company owns, ICE Clear Europe requires that each clearing member make deposits to a fund known as the guaranty fund. The amounts in the guaranty fund will serve to secure the obligations of a clearing member to ICE Clear Europe and may be used to cover losses in excess of the margin and clearing firm accounts sustained by ICE Clear Europe in the event of a default of a clearing member. ICE Clear Europe has committed $100 million of its own cash as part of its energy guaranty fund and this cash is reflected as long-term restricted cash in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012. The Company also contributed $50 million to the ICE Clear Credit guaranty fund and $10 million to the ICE Clear Europe CDS guaranty fund, along with the contributions by clearing members. The Company’s combined CDS guaranty fund contributions of $60 million in cash as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, which is not available for general use by the Company, has been reflected as long-term restricted cash in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets (Note 11).
	In connection with ICE Clear U.S.’s election to be subject to Subpart C of the CFTC's regulation (which accordingly, permits recognition as a Qualified Central Counter Party ("QCCP")), the Company contributed $50 million to ICE Clear U.S.’s guaranty fund on January 1, 2014 (Note 11). The $50 million will be reflected as long-term restricted cash effective on and after January 1, 2014.

ShortTerm_and_LongTerm_Investm

Short-Term and Long-Term Investments	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]	'
Short-Term and Long-Term Investments	'
	Short-Term and Long-Term Investments
	The Company’s short-term and long-term investments consist of available-for-sale securities. As of December 31, 2013, available-for-sale securities consisted of the following (in millions):


		Cost		Gross		Gross			Estimated
				Unrealized		Unrealized			Fair Value
				Gains		Losses
	Cetip equity securities	$	324	$	—	$	—		$	324

	U.S. Treasury securities	37		—		—			37

	Mutual funds	33		—		—			33

	Foreign exchange derivative contracts	4		—		—			4

	Total available-for-sale securities	$	398	$	—	$	—		$	398

	As of December 31, 2012, available-for-sale securities consisted of the following (in millions):


		Cost		Gross		Gross			Estimated
				Unrealized		Unrealized			Fair Value
				Gains		Losses
	Cetip equity securities	$	514	$	—	$	(123	)	$	391


	The Company acquired 31.6 million shares, or 12%, of the common stock of Cetip, S.A. (“Cetip”) for an aggregate consideration of $514 million in cash in July 2011. The Company accounts for its investment in Cetip as an available-for-sale investment and is classified as a long-term investment in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the fair value of the equity security investment was $324 million and $391 million, respectively. The Company’s investment in Cetip was made in, and the shares are valued in, Brazilian reais. Changes in the fair value of available-for-sale securities that are considered to be temporary are reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income, and include the effects of both stock price and foreign currency translation fluctuations. The unrealized holding gains and losses are excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive income until realized. Realized gains and losses, and declines in value deemed to be other-than-temporary are recognized in earnings. The accumulated losses of $190 million as of December 31, 2013, including losses of $67 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, resulted from $162 million in foreign currency translation losses relating to the decrease in value of the Brazilian real relative to the U.S. dollar from the investment date in July 2011 through December 31, 2013 and by a $28 million decrease in the stock price of Cetip through December 31, 2013.

	The Company has continually evaluated the near-term prospects of Cetip in relation to the severity and duration of the previously unrecognized accumulated losses. Based on that evaluation and the Company’s ability and intent to hold this equity security investment for a reasonable period of time sufficient for a forecasted recovery of fair value, the Company did not consider this investment to be other-than-temporarily impaired prior to the fourth quarter of 2013. In making this determination in the past, the Company considered that the share price of the security and the exchange rate between the Brazilian real and the U.S. dollar fluctuates significantly from quarter to quarter and the investment had an accumulated unrealized gain of $9 million as recently as of March 31, 2012. The Company also factored in the strong financial performance of Cetip, the overall strong growth potential and positive outlook of Cetip, as well as forecasted price targets for the Cetip stock price in 2014 by financial analysts to be significantly in excess of the stock price at the acquisition date in July 2011 and the forecasted target would be sufficient to recover the unrealized loss.

	However, based on the evaluation as of December 31, 2013, the Company determined that due to the duration of the primarily currency driven impairment and the increase in the severity of the impairment in the fourth quarter of 2013 ($162 million in accumulated losses or 32% of the original investment value, including a substantial decrease in the fourth quarter of 2013 due to continued devaluation of the Brazilian real as compared to the U.S. dollar), the accumulated unrealized losses were no longer expected to recover in the near term and thus the unrealized losses were no longer considered to be temporary. In making this conclusion, the Company considered that the Brazilian real to the U.S. dollar exchange rate as of December 31, 2013, which was 0.4245, has decreased 33% since the original investment of the Cetip stock in July 2011, decreased 13% during the year ended December 31, 2013 and decreased 5% during the three months ended December 31, 2013. The exchange rate is also forecasted by certain economists surveyed by the central bank to continue to decrease throughout 2014.

	Because the Cetip fair value has been below the original investment cost for an extended period of time and recovery of the accumulated losses relating to the foreign currency translation losses is not likely in the near term, the Company is required to record an other-than-temporary impairment charge as of December 31, 2013. Under U.S. GAAP, the impairment loss shall be recognized in earnings in an amount equal to the entire difference between the investment's cost and its fair value at the balance sheet date for which the assessment is made. The impairment loss is equal to the difference between the $324 million fair value as of December 31, 2013 and the original investment cost of $514 million, which is $190 million. The $324 million fair value of the Cetip investment as of December 31, 2013 becomes the new cost basis of the investment and the new cost basis will not be adjusted for subsequent recoveries in fair value. The $190 million impairment loss was reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss and was recognized in other expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2013.
	In connection with the acquisition of NYSE Euronext, the Company now has additional investments classified as available-for-sale securities in the table above, as well as additional equity investments. Equity and fixed income mutual funds held for the purpose of providing future payments for the Supplemental Executive Savings Plan and the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan are classified as available-for-sale securities, as well as U.S. Treasury securities and foreign exchange derivative contracts. The Company also has additional equity investments classified as either equity or cost method investments, including, but not limited to, a 4% ownership in Euroclear, a financial services company that specializes in the settlement of securities transactions as well as the safekeeping and asset servicing of these securities, and a 2% ownership in LCH.Clearnet, a European based independent clearing house that services international exchanges as well as a range of OTC markets. As of December 31, 2013, the Company’s equity and cost-method investments are $177 million, and are classified as other non-current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

Property_and_Equipment

Property and Equipment	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]	'
Property and Equipment	'
	Property and Equipment
	Property and equipment consisted of the following as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions, except years):


		As of December 31,						Depreciation
								Period
		2013			2012			(Years)
	Software and internally developed software	$	283		$	205		1 to 3

	Computer and network equipment	208			91			1 to 4

	Land	167			—			N/A

	Buildings and building improvements	118			—			2.5 to 40

	Leasehold improvements	173			42			1 to 17

	Equipment, aircraft and office furniture	228			49			1 to 15

		1,177			387

	Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(286		)	(243		)
	Property and equipment, net	$	891		$	144

	For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, amortization of software and internally developed software was $45 million, $37 million and $33 million, respectively, and depreciation of all other property and equipment was $40 million, $24 million and $23 million, respectively. The unamortized software and internally developed software balances were $102 million and $65 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The increase in the property and equipment during the year ended December 31, 2013 is primarily due to the property and equipment acquired in the NYSE Euronext acquisition (Note 3), the purchase of our corporate headquarters and an aircraft.

Goodwill_and_Other_Intangible_

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets	'
	Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
	The following is a summary of the activity in the goodwill balance for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions):


	Goodwill balance at January 1, 2012	$	1,903

	Acquisitions	16

	Foreign currency translation	19

	Goodwill balance at December 31, 2012	1,938

	Acquisitions	7,445

	Foreign currency translation	118

	Goodwill balance at December 31, 2013	$	9,501

	The following is a summary of the activity in the other intangible assets balance for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions):


	Other intangible assets balance at January 1, 2012	$	854

	Acquisitions	4

	Foreign currency translation	10

	Amortization of other intangible assets	(69		)
	Other intangible assets balance at December 31, 2012	799

	Acquisitions	8,515

	Foreign currency translation	166

	Amortization of other intangible assets	(76		)
	Other intangible assets balance at December 31, 2013	$	9,404



	The Company completed the NYSE Euronext and ICE Endex acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2013 and the WhenTech LLC acquisition during the year ended December 31, 2012 (Note 3). The foreign currency translation adjustments in the tables above result from a portion of the Company’s goodwill and other intangible assets being held at the Company’s U.K., European and Canadian subsidiaries, some of whose functional currencies are not the U.S. dollar.
	Other intangible assets and the related accumulated amortization consisted of the following as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions, except years):


		As of December 31,							Useful Life
		2013				2012			(Years)
	Customer relationships	$	1,369			$	281		3 to 25

	Russell licensing rights	184				184			10

	Trading products with finite lives	262				256			20

	Non-compete agreements	34				34			1 to 5

	Technology	181				67			2.5 to 11

	Other	16				4			2 to 5

		2,046				826

	Less accumulated amortization	(406		)		(328		)
	Total finite-lived intangible assets, net	1,640				498

	Exchange registrations and licenses with indefinite lives	7,172				74

Trading products with indefinite lives	270				217

Trade names	312				—

Other	10				10

Total other indefinite-lived intangible assets	7,764				301

Total other intangible assets, net	$	9,404			$	799

For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, amortization of other intangible assets was $76 million, $69 million and $76 million, respectively. Collectively, the remaining weighted average useful lives of the finite-lived intangible assets is 16.4 years as of December 31, 2013. The Company expects future amortization expense from the finite-lived intangible assets as of December 31, 2013 to be as follows (in millions):


2014	$	161

2015	158

2016	150

2017	101

2018	87

Thereafter	983

	$	1,640

Debt

Debt	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Debt	'
	Debt

	The Company’s total debt, including short-term and long-term debt, consisted of the following as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions):


		As of December 31,
		2013		2012
	Debt:
	Commercial Paper	$	1,080	$	—

	Credit Facilities:
	Revolving Facility	—		113

	Term Loan Facility	55		50

	Short-term debt	1,135		163

	Senior Notes:
	2018 Senior Notes (2.5% senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2018)	599		—

	2023 Senior Notes (4.0% senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2023)	794		—

	NYSE Euronext Notes:
	NYSE Euronext USD Notes (2.0% senior unsecured notes due October 5, 2017)	854		—

	NYSE Euronext EUR Notes (5.375% senior unsecured notes due June 30, 2015)	1,353		—

	Credit Facilities:
	Revolving Facility	—		182

	Term Loan Facility	323		387

	Private Senior Notes	—		400

	Long term debt	3,923		969

	Total debt	$	5,058	$	1,132

	Revolving Facility and Term Loan Facility (the Credit Facilities)
	In November 2011, the Company entered into senior unsecured credit facilities in the aggregate amount of $2.6 billion (the “Credit Facilities”). The Credit Facilities include an option for the Company to propose an increase in the aggregate amount available for borrowing by $400 million during the term of the Credit Facilities. The Credit Facilities consist of (i) an aggregate $500 million five-year senior unsecured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) and (ii) an aggregate $2.1 billion five-year senior unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”). The Credit Facilities mature on November 9, 2016. The Company may prepay the outstanding loans under the Credit Facilities, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.
	Each loan under the Credit Facilities, including the outstanding Term Loan Facility, will bear interest on the principal amount outstanding at either (a) LIBOR plus an applicable margin rate or (b) a “base rate” plus an applicable margin rate; provided, however, that all loans denominated in a foreign currency will bear interest at LIBOR plus an applicable margin rate. The “base rate” equals the higher of (i) Wells Fargo’s prime rate, (ii) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, or (iii) the one month LIBOR rate plus 1.00%. The applicable margin rate ranges from 1.25% to 2.25% on the LIBOR loans and from 0.25% to 1.25% for the base rate loans based on the Company’s total leverage ratio calculated on a trailing twelve-month period. As of December 31, 2013, the Company has $378 million aggregate principal amount of borrowings outstanding in the form of a LIBOR rate loan with a stated interest rate of 2.41% per annum under the Term Loan Facility.
	During December 2012, the Company borrowed $295 million under the Revolving Facility for temporary borrowing capacity to facilitate intercompany transactions, all of which was subsequently repaid in 2013. On October 31, 2013, the Company borrowed $900 million under the Revolving Facility, of which $400 million was used to pay the cash portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of NYSE Euronext while the remaining $500 million was used to pay off the outstanding commercial paper obligations of NYSE Euronext, as well as to fund certain deal related fees and expenses (Note 3). On December 24, 2013, the Company repaid the $900 million borrowed under the Revolving Facility with the proceeds from the issuance of commercial paper, as discussed below, and with cash on hand.
	As of December 31, 2013, of the $2.1 billion that was available for borrowing under the Revolving Facility, $1.1 billion is required to back stop the Commercial Paper Program discussed below, and $303 million is reserved for the Company's clearing houses. The Credit Facilities include an unutilized revolving credit commitment fee that is equal to the unused maximum revolver amount, multiplied by an applicable margin rate and is payable in arrears on a quarterly basis. The applicable margin rate was 0.40% as of December 31, 2013.
	Of the amounts available under the Revolving Facility: (i) $150 million of such amounts has been reserved to provide liquidity or required financial resources for the clearing operations of ICE Clear Europe, (ii) $100 million of such amounts has been reserved to provide liquidity or required financial resources for the clearing operations of ICE Clear Credit, (iii) $50 million of such amounts has been reserved to provide liquidity or required financial resources for the clearing operations of ICE Clear U.S., (iv) $3 million of such amounts has been reserved to provide liquidity or required financial resources for the clearing operations of ICE Clear Canada, and (v) the remainder, plus any portion of the proceeds no longer necessary to be reserved for the foregoing purposes, are available to the Company to use for working capital and general corporate purposes. From time to time, the Company may agree to provide additional liquidity to our subsidiaries to meet regulatory capital requirements, general corporate purposes or short term liquidity needs.
	On September 27, 2013, the Company agreed with the lenders under the Credit Facilities to amend the terms of the Credit Facilities to make certain changes, including, effective upon the consummation of the NYSE Euronext acquisition, to add ICE Group and NYSE Euronext as guarantors under the Credit Facilities and elevate reporting and financial covenants to ICE Group and its consolidated subsidiaries.
	The Credit Facilities contain affirmative and negative covenants, including, but not limited to, leverage and interest coverage ratios, as well as limitations or required notices or approvals for acquisitions, dispositions of assets and certain investments in subsidiaries, the incurrence of additional debt or the creation of liens and other matters. The Credit Facilities also contain other customary representations, warranties and covenants.
	Private Senior Notes
	Simultaneous with entering into the Credit Facilities in November 2011, the Company also entered into a note purchase agreement with various institutional investors providing for the sale of $400 million aggregate principal amount of Company senior notes, consisting of $200 million of the Company’s 4.13% Senior Notes, Tranche A, due November 9, 2018 and $200 million of the Company’s 4.69% Senior Notes, Tranche B, due November 9, 2021 (collectively, the “Private Senior Notes”). The Private Senior Notes were sold in a private offering exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
	On September 27, 2013, the Company and the holders of the outstanding Private Senior Notes entered into a first amendment and waiver agreement (the “Amendment and Waiver”) to the note purchase agreement. On October 16, 2013, following the issuance of the Senior Notes discussed below and in accordance with the Amendment and Waiver, the Company prepaid the $400 million aggregate principal amount of Private Senior Notes. In connection with the early payoff of the Private Senior Notes, the Company incurred $51 million in expenses relating to a $49 million pre-payment to the Private Senior Notes investors and an associated $2 million write off of the related debt issuance costs. The $51 million expense was recorded as other expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2013. As discussed below, to fund the prepayment of the Private Senior Notes and the associated pre-payment, the Company borrowed $450 million on October 11, 2013 under the 364 Day Facility. Accrued interest of $8 million was also paid in connection with this prepayment.
	364 Day Facility
	On July 12, 2013, the Company entered into a new $600 million 364 day senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “364 Day Facility”) pursuant to a credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent, and the lenders signatory thereto. The 364 Day Facility includes an option for the Company to propose an increase in the aggregate amount available by $200 million during the term of the 364 Day Facility. The 364 Day Facility may be used for the Company’s working capital and general corporate purposes. As discussed above, on October 11, 2013, the Company borrowed $450 million under the 364 Day Facility to fund the prepayment of the Private Senior Notes and associated pre-payment in an aggregate amount of $449 million. On December 20, 2013, the Company repaid the $450 million borrowed under the 364 Day Facility with the proceeds from the issuance of commercial paper, as discussed below. As of December 31, 2013, the full amount of $600 million was available for borrowing under the 364 Day Facility.
	Each loan under the 364 Day Facility will, at the option of the Company, bear interest on the principal amount outstanding at either (a) LIBOR plus an applicable margin rate or (b) a “base rate” plus an applicable margin rate. The “base rate” equals the higher of (i) Wells Fargo’s prime rate, (ii) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, or (iii) the one month LIBOR rate plus 1.00%. The applicable margin rate ranges from 1.25% to 2.25% on the LIBOR loans and from 0.25% to 1.25% for the base rate loans based on the Company’s total leverage ratio calculated on a trailing twelve-month period. With certain exceptions, the Company may prepay the outstanding loans under the 364 Day Facility, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.
	On September 27, 2013, the Company agreed with the lenders under the 364 Day Facility to amend the terms of the 364 Day Facility in a manner substantially consistent with the amendments to the Credit Facilities as described above. The 364 Day Facility contains affirmative and negative covenants, including, but not limited to, leverage and interest coverage ratios, as well as limitations or required notices or approvals for acquisitions, dispositions of assets, the incurrence of additional debt or the creation of liens and other fundamental changes to the Company’s business that are substantially similar to those in the Credit Facilities.
	Senior Notes
	On October 8, 2013, the Company issued $600 million aggregate principal amount of 2.50% senior unsecured fixed rate notes due 2018 (the “2018 Senior Notes”) and $800 million aggregate principal amount of 4.00% senior unsecured fixed rate notes due 2023 (the “2023 Senior Notes”, together with the 2018 Senior Notes, the “Senior Notes”). The 2018 Senior Notes will mature on October 15, 2018, and the 2023 Senior Notes will mature on October 15, 2023. Interest on the Senior Notes will be payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on April 15, 2014.
	The Company used the net proceeds from the Senior Notes offering to finance, together with cash on hand and the $400 million borrowed on October 31, 2013 under the Revolving Facility, the $2.7 billion cash portion of the purchase price of the acquisition of NYSE Euronext (Note 3).
	The Senior Notes contain affirmative and negative covenants, including, but not limited to, certain redemption rights, limitations on liens and indebtedness, limitations on certain mergers, sales, dispositions and lease-back transactions.

	NYSE Euronext Notes
	In connection with the acquisition of NYSE Euronext, the Company assumed the outstanding NYSE Euronext debt instruments. As of the November 13, 2013 acquisition date, NYSE Euronext had outstanding $850 million of 2.0% senior unsecured fixed rate notes due in October 2017 (the “NYSE Euronext USD Notes”) and €920 million of 5.375% senior unsecured fixed rate notes due in June 2015 (the “NYSE Euronext EUR Notes”, and together with the NYSE Euronext USD Notes, the "NYSE Euronext Notes").
	In accordance with purchase accounting (Note 3), the Company recorded these outstanding notes at fair value on the November 13, 2013 acquisition date. Based on public debt prices, as of this date, the NYSE Euronext USD Notes had a fair value of $854 million (an increase of $4 million from its November 13, 2013 face value) and the NYSE Euronext EUR Notes had a fair value of $1.3 billion (an increase of $89 million from its November 13, 2013 face value). The increase in the carrying amount of the NYSE Euronext Notes to record them at fair value is amortized as a reduction to the interest expense recorded by the Company in the consolidated statements of income over the remaining maturities of the NYSE Euronext Notes. As of December 31, 2013, the outstanding amounts under the NYSE Euronext USD Notes and the NYSE Euronext EUR Notes were $850 million and €920 million ($1.3 billion), respectively.
	The terms of the bonds do not contain any financial covenants. The bonds may be redeemed by the Company or the bond holders under certain customary circumstances, including a change in control accompanied by a downgrade of the bonds below an investment grade rating. The terms of the bonds also provide for customary events of default and a negative pledge covenant.
	Guarantees
In order to avoid structural subordination among the Credit Facilities, 364 Day Facility, Senior Notes and the NYSE Euronext Notes, in connection with the acquisition of NYSE Euronext, the issuers and borrowers of the debt instruments entered into cross guarantees of these debt obligations while they are part of the same consolidated group. The guarantees of ICE Group, as a standalone entity, will remain in place until each applicable debt obligation has been satisfied. IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. and NYSE Euronext’s guarantees will remain in place until certain conditions are satisfied, which, in IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.’s case, includes IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. no longer being an obligor (issuer or borrower) under the Credit Facilities and, in NYSE Euronext’s case, includes ICE Group’s senior unsecured long-term indebtedness maintaining certain minimum credit ratings in the absence of the NYSE Euronext guarantee.
Commercial Paper Program
On December 16, 2013, the Company entered into a U.S. dollar commercial paper program (the “Commercial Paper Program”) in order to refinance the borrowings under the Revolving Facility and the 364 Day Facility as described above. The Commercial Paper Program is backed by the borrowing capacity available under the Revolving Facility, equal to the amount of the commercial paper that is issued and outstanding. The Company used the net proceeds from the notes issued under the Commercial Paper Program, along with cash on hand, to repay the $900 million borrowed under the Revolving Facility and the $450 million borrowed under the 364 Day Facility. The effective interest rate of commercial paper issuances does not materially differ from short term interest rates (USD LIBOR). The fluctuation of these rates due to market conditions may therefore impact the interest expense incurred by the Company.
Commercial paper notes with an aggregate par value of $1.1 billion and original maturities ranging from 1 to 97 days were outstanding as of December 31, 2013 under the Commercial Paper Program. As of December 31, 2013, the weighted average interest rate on the $1.1 billion outstanding under the Commercial Paper Program was 0.28% per annum, with a weighted average maturity of 33 days.
Debt Repayment Schedule
As of December 31, 2013, the outstanding debt repayment schedule is as follows (in millions):


2014	$	1,135

2015	1,342

2016	250

2017	850

2018	600

Thereafter	800

Principal amounts repayable	$	4,977

Unamortized balance of fair value adjustments and discounts on bonds, net	81

Total debt outstanding	$	5,058

Equity

Equity	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Equity [Abstract]	'
Equity	'
	Equity
	The Company currently sponsors employee and director stock option and restricted stock plans. Employee and director stock-based compensation expenses and the related income tax benefit recognized for both stock options and restricted stock in the accompanying consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2013 was $56 million and $17 million, respectively, was $52 million and $16 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2012, and was $53 million and $13 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2011. The amount expensed for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 is net of $7 million, $6 million and $5 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation that was capitalized as software development costs.
	During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, the Company recognized excess tax benefits of $8 million, $9 million and $5 million, respectively, as an increase to the additional paid-in capital balance. Of that amount, $8 million, $9 million and $4 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, were qualifying excess tax benefits that are eligible to absorb future write-offs, if any, of unrealized deferred tax assets related to stock options. The $8 million, $8 million and $4 million are reported as financing cash flows in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Regarding the ordering of tax benefits to determine whether an excess tax benefit is realized, as well as to measure that excess tax benefit, the Company follows applicable tax laws and disregards indirect effects of the excess tax benefit.
	The Company, in connection with the acquisition of NYSE Euronext and pursuant to the Merger Agreement (Note 3), assumed the obligations of the IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. and NYSE Euronext employee and director equity plans, including the NYSE Euronext Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the “NYSE Omnibus Plan”). The IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan (the “Employee Plan”) and the IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Non-Employee Director Incentive Plan (the “Director Plan”, and together with the Employee Plan, the “ICE Plans”) were adopted by the board of directors on March 1, 2013 and approved by stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders held on May 17, 2013. The ICE Plans replace the IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2009 Plan”) for awards granted on or after May 17, 2013. There are 4.5 million shares registered under the Employee Plan (3.5 million as specified in the Employee Plan and 1 million shares that remained available under the 2009 Plan) and 250,000 shares registered under the Director Plan. The number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to the NYSE Omnibus Plan has been converted in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. As of December 31, 2013, the Company has 5.1 million shares in total under the ICE Plans and the NYSE Omnibus Plan that are available for future issuance of the Company’s stock option and restricted stock awards.
	Stock Option Plans
	Stock options are granted at the discretion of the compensation committee of the board of directors. All stock options are granted at an exercise price equal to the fair value of the common stock on the date of grant. The grant date fair value is based on the closing stock price on the date of grant. The fair value of the stock options on the date of grant is recognized as expense ratably over the vesting period, net of estimated forfeitures. The Company may grant, under provisions of the plans, both incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options. The options generally vest over three years, but can vest at different intervals based on the compensation committee’s determination. Generally, options may be exercised up to ten years after the date of grant, but expire either 14 or 60 days after termination of employment. The shares of common stock issued under the Company’s stock option plans are made available from authorized and unissued Company common stock or treasury shares. The following is a summary of stock options for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, which includes 3,644 stock options issued in connection with the NYSE Euronext acquisition in 2013:


		Number of Options			Weighted Average
					Exercise Price per
					Option
	Outstanding at January 1, 2011	1,275,792			$	56.73

	Granted	123,663			112.48

	Exercised	(341,554	)		26.66

	Forfeited	(12,157	)		126.7

	Outstanding at December 31, 2011	1,045,744			72.34

	Granted	102,657			112.15

	Exercised	(211,030	)		34.57

	Forfeited/Expired	(3,418	)		109.68

	Outstanding at December 31, 2012	933,953			85.07

	Granted	152,361			127.21

	Exercised	(213,967	)		62.67

	Outstanding at December 31, 2013	872,347			97.92


	Details of stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2013 are as follows:


		Number of Options			Weighted Average				Weighted Average	Aggregate
					Exercise Price				Remaining	Intrinsic
									Contractual Life	Value
									(Years)	(In millions)
	Vested or expected to vest	872,347			$	97.92			5.3	$	111

	Exercisable	689,046			$	90.43			4.3	$	93

	The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 were $24 million, $20 million and $33 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2013, there were $5 million in total unrecognized compensation costs related to stock options. These costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.7 years as the stock options vest.
	Of the options outstanding at December 31, 2013, 689,046 were exercisable at a weighted-average exercise price of $90.43. Of the options outstanding at December 31, 2012, 794,264 were exercisable at a weighted-average exercise price of $80.29. Of the options outstanding at December 31, 2011, 872,068 were exercisable at a weighted-average exercise price of $65.84.
	The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model for purposes of valuing stock option awards. During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, the Company used the weighted-average assumptions in the table below to compute the value of all options for shares of common stock granted to employees:


			Year Ended December 31,
	Assumptions		2013				2012			2011
	Risk-free interest rate		0.53		%		0.57		%	1.46		%
	Expected life in years		4				4			4

	Expected volatility		37		%		42		%	72		%
	Expected dividend yield		0		%		0		%	0		%
	Estimated weighted-average fair value of options granted per share		$	38.41			$	36.96		$	60.97

	The risk-free interest rate is based on the zero-coupon U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The expected life computation is derived from historical exercise patterns and anticipated future patterns. Expected volatilities are based on historical volatility of the Company’s stock. Expected dividend yields have historically been 0% since prior to the November 13, 2013 acquisition of NYSE Euronext, the Company has not contemplated paying dividends. The Company's new dividend policy will impact the expected dividend yield on all stock options granted post-acquisition.
	Restricted Stock Plans
Restricted stock grants are granted at the discretion of the compensation committee of the board of directors. Excluding the Company restricted stock issued in connection with the NYSE Euronext acquisition, discussed below, the Company granted a maximum of 874,018, 948,625 and 744,145 time-based and performance-based restricted stock units during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, including 249,670, 295,615 and 285,655 time-based restricted stock units during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The grant date fair value of each award is based on the closing stock price at the date of grant. The fair value of the time-based restricted stock units on the date of grant is recognized as expense ratably over the vesting period, which is typically three years, net of forfeitures. Granted but unvested shares would be forfeited upon termination of employment. When restricted stock is forfeited, compensation costs previously recognized for unvested shares are reversed. Until the shares vest and are issued, the participants have no voting or dividend rights and the shares may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered. Following the NYSE Euronext acquisition and in connection with the Company's new dividend declaration policy, unvested restricted stock is now subject to earn dividend equivalents which are paid in cash on the vest date.
The Company recognizes compensation costs, net of forfeitures, using an accelerated attribution method over the vesting period for awards with performance conditions. Compensation costs for such awards are recognized only if it is probable that the condition will be satisfied. If the Company initially determines that it is not probable that the performance condition will be satisfied and later determines that it is probable that the performance condition will be satisfied, or vice versa, the effect of the change in estimate is accounted for in the period of change by recording a cumulative catch-up adjustment to retroactively apply the new estimate. The Company would recognize the remaining compensation costs over the remaining vesting period. The Company’s compensation committee, pursuant to the terms of the ICE Plans and the authority delegated to it by the Company’s board of directors, can make equitable adjustments to the performance condition in recognition of unusual or non-recurring events.
During the fourth quarter of 2013, the Company reserved a maximum of 154,912 restricted shares for potential issuance as performance-based restricted shares for certain Company employees. The number of shares granted under the performance awards will be based on the Company’s actual financial performance as compared to financial performance targets set by the Company’s board of directors and compensation committee for the three years ending December 31, 2016. The grant dates were the dates on which the Company and the employees reached a mutual understanding of award terms and are the same as the service inception dates when the requisite service period began. The maximum compensation expense to be recognized under these performance-based restricted shares is $31 million if the maximum financial performance target is met and 154,912 shares vest. The compensation expense to be recognized under these performance-based restricted shares will be $30 million if the target financial performance is met and 147,535 shares vest. The Company will recognize expense on a straight-line basis over the three-year vesting period based on the Company’s quarterly assessment of the probable three-year actual financial performance as compared to the financial performance targets.
In January 2013, the Company reserved a maximum of 449,420 restricted shares for potential issuance as performance-based restricted shares for certain Company employees. These restricted shares were subject to a market condition that could have reduced the number of shares that were granted if the 2013 Company total shareholder return fell below that of the 2013 return of the S&P 500 Index and if the Company achieved a “target” financial performance level or above threshold. The Company’s total shareholder return for the year ended December 31, 2013 was higher than the 2013 return of the S&P 500 Index and the Company achieved below a “target” financial performance level based on its actual 2013 financial performance compared to the financial performance level thresholds. Therefore, no additional share reduction was taken. Based on the Company’s actual 2013 financial performance as compared to the 2013 financial performance targets, 173,776 restricted shares were granted, which resulted in $22 million in compensation expenses that will be expensed over the three-year accelerated vesting period, including $14 million that was expensed during the year ended December 31, 2013. The Company has historically made broad-based employee stock awards annually in January, however the 2014 performance-based award will not be made until late February 2014.
The grant date fair values of the 2013, 2012 and 2011 awards with a market condition were estimated based on the Company’s stock price on the grant date, the valuation of historical market condition awards, the relatively low likelihood that the market condition will affect the number of shares granted (as the market condition only affects shares granted in excess of certain financial performance targets), and management’s expectation of achieving the financial performance targets. The grant date fair value of the awards, when considering the impact of the market condition on fair value, was determined to not be materially different from the Company’s stock price on the respective grant dates.
The Company assumed the NYSE Omnibus Plan, including certain unvested restricted stock awards of NYSE Euronext into the Company’s stock award plans. As a result, the Company exchanged its restricted stock for NYSE Euronext restricted stock. The Company issued 239,488 unvested time-based restricted stock awards to NYSE Euronext employees and will recognize non-cash compensation expense on a straight-line basis as the awards vest based on the fair value of the awards on the consummation date of the transaction. These 239,488 restricted stock shares issued are included in the table below as being granted during the year ended December 31, 2013, at a weighted average grant-date fair value of $197.80 per share.
Restricted shares are used as an incentive to attract and retain qualified employees and to increase shareholder returns with actual performance-based awards based on enhanced shareholder value. The Company’s equity plans include a change in control provision that may accelerate vesting on both the time-based and performance-based restricted shares if the awards are not assumed by an acquirer in the case of a change in control. The following is a summary of the nonvested restricted shares under all plans discussed above for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011:



	Number of		Weighted Average
	Restricted		Grant-Date Fair
	Stock Shares		Value per Share
Nonvested at January 1, 2011	704,010		$	99.53

Granted	532,748		114.25

Vested	-346,450		101.13

Forfeited	-55,453		106.43

Nonvested at December 31, 2011	834,855		107.8

Granted	497,161		115.03

Vested	-411,826		104.43

Forfeited	-42,104		112.59

Nonvested at December 31, 2012	878,086		113.25

Granted	825,919		164.24

Vested	-426,025		113.02

Forfeited	-43,428		125.81

Nonvested at December 31, 2013	1,234,552		$	147

Restricted stock shares granted in the table above include both time-based and performance-based grants. Performance-based shares have been adjusted to reflect the actual shares to be issued based on the achievement of past performance targets. As of December 31, 2013, there were $104 million in total unrecognized compensation costs related to the time-based restricted stock and the performance-based restricted stock. These costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.5 years as the restricted stock vests. During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, the total fair value of restricted stock vested under all restricted stock plans was $62 million, $51 million and $42 million, respectively.
Treasury Stock
During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, the Company received 430,677 shares, 154,242 shares and 125,443 shares, respectively, of common stock from certain employees of the Company related to tax withholdings made by the Company on the employee’s behalf for restricted stock and stock option exercises, including 263,006 shares received during the period from November 13, 2013 to December 31, 2013. The Company recorded the receipt of the shares as treasury stock. Treasury stock activity is presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of changes in equity, accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and redeemable non-controlling interest.
In connection with the acquisition of NYSE Euronext on November 13, 2013, and in accordance with the Merger Agreement (Note 3), all shares of common stock held by IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. immediately prior to the acquisition as treasury shares were canceled and extinguished and no consideration was delivered for the treasury shares. Therefore, on November 13, 2013, 7,560,480 treasury stock shares were retired. In connection with the retirement, of the $741 million value assigned to the treasury stock shares, $541 million was allocated to additional paid-in capital and $200 million was allocated to retained earnings. The amount allocated to additional paid-in capital was determined based on the paid-in capital per share generated from the historical issuances of these treasury shares.
Stock Repurchase Program
During the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company repurchased 416,858 shares and 1,550,810 shares, respectively, of its outstanding common stock at a cost of $53 million and $175 million, respectively. These repurchases were completed under various stock repurchase plans authorized by the Company’s board of directors. The shares repurchased were held in treasury stock. The Company did not repurchase any shares during the year ended December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, there is $450 million in remaining capacity available under an authorized stock repurchase plan and which does not have a fixed expiration date. The Company’s board of directors may increase or decrease the amount of capacity the Company has for repurchases from time to time.
The Company expects to fund any remaining share repurchases with a combination of cash on hand, future cash flows and by borrowing under the Company’s Revolving Facility. The timing and extent of any additional repurchases, if any, will depend upon market conditions, the Company’s stock price and the Company’s strategic plans at that time. The Company is not obligated to acquire any specific number of shares and may amend, suspend or terminate the repurchase program at any time.

Income_Taxes

Income Taxes	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Income Taxes	'
	Income Taxes
	Income before income taxes and the income tax provision consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):


		Year Ended December 31,
		2013				2012				2011
	Income before income taxes
	Domestic	$	78			$	233			$	299

	Foreign	422				557				461

		$	500			$	790			$	760

	Income tax provision
	Current tax expense:
	Federal	$	57			$	89			$	93

	State	25				29				21

	Foreign	163				134				127

		245				252				241

	Deferred tax expense (benefit):
	Federal	(20		)		(18		)		(1		)
	State	(5		)		1				—

	Foreign	10				(7		)		(2		)

		(15		)		(24		)		(3		)
	Total income tax expense	$	230			$	228			$	238

	A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:


		Year Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Statutory federal income tax rate	35	%		35	%		35	%
	State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit	2			2			2

	Foreign tax rate differential	(10	)		(8	)		(6	)
	Foreign tax law change	5			—			—

	Cetip investment impairment loss	9			—			—

	Other	5			—			—

	Total provision for income taxes	46	%		29	%		31	%
	The effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2013 is higher than the statutory federal rate primarily due to the non-tax deductible impairment loss on the Cetip investment (Note 5) along with state income taxes, a foreign tax law change and other items. Other items are primarily driven by non-tax deductible transaction costs relating to the NYSE Euronext acquisition and the effect of tax rate changes on the deferred tax balances. These unfavorable adjustments were partially offset by the favorable foreign tax rate differential. The effective tax rates for the years ended December 2012 and 2011 are lower than the federal statutory rate primarily due to the favorable foreign tax rate differential, partially offset by state income taxes.
	Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. The following table summarizes the significant components of our deferred tax liabilities and assets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions):


		December 31,
		2013				2012
	Deferred tax assets:
	Deferred and stock-based compensation	$	171			$	31

	Pension	80				—

	Accrued expenses	2				1

	Tax credits	24				1

NOL carryforward	120				24

Impairment losses	6				5

Other	—				22

Total	403				84

Valuation allowance	(49		)		(11		)
Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	354				73

Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment	(29		)		(22		)
Acquired intangibles	(2,962		)		(222		)
Partnership basis difference	(64		)		(38		)
Other	(29		)		—

Total deferred tax liabilities	(3,084		)		(282		)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(2,730	)		$	(209	)
Reported as:
Net current deferred tax assets	$	50			$	7

Net current deferred tax liabilities	(11		)		—

Net non-current deferred tax assets	2				—

Net non-current deferred tax liabilities	(2,771		)		(216		)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(2,730	)		$	(209	)
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of deferred income tax valuation allowance is as follows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):


	Year Ended December 31,
	2013				2012				2011
Beginning balance of deferred income tax valuation allowance	$	11			$	16			$	23

Increases charged to income tax expense	—				5				—

Increases charged against goodwill	38				—				—

Decreases	—				(10		)		(7		)

Ending balance of deferred income tax valuation allowance	$	49			$	11			$	16

The Company recognizes valuation allowances on deferred tax assets if, based on the weight of the evidence, the Company believes that it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company recorded a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets of $49 million and $11 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Increases charged to income tax expense in the table above relate to state research and development tax credits and net operating loss carryforwards that the Company does not expect to be realizable in future periods. Increases charged against goodwill in the table above relate to net operating loss carryforwards acquired that the Company does not expect to be realizable in future periods. Decreases in the table above relate to net operating loss carryforwards that the Company determined would be available to offset income in future periods. The decreases in the year ended December 31, 2012 include the write-off of state research and development tax credit assets against valuation allowances that only have a remote likelihood to be utilized. The decreases in the year ended December 31, 2011 were recorded as an adjustment to goodwill.
The Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries had $1.6 billion in cumulative undistributed earnings as of December 31, 2013. This amount represents the post-income tax earnings under U.S. GAAP adjusted for previously taxed income. The earnings from the Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries are considered to be indefinitely reinvested. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal and state income taxes has been made in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Further, a determination of the unrecognized deferred tax liability is not practicable. Any future distribution by way of dividend of these non-U.S. earnings may subject the Company to both U.S. federal and state income taxes, as adjusted for non-U.S. tax credits, and withholding taxes payable to various non-U.S. countries.
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company has gross U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards of $109 million and $49 million, respectively, and gross state and local net operating loss carryforwards of $775 million and $99 million, respectively. These carryforwards are available to offset future taxable income until they begin to expire in 2018. In addition, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company has gross foreign net operating loss carryforwards of $152 million and $8 million, respectively, related primarily to net operating loss carryforwards acquired which are not expected to be utilized against future taxable income.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):


	Year Ended December 31,
	2013				2012				2011
Beginning balance of unrecognized tax benefits	$	34			$	28			$	26

Additions related to acquisitions	156				—				—

Additions based on tax positions related to current year	38				6				5

Additions based on tax positions related to prior years	5				5				4

Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years	(1		)		(2		)		(3		)
Reductions resulting from statute of limitation lapses	(3		)		(2		)		(2		)
Reductions related to settlements with taxing authorities	(6		)		(1		)		(2		)
Ending balance of unrecognized tax benefits	$	223			$	34			$	28

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the balance of unrecognized tax benefits which would, if recognized, affect the Company’s effective tax rate was $193 million and $24 million, respectively. It is reasonably possible, as a result of settlements of ongoing audits or statute of limitations expirations, unrecognized tax benefits could increase as much as $15 million and decrease as much as $76 million within the next twelve months. Of the $223 million in unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2013, $217 million is recorded as other non-current liabilities and $6 million is recorded as other current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
The Company recognizes interest accrued on income tax uncertainties and accrued penalties as a component of income tax expense. For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, the Company recognized $3 million, $2 million and $1 million, respectively, of income tax expense for interest and penalties. Accrued interest and penalties were $39 million and $6 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
The Company or one of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and foreign jurisdictions. The following table summarizes open tax years by major jurisdiction:


Jurisdiction		Open Tax Years
	U.S. Federal	2009 - 2013
	U.S. States	2006 - 2013
	United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal	2010 - 2013
	France, Canada and Singapore	2009 - 2013
Although the outcome of tax audits is always uncertain, the Company believes that adequate amounts of tax, including interest and penalties, have been provided for any adjustments expected to result from open years.

Clearing_Organizations

Clearing Organizations	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Brokers and Dealers [Abstract]	'
Clearing Organizations	'
	Clearing Organizations
	The Company operates six regulated central counterparty clearing houses for the settlement and clearance of derivative contracts. The six central counterparty clearing houses include ICE Clear Europe, ICE Clear U.S., ICE Clear Canada, Inc. (“ICE Clear Canada”), ICE Clear Credit, TCC and SMXCC. ICE Clear Europe performs the clearing and settlement for all futures and options contracts traded through ICE Futures Europe and ICE Endex, for CDS contracts submitted for clearing in Europe, for energy futures and options contracts trading through ICE Futures U.S. and beginning July 1, 2013, for London-based derivatives contracts traded through Liffe as discussed below. ICE Clear U.S. performs the clearing and settlement of agricultural and financial futures and options contracts traded through ICE Futures U.S. and ICE Clear Canada performs the clearing and settlement for all futures and options contracts traded through ICE Futures Canada. ICE Clear Credit performs the clearing and settlement for CDS contracts submitted for clearing in North America. TCC offers for clearing certain OTC benchmark treasury futures contracts. SMXCC performs the clearing and settlement of all futures and options contracts traded through SMX. ICE Clear U.S., ICE Clear Europe, ICE Clear Canada, ICE Clear Credit, TCC and SMXCC are referred to herein collectively as the “ICE Clearing Houses”.
	Each of the ICE Clearing Houses requires all clearing members to maintain cash on deposit or pledge certain assets, which may include government obligations, money market mutual fund shares, certificates of deposit, letters of credit, gold or emission allowances to guarantee performance on the clearing members’ open positions. Such amounts in total are known as “original margin.” The ICE Clearing Houses may make intraday original margin calls in circumstances where market conditions require additional protection. The daily profits and losses from and to the ICE Clearing Houses in respect of marking to market open contracts is known as “variation margin”. The ICE Clearing Houses mark all outstanding contracts to market, and therefore pay and collect variation margin, at least once daily, and in some cases multiple times throughout the day. Marking-to-market allows our clearing houses to identify any clearing members that may be unable to satisfy the financial obligations resulting from changes in the prices of their open contracts before those financial obligations become exceptionally large and jeopardize the ability of the ICE Clearing Houses to ensure financial performance of clearing members’ open positions.
	Each of the ICE Clearing Houses requires that each clearing member make deposits into a fund known as a guaranty fund (“Guaranty Fund”), which is maintained by the relevant ICE Clearing House. These amounts serve to secure the obligations of a clearing member to the ICE Clearing House to which it has made the Guaranty Fund deposit and may be used to cover losses sustained by the respective ICE Clearing House in the event of a default of a clearing member.
	For ICE Clear Canada, a portion of all income earned from clearing members’ cash deposits for the Guaranty Fund and margin deposits, and for ICE Clear U.S., all income earned from clearing members’ cash deposits for the Guaranty Fund and from the cash variation margin deposits, is retained by the respective ICE Clearing House and is included in other revenues in the accompanying consolidated statements of income. All other interest earned on the cash margin deposits, less costs incurred by the ICE Clearing Houses, is remitted by the ICE Clearing Houses to the clearing members.
	Each of the ICE Clearing Houses has equal and offsetting claims to and from their respective clearing members on opposite sides of each cleared contract; this allows the ICE Clearing Houses to serve as the central financial counterparty on every cleared contract. Each ICE Clearing House bears financial counterparty credit risk in the event that market movements create conditions that lead to its clearing members failing to meet their financial obligations to that ICE Clearing House. Accordingly, the ICE Clearing Houses account for this central counterparty guarantee as a performance guarantee. Given that each contract is margined and marked or settled on at least a daily basis for each clearing member, the ICE Clearing Houses’ maximum estimated exposure for this guarantee, excluding the risk management program discussed below, is $52.6 billion as of December 31, 2013, which represents the maximum estimated value by the ICE Clearing Houses of a hypothetical one day movement in pricing of the underlying unsettled contracts. This amount is based on calculations determined using proprietary risk management software that simulates gains and losses based on historical market prices, volatility and other factors present at that point in time for those particular unsettled contracts. Future actual market price volatility could result in the exposure being significantly different than the amount estimated by the ICE Clearing Houses. The net notional value of unsettled contracts was $2.6 trillion as of December 31, 2013. The Company performed calculations to determine the fair value of its counterparty performance guarantee taking into consideration factors such as daily settlement of contracts, margining requirements, other elements of the Company’s risk management program, historical evidence of default payments, and estimated probability of potential default payouts by the ICE Clearing Houses. Based on these analysis, the estimated counterparty performance guaranty liability was determined to be nominal and no liability was recorded as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.
	The ICE Clearing Houses seek to reduce their exposure through a risk management program that includes initial and ongoing financial standards for clearing member admission and continued membership, original and variation margin requirements, and mandatory deposits to the Guaranty Fund. The amounts that the clearing members are required to maintain in the original margin and Guaranty Fund accounts are determined by standardized parameters established by the margin or risk committees, risk management departments and the boards of directors of each of the ICE Clearing Houses and may fluctuate over time. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the ICE Clearing Houses have received or have been pledged $68.2 billion and $51.4 billion, respectively, in cash and non-cash collateral in original margin, unsettled variation margin, performance collateral for delivery and Guaranty Fund deposits to cover price movements of underlying contracts. The ICE Clearing Houses also have powers of assessment that provide the ability to collect additional funds from their clearing members to cover a defaulting member’s remaining obligations up to the limits established under the respective rules of each ICE Clearing House.
	Should a particular clearing member fail to deposit original margin, or to make a variation margin payment, when and as required, the relevant ICE Clearing House may liquidate or hedge the clearing member’s open positions and use the clearing member’s margin and Guaranty Fund deposits to make up the amount owed. In the event that those deposits are not sufficient to pay the amount owed in full, the ICE Clearing Houses may utilize the respective Guaranty Fund deposits of all clearing members on a pro-rata basis for that purpose. The Company has contributed $110 million and $50 million to the ICE Clear Europe and ICE Clear Credit Guaranty Funds, respectively, as of December 31, 2013, and such amounts are at risk and could be used in the event of a clearing member default where the amount of the defaulting clearing member’s original margin and Guaranty Fund deposits are insufficient. The $160 million combined contributions as of December 31, 2013 are included in long-term restricted cash in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet (Note 4).
	For ICE Clear Europe, if a futures and options clearing member’s deposits are depleted and a default occurs, then a $100 million contribution made by the Company to ICE Clear Europe would be utilized. The $100 million is solely available in the event of an ICE Clear Europe futures and options clearing member default, and $50 million of the $100 million will be utilized after the available funds of the defaulting member but before all other amounts within the ICE Clear Europe futures and options Guaranty Fund. If additional cash is required to settle positions, the remaining $50 million will be called pro rata along with other non-defaulting ICE Clear Europe futures and options clearing members’ deposits in the ICE Clear Europe options and futures Guaranty Fund.
	The Company has contributed $50 million to the ICE Clear Credit Guaranty Fund and $10 million to the ICE Clear Europe CDS Guaranty Fund as of December 31, 2013. The Company is obligated to contribute an additional $40 million to the ICE Clear Europe CDS guaranty fund and of the remaining contributions, $15 million is required to be made one year from the launch of CDS client clearing at ICE Clear Europe, or October 7, 2014, and the remaining $25 million is required to be made by October 7, 2015. The first $25 million, to the extent required to be contributed at such time, contributed to each of the ICE Clear Credit Guaranty Fund and ICE Clear Europe CDS Guaranty Fund will be utilized after the available funds of the defaulting CDS clearing member but before all other amounts within the Guaranty Funds. The additional $25 million, to the extent required to be contributed at such time, contributed to each of the ICE Clear Credit Guaranty Fund and ICE Clear Europe CDS Guaranty Funds will be utilized pro-rata along with other non-defaulting CDS clearing members’ deposits in the respective Guaranty Funds.
	In connection with ICE Clear U.S.’s election to be subject to Subpart C of the CFTC's regulation (which accordingly, permits recognition as a QCCP), the Company contributed $50 million to ICE Clear U.S.’s Guaranty Fund on January 1, 2014. Of the $50 million contribution, which will be included in long-term restricted cash (Note 4), $25 million will be available on a priority basis in the event a clearing member defaults and ICE Clear U.S. has utilized all such clearing member’s other default resources to settle the position. This amount will then be used to settle the position before other funds in the Guaranty Fund are used. If additional cash is still required to settle the positions, then the remaining $25 million of our contribution will be utilized pro-rata along with the other non-defaulting ICE Clear U.S. clearing members’ deposits in the Guaranty Fund.
	As of December 31, 2013, original margin and Guaranty Fund cash deposits are as follows for the ICE Clearing Houses (in millions):


		ICE Clear U.S.		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		TCC		Total
				Europe		Canada		Credit
	Original margin	$	1,642	$	22,007	$	61	$	13,274	$	—	$	36,984

	Guaranty Fund	242		2,542		11		2,434		3		5,232

	Total	$	1,884	$	24,549	$	72	$	15,708	$	3	$	42,216

	As of December 31, 2012, original margin, unsettled variation margin and Guaranty Fund cash deposits are as follows for the ICE Clearing Houses (in millions):


		ICE Clear U.S.		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		TCC		Total
				Europe		Canada		Credit
	Original margin	$	1,323	$	13,258	$	35	$	12,052	$	1	$	26,669

	Unsettled variation margin	22		—		—		—		—		22

	Guaranty Fund	24		2,734		15		2,414		5		5,192

	Total	$	1,369	$	15,992	$	50	$	14,466	$	6	$	31,883

	The Company has recorded these cash deposits in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as current assets with corresponding current liabilities to the clearing members of the relevant ICE Clearing House. All cash, securities and letters of credit are available only to meet the financial obligations of that clearing member to the relevant ICE Clearing House. ICE Clear U.S., ICE Clear Europe, ICE Clear Canada, ICE Clear Credit and TCC are separate legal entities and are not subject to the liabilities of the other ICE Clearing Houses or the obligations of the members of the other ICE Clearing Houses. The amount of these cash deposits may fluctuate due to the types of margin collateral choices available to clearing members and the change in the amount of deposits required. As a result, these assets and corresponding liabilities may vary significantly over time.
	In December 2012, the Company and NYSE Euronext announced that ICE Clear Europe and Liffe entered into a clearing services agreement for ICE Clear Europe to provide clearing services to the London-based derivatives markets operated by Liffe. The completion of the clearing transition for the London-based derivatives market of Liffe to ICE Clear Europe occurred on July 1, 2013. The clearing transition involved 43 member firms with 75 million contract sides transferred to ICE Clear Europe, including the transfer and funding of $11.7 billion in original margin and Guaranty Fund deposits to ICE Clear Europe.
	Of the $24.5 billion total cash deposits for ICE Clear Europe as of December 31, 2013, which are primarily held in U.S. dollars, euros and pounds sterling, $18.7 billion relates to futures and options products and $5.8 billion relates to cleared OTC European CDS instruments. ICE Clear Europe offers a separate clearing platform, risk model and risk pool for futures and options products, which includes the Liffe products, that is distinct from those associated with cleared OTC European CDS instruments.
	The $15.7 billion of ICE Clear Credit cash deposits as of December 31, 2013 primarily represent funds invested under reverse repurchase agreements with several counterparty banks, none of which are clearing members, through a third party custodian bank. Under these arrangements, ICE Clear Credit purchases U.S. Treasury securities and other U.S. securities and the various counterparties agree to repurchase the instruments the following business day at a set price, plus interest. Of the $24.5 billion of ICE Clear Europe cash deposits as of December 31, 2013, $21.5 billion represent funds invested under reverse repurchase agreements through two third party investment and custody agents, with several different counterparty banks, some of which are also our clearing members and are large commercial financial institutions, and $3.0 billion represent funds invested directly in sovereign debt. Under these arrangements, ICE Clear Europe primarily purchases U.S. Treasury securities and certain sovereign debt obligations from the seven largest industrialized nations, and the various counterparties agree to repurchase the instruments on the set repurchase date at the set repurchase price, plus interest. The carrying value of these securities approximates their fair value due to the short-term nature of the instruments and repurchase agreements. The remaining cash deposits at the ICE Clearing Houses are held in demand deposit accounts at various financial institutions.
	In addition to the cash deposits for original margin, the Guaranty Fund, unsettled variation margin, and performance collateral for delivery, the ICE Clearing Houses have also received other assets from clearing members, which may include government obligations, money market mutual fund shares, certificates of deposit, letters of credit, gold or emission allowances to mitigate its credit risk. These assets are not reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as the risks and rewards of these assets remain with the clearing members. These assets are held in safekeeping and any interest and gain or loss accrues to the clearing member. For certain non-cash deposits, the ICE Clearing Houses may impose haircut rates to ensure adequate collateral levels to account for fluctuations in the market value of these deposits. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the assets pledged by the clearing members as original margin and Guaranty Fund deposits for each of the ICE Clearing Houses are detailed below (in millions):


		As of December 31, 2013										As of December 31, 2012
		ICE Clear U.S.		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		TCC		ICE Clear U.S.		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		TCC
				Europe		Canada		Credit						Europe		Canada		Credit
	Original margin:
	Government securities at face value	$	5,011	$	15,670	$	93	$	2,620	$	—	$	5,779	$	6,384	$	82	$	3,960	$	—

	Money market mutual funds	—		—		—		—		—		1,028		—		—		—		—

	Letters of credit	—		1,386		4		—		—		—		968		4		—		—

	Gold	—		92		—		—		—		—		126		—		—		—

	Total	$	5,011	$	17,148	$	97	$	2,620	$	—	$	6,807	$	7,478	$	86	$	3,960	$	—

	Guaranty Fund:
	Government securities at face value	$	267	$	268	$	19	$	516	$	1	$	250	$	247	$	46	$	653	$	3

	Money market mutual funds	—		—		—		—		—		21		—		—		—		—

	Total	$	267	$	268	$	19	$	516	$	1	$	271	$	247	$	46	$	653	$	3

ICE Clear U.S. and the Options Clearing Corporation (“OCC”) have entered into a cross-margin agreement, whereby a common clearing firm, or a pair of affiliated clearing firms, may maintain a cross-margin account in which positions in certain of ICE Clear U.S.’s futures and options are combined with certain positions cleared by OCC for purposes of calculating margin requirements of the clearing firms. The margin deposits are held jointly by ICE Clear U.S. and OCC. Cross-margin cash, securities and letters of credit jointly held with OCC under the cross-margin agreement are reflected at 50% of the total, or ICE Clear U.S.’s proportionate share, in accordance with the agreement. As of December 31, 2013, the margin deposits in the joint account were $35 million of which $17 million is ICE Clear U.S.’s proportionate share and is reflected above in the pledged asset margin balance. Clearing firms maintain separate margin requirements with each clearing house. Depending on the impact resulting from offsetting positions between ICE Clear U.S. and OCC, each clearing house may reduce that firm’s margin requirements. Cross margin deposits are held in a joint custody account controlled by ICE Clear U.S. and OCC. If a participating firm defaults, the gain or loss on the liquidation of the firm’s open position and the proceeds from the liquidation of the cross-margin account will be split 50% each to ICE Clear U.S. and OCC. The cross-margining arrangement reduces capital costs for clearing firms and eligible customers. The agreement permits a participating clearing house to recognize a clearing firm’s open positions at another participating clearing house, and clearing firms are able to offset risks of positions held at one clearing house against those held at another participating clearing house, with respect to particular accounts.

Commitments_and_Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Commitments and Contingencies	'
	Commitments and Contingencies
	Leases
	The Company leases office space, equipment facilities and certain computer equipment that expire at various dates through 2029. The Company’s leases typically contain terms which may include renewal options, rent escalations, rent holidays and leasehold improvement incentives. The Company had no capital leases as of December 31, 2013 and 2012. Rental expense under these leases, included in the accompanying consolidated statements of income in rent and occupancy and technology and communication expenses, totaled $47 million, $23 million and $24 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively. As of December 31, 2013, future minimum lease payments under these noncancelable operating agreements are as follows (in millions):



	2014	$	81

	2015	71

	2016	50

	2017	41

	2018	34

	Thereafter	211

	Total	$	488

	Russell Licensing Agreement
	The Company has an exclusive license agreement (the “License Agreement”) with the Russell Investment Group (“Russell”) to offer futures and options on futures contracts based on the full range of Russell’s benchmark U.S. equity indexes through June 2017. In exchange for its license rights, the Company will make annual cash payments based on the annual traded contract volumes, subject to certain minimum annual royalty payments through the expiration of the agreement in June 2017. The Company has recorded the license rights as intangible assets, which were valued based on the net present value of all minimum annual royalty payments that the Company is required to make to Russell throughout the term of the agreement. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the net assets related to the License Agreement are $67 million and $86 million, respectively, and are included in other intangible assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their contractual life. For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, amortization expense related to the License Agreement was $19 million, $19 million and $20 million, respectively.
	Because the Company is required to make minimum annual royalty payments to maintain the Russell license rights, the Company has recorded a liability based on the net present value of the total required minimum royalty payments as of the effective date of the License Agreement. As of December 31, 2013, the current and non-current liabilities relating to the minimum annual royalty payments under the License Agreement are $19 million and $48 million, respectively, and $19 million and $64 million as of December 31, 2012, respectively, and are reflected as other current and non-current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The difference between the present value of the minimum annual payments and the actual minimum annual payments is recorded as interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the License Agreement. For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, interest expense related to the License Agreement was $4 million, $5 million and $6 million, respectively.
	Redeemable Non-controlling Interest
	As part of the ICE Endex purchase agreement (Note 3), Gasunie has a put option to sell to the Company (and the Company has a call option to purchase from Gasunie) Gasunie’s entire remaining stake in ICE Endex at fair market value provided that the fair value falls between a stated cap and floor. Both the call and put option become exercisable two years from the date of closing of the acquisition and expire five years from the date of closing. Since the likelihood of the Company acquiring the non-controlling interest in the future is probable, the Company has recorded the full redemption fair value of $15 million as of December 31, 2013 as mezzanine equity and classified the related balance as “redeemable non-controlling interest” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Changes in the redemption value of the non-controlling interest are recorded to the redeemable non-controlling interest balance in full as they occur.
	Prior to the Company’s acquisition of NYSE Euronext, NYSE Euronext completed the sale of a significant equity interest in NYSE Amex Options, one of its two U.S. options exchanges, to seven external investors. Under the terms of the sale, the external investors have the option to require the Company to repurchase a portion of the instrument on an annual basis over the course of five years, which began in 2011. The amount the Company is required to purchase under this arrangement is capped each year at between 5% and 15% of the total outstanding shares of NYSE Amex Options. As of November 13, 2013, the external investors hold 32% of the outstanding shares of NYSE Amex Options. Since the likelihood of the Company acquiring the non-controlling interest in the future is probable, the Company has recorded the full redemption fair value of $306 million as of December 31, 2013 as mezzanine equity and classified the related balance as “redeemable non-controlling interest” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
	Legal Proceedings
	The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. However, the Company does not believe that the resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations, or liquidity. It is possible, however, that future results of operations for any particular quarterly or annual period could be materially and adversely affected by any new developments relating to the legal proceedings and claims.
	Tax Audits
	The Company is engaged in ongoing discussions and audits with taxing authorities on various tax matters, the resolutions of which are uncertain. Currently, there are matters that may lead to assessments involving the Company or one of its subsidiaries, some of which may not be resolved for several years. Based on currently available information, the Company believes it has adequately provided for any assessments that could result from those proceedings where it is more likely than not that the Company will be assessed. The Company continuously reviews its positions as these matters progress.

Pension_and_Other_Benefit_Prog

Pension and Other Benefit Programs	12 Months Ended
Pension and Other Benefit Programs	Dec. 31, 2013
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Pension and Other Benefit Programs	'
	Pension and Other Benefit Programs
	Defined Benefit Pension Plans
	In connection with the Company’s acquisition of NYSE Euronext on November 13, 2013 (Note 3), the Company assumed NYSE Euronext’s pension plans covering its U.S. and certain European operations. The benefit accrual for the U.S. operations pension plan is frozen.
	Retirement benefits are derived from a formula, which is based on length of service and compensation. Based on this calculation, the Company may contribute to its pension plans to the extent such contributions may be deducted for income tax purposes. During the period from November 13, 2013 to December 31, 2013, the Company did not contribute to the pension plans. The Company anticipates contributing approximately $51 million to its pension plans during the year ended December 31, 2014.
	Consistent with prior practice by NYSE Euronext, the Company bases its investment policy and objectives on a review of the actuarial and funding characteristics of the retirement plan, the demographic profile of plan participants, and the business and financial characteristics of the Company. Capital market risk/return opportunities and tradeoffs also are considered as part of the determination. The primary investment objective of the Company’s plan is to achieve a long-term rate of return that meets the actuarial funding requirements of the plan and maintains an asset level sufficient to meet all benefit obligations of the plan. The target allocations for the U.S. plan assets are 65 percent equity securities and 35 percent U.S. fixed income securities. Equity securities primarily include investments in large-cap and small-cap companies primarily located in the United States. U.S. fixed income securities include corporate bonds of companies from diversified industries and U.S. treasuries. The target allocations for the European plan assets vary across plans, with a primary focus on fixed income securities. Based on the valuation techniques described in Note 14, the fair values of the Company's pension plans assets as of December 31, 2013, by asset category, are as follows (in millions):


		Fair Value Measurements
	Asset Category	Quoted Prices				Significant				Significant			Total
		in Active				Observable				Unobservable
		Markets for				Inputs				Inputs
		Identical Assets				(Level 2)				(Level 3)
		(Level 1)
	Cash	$	5			$	—			$	—		$	5
	Cash	$	5			$	—			$	—		$	5
	Equity securities:
	U.S. large-cap	154				76				—			230
	U.S. large-cap	154				76				—			230
	U.S. small-cap	74				42				—			116
	U.S. small-cap	74				42				—			116
	International	91				57				—			148
	International	91				57				—			148
	Fixed income securities	133				124				—			257
	Fixed income securities	133				124				—			257
	Total	$	457			$	299			$	—		$	756
	Total	$	457			$	299			$	—		$	756
	The costs of the pension plans during the period from November 13, 2013 to December 31, 2013 have been determined in accordance with the Compensation-Retirement Benefits Topic of ASC 715. The measurement dates for the pension plans are December 31, 2013. During the fourth quarter of 2013, the pension plan in the Netherlands transferred its assets and the accrued pension obligation to an insurance company, thereby relieving the Company of primary responsibility of the pension obligation. Additionally the Netherlands plan entered into an insurance contract for all future benefit accruals. The Company has treated this as a settlement for accounting purposes as it meets the criteria under ASC 715. The following table provides a summary of the changes in the pension plans' benefit obligations and the fair value of assets as of December 31, 2013 and a statement of funded status of the pension plans as of December 31, 2013 (in millions):


		Pension Plans
	Asset Category	U.S. Operations				European Operations
	Change in benefit obligation:
	Benefit obligation at acquisition date	$	827			$	227
	Benefit obligation at acquisition date	$	827			$	227
	Service cost	—				1
	Service cost	—				1
	Interest cost	5				1
	Interest cost	5				1
	Actuarial gain	10				3
	Actuarial gain	10				3
	Plan settlements	—				(197		)
	Plan settlements	—				(197		)
	Benefits paid	(5		)		(1		)
	Currency translation and other	—				3
	Currency translation and other	—				3
	Benefit obligation at year end	$	837			$	37
	Benefit obligation at year end	$	837			$	37
	Change in plan assets:
	Fair value of plan assets at acquisition date	$	718			$	214
	Fair value of plan assets at acquisition date	$	718			$	214
	Actual return on plan assets	22				1
	Actual return on plan assets	22				1
	Company contributions	—				1
	Company contributions	—				1
	Plan settlements	—				(197		)
	Plan settlements	—				(197		)
	Benefits paid	(5		)		(1		)
	Currency translation and other	—				3
	Currency translation and other	—				3
	Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	735			$	21
	Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	735			$	21
	Funded status	$	(102	)		$	(16	)
	Accumulated benefit obligation	$	837			$	37
	Accumulated benefit obligation	$	837			$	37
Amounts recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet:
Accrued employee benefits	$	(102	)		$	(16	)
The components of the pension plans expense/(benefit) in the accompanying consolidated statement of income are set forth below for the period from November 13, 2013 to December 31, 2013 (in millions):


	Pension Plans
	U.S.				European
	Operations				Operations
Service cost	$	—			$	1
Service cost	$	—			$	1
Interest cost	5				1
Interest cost	5				1
Estimated return on plan assets	(6		)		(1		)
Settlement loss	—				2
Settlement loss	—				2
Aggregate pension expense (benefit)	$	(1	)		$	3
Aggregate pension expense (benefit)	$	(1	)		$	3
The Company uses a market-related value of plan assets when determining the estimated return on plan assets. Gains/losses on plan assets are amortized over a four year period and accumulate in other comprehensive income. The Company recognizes deferred gains and losses in future net income based on a “corridor” approach, where the corridor is equal to 10% of the greater of the benefit obligation or the market-related value of plan assets at the beginning of the year.
The following table shows the projected payments for the pension plans based on actuarial assumptions (in millions):


Projected Pension Plan Payments	U.S.				European				Total
Projected Pension Plan Payments	Operations				Operations				Total
2014	$	48			$	—			$	48
2014	$	48			$	—			$	48
2015	48				—				48
2015	48				—				48
2016	48				—				48
2016	48				—				48
2017	48				—				48
2017	48				—				48
2018	48				—				48
2018	48				—				48
Next 5 years	245				5				250
Next 5 years	245				5				250
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
The Company assumed NYSE Euronext’s U.S. nonqualified supplemental executive retirement plan (“SERP”), which provides supplemental retirement benefits for certain employees. The future benefit accrual of the SERP plan is frozen. To provide for the future payments of these benefits, the U.S. operations has purchased insurance on the lives of certain of the participants through company-owned policies. As of December 31, 2013, the cash surrender value of such policies was $51 million, and is included in other non-current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The following table provides a summary of the changes in the U.S. operations SERP benefit obligations (in millions):



Change in benefit obligation:
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation at acquisition date	$	73
Benefit obligation at acquisition date	$	73
Service cost	1
Service cost	1
Interest cost	(1		)
Benefit obligation at year end	$	73
Benefit obligation at year end	$	73
Funded status	$	(73	)
Amounts recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet:
Other current liabilities	$	(11	)
Accrued employee benefits	(62		)
The components of the SERP plan expense/(benefit) in the accompanying consolidated statement of income are set forth below for the period from November 13, 2013 to December 31, 2013 (in millions):


Interest cost	$	1
Interest cost	$	1
Recognized actuarial gain	(1		)
Aggregate SERP expense	$	—
Aggregate SERP expense	$	—
The following table shows the projected payments for the SERP plan based on the actuarial assumptions (in millions):


Projected SERP Plan Payments
2014	$	11
2014	$	11
2015	10
2015	10
2016	8
2016	8
2017	7
2017	7
2018	7
2018	7
Next 5 years	22
Next 5 years	22
Pension and SERP Plan Assumptions
The weighted average assumptions used to develop the actuarial present value of the projected benefit obligation and net periodic pension/SERP costs for the period from November 13, 2013 to December 31, 2013 are set forth below:


	U.S.		Europe
Discount rate (pension/SERP plans)	4.6%/3.8%		3.6%/N/A
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets (pension/SERP plans)	6.5%/N/A		3.5%/N/A
Rate of compensation increase	N/A		3.50%
The assumed discount rate reflects the market rates for high-quality corporate bonds currently available. The discount rate was determined by considering the average of pension yield curves constructed on a large population of high quality corporate bonds. The resulting discount rates reflect the matching of plan liability cash flows to yield curves. To develop the expected long-term rate of return on assets assumption, both the U.S. and European operations considered the historical returns and the future expectations for returns for each asset class as well as the target asset allocation of the pension portfolio.
Post-retirement Benefit Plans
The Company assumed NYSE Euronext’s defined benefit plans to provide certain health care and life insurance benefits for eligible retired U.S. employees. These post-retirement benefit plans, which may be modified in accordance with their terms, were fully frozen in 2009. The net periodic post-retirement benefit costs were $1 million for the period from November 13, 2013 to December 31, 2013. The defined benefit plans are unfunded and the Company currently does not expect to fund the post-retirement benefit plans. The discount rate as of December 31, 2013 is 4.6%. The following table shows the actuarial determined benefit obligation, benefits paid during the period and the accrued employee benefits (in millions):


Benefit obligation at the end of year	$	208
Benefit obligation at the end of year	$	208
Benefits paid	$	3
Benefits paid	$	3
Amounts recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet:
Other current liabilities	$	(12	)
Accrued employee benefits	$	(196	)
The following table shows the payments projected (net of expected Medicare subsidy receipts of $16 million in aggregate over the next ten fiscal years) based on actuarial assumptions (in millions):


Projected Post-retirement Benefit Plans Payments
2014	$	13
2014	$	13
2015	14
2015	14
2016	14
2016	14
2017	14
2017	14
2018	14
2018	14
Next 5 years	71
Next 5 years	71
For measurement purposes, the U.S. operations assumed an 8.0% annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered health care benefits in 2013 which will decrease on a graduated basis to 4.5% in the year 2029 and thereafter. The following table shows the effect of a one-percentage-point increase and decrease in assumed health care cost trend rates (in millions):


Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rate	1% Increase				1% Decrease
Effect of post-retirement benefit obligation	$	—			$	—
Effect of post-retirement benefit obligation	$	—			$	—
Effect on total of service and interest cost components	27				(22		)
Effect on total of service and interest cost components	27				(22		)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Accumulated other comprehensive income, before tax, as of December 31, 2013 consisted of the following amounts that have not yet been recognized in net periodic benefit cost (in millions):


	Pension Plans				SERP Plans				Post-retirement			Total
	Pension Plans				SERP Plans				Benefit Plans			Total
Unrecognized net actuarial gain (loss)	$	3			$	1			$	(1	)	$	3
Unrecognized net actuarial gain (loss)	$	3			$	1			$	(1	)	$	3
As of the acquisition date of November 13, 2013, the pension, SERP and postretirement plans were recorded at fair value and the accumulated unrecognized net actuarial loss of $138 million was written off in accordance with purchase accounting rules under U.S. GAAP. Therefore, the amount of prior service credit and actuarial loss included in accumulated other comprehensive income related to the pension, SERP and postretirement plans, which are expected to be recognized in net periodic benefit cost in the coming year is not meaningful.
Other Benefit Plans and Defined Contribution Plans
Certain of NYSE Euronext European operations offered other post retirement and early retirement benefits, which many of which have been frozen. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had accrued employee benefits accruals, in the aggregate, of $13 million for these plans. The Company assumed NYSE Euronext’s defined contribution plans for which most U.S. and U.K. NYSE Euronext employees contribute a portion of their salary within legal limits. The U.S. operations match an amount equal to 100% of the first 6% of eligible contributions. The U.K. operations contribute an equivalent of 7% of the employee's salary for all employees who are active in the savings plan. The U.S. operations also provide benefits under a Supplemental Executive Savings Plan (“SESP”) to which eligible employees may contribute. SESP expenses were $2 million for the period from November 13, 2013 to December 31, 2013. Included in accrued employee benefits payable was $23 million as of December 31, 2013 relating to the SESP plan.
The Company’s historical ICE U.K.-based subsidiaries have a defined contribution pension plan for eligible employees. The Company contributes a percentage of the employee’s base salary to the plan each month and employees are also able to make additional voluntary contributions, subject to plan and statutory limits. The Company’s contribution ranges from 10% to 20% of the employee’s base salary. Total pension contributions made by the Company for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 were $3 million, $2 million and $2 million respectively, related to the historical ICE U.S. pension plan.
The employees of the Company’s historical ICE U.S.-based subsidiaries are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan (the “401(k) Plan”). The Company offers a match of 100% of the first 5% of the eligible employee’s compensation contributed to the 401(k) Plan, subject to plan and statutory limits. Total matching contributions under the Company’s 401(k) Plan and for other 401(k) plans that are no longer active were $4 million, $4 million and $5 million, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011. No discretionary or profit sharing contributions were made during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011.

Fair_Value_Measurements

Fair Value Measurements	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]	'
Fair Value Measurements	'
	Fair Value Measurements
	The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, short-term and long-term restricted cash and investments, short-term and long-term investments, customer accounts receivable, margin deposits and guaranty funds, cost and equity method investments, short-term and long-term debt and other short-term assets and liabilities. The fair value of the Company’s financial instruments are measured based on a three-level hierarchy:
	Level 1 inputs — quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
	Level 2 inputs — observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are directly observable.
	Level 3 inputs — unobservable inputs supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
	In general, the Company uses Level 1 inputs to determine fair value. The Level 1 assets consist of U.S. Treasury securities, equity and other securities listed in active markets, and investments in publicly traded mutual funds held for the purpose of providing future payments of the Supplemental Executive Savings Plan. The fair value of each of these assets are based on quoted prices. If quoted prices are not available to determine fair value, the Company uses other inputs that are observable either directly or indirectly. Level 2 assets consist of foreign exchange derivative contracts not designated as hedging instruments. Such values are based on published currency rates. As of December 31, 2013, the fair values of the Company’s $1.39 billion Senior Notes and $2.21 billion NYSE Euronext Notes are $1.41 billion and $2.20 billion, respectively. The fair values of these fixed rate notes were estimated using quoted market prices for these instruments. The fair value of the Company’s other short-term and long-term debt approximates the carrying value since the rates of interest on the debt approximate market rates as of December 31, 2013. All other financial instruments are determined to approximate carrying value due to the short period of time to their maturities.
	Financial assets and liabilities recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the asset or liability’s fair value measurement. Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2013 are as follows (in millions):


		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	Assets at fair value:
	Long-term investment in equity securities	$	324	$	—	$	—	$	324

	U.S. Treasury securities	100		—		—		100

	Mutual Funds	33		—		—		33

	Foreign exchange derivative contracts	—		4		—		4

	Total assets at fair value	$	457	$	4	$	—	$	461

	Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2012 are as follows (in millions):


		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	Assets at fair value:
	Long-term investment in equity securities	$	391	$	—	$	—	$	391

	The long-term investment in equity securities as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 represents Cetip, recorded at its fair value using its quoted market price (Note 5). The mutual funds represent equity and fixed income mutual funds held for the purpose of providing future payments to the SERP and SESP (Note 13). As of December 31, 2013, the Company is holding $100 million in U.S. Treasury securities, all of which had maturities of less than one year from the date of purchase. The Company accounts for these securities using the available-for-sale method. Of these securities, $37 million are recorded as short-term investments and $63 million are recorded as short-term restricted cash and investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 (Note 4).
	The Company did not use Level 3 inputs to determine the fair value of assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2013 and 2012. The Company measures certain assets, such as intangible assets and cost and equity method investments, at fair value on a non-recurring basis. These assets are recognized at fair value if they are deemed to be impaired. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, none of these assets were required to be recorded at fair value since no impairment indicators were present. Cost and equity method investments were $177 million and $10 million as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively (Note 5).

Condensed_Consolidating_Financ

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Consolidating Financial Statements [Abstract]	'
Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements	'
	Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements

	In connection with our acquisition of NYSE Euronext in November 2013, ICE Group, IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. and NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC established various guarantees to protect against structural subordination of each entities’ existing indebtedness. Each of IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. and NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC are wholly owned subsidiaries of ICE Group, and each have fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest of ICE Group’s Senior Notes. Similarly, ICE Group and IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. each have fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest of the NYSE Euronext Notes. Finally, ICE Group and NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC each have fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest of the Credit Facilities and the 364 Day Facility. All of the guarantees are joint and several with all other guarantees and indebtedness. ICE Group’s guarantees, as a standalone entity, will remain in place until each applicable debt obligation has been satisfied. IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. and NYSE Euronext’s guarantees will remain in place until certain conditions are satisfied, which, in IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.’s case, includes IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. no longer being an obligor (issuer or borrower) under the Credit Facilities and, in NYSE Euronext’s case, includes ICE Group's senior unsecured long-term indebtedness maintaining certain minimum credit ratings in the absence of the NYSE Euronext guarantee.

	The following consolidating financial information sets forth, under the equity method of accounting, the condensed consolidating statements of income and comprehensive income, the condensed consolidating balance sheets, and the condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for (i) ICE Group, Inc.; (ii) IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.; (iii) NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC; (iv) the non-guarantor subsidiaries; (v) elimination entries necessary to consolidate each of ICE Group, Inc., IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. and NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC with the non-guarantor subsidiaries; and (vi) the Company on a consolidated basis. As discussed in Note 1, the Company was formed on March 6, 2013 for purposes of effecting the acquisition of NYSE Euronext. Therefore, the condensed consolidating statements for reporting periods prior thereto reflect how these statements would have been presented had the Company been established for all periods presented. The condensed consolidating financial statements only include activity related to NYSE Euronext for the period from November 13, 2013, the closing date of the acquisition, through December 31, 2013 for the condensed consolidating statements of income, comprehensive income and cash flows, and as of December 31, 2013 for the condensed consolidating balance sheets. The condensed consolidating financial information should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

	IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
	Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets
	As of December 31, 2013
	(in millions)


		ICE Group, Inc.			Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.			Subsidiary			Subsidiary			Consolidating				Consolidated
		(Parent)						Guarantor - NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC			Non-Guarantors			Adjustments				Total
	Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents	$	2		$	10		$	—		$	949		$	—			$	961

	Short term investments and restricted cash	—			—			1			350			—				351

	Customer accounts receivables, net	—			7			—			475			—				482

	Intercompany receivable	1,395			—			2,398			—			(3,793		)		—

	Intercompany note receivable- short term	—			3			—			25			(28		)		—

	Margin deposits and guaranty funds	—			—			—			42,216			—				42,216

	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	4			20			—			225			—				249

	Total current assets	1,401			40			2,399			44,240			(3,821		)		44,259

	Property and equipment, net	—			167			—			724			—				891

	Other non-current assets:
	Goodwill	—			—			—			9,501			—				9,501

	Other intangible assets, net	—			—			—			9,404			—				9,404

	Long-term restricted cash	—			—			—			161			—				161

	Long-term investments	—			—			—			324			—				324

	Investment in subsidiaries	14,019			3,637			11,383			—			(29,039		)		—

	Intercompany note receivable	—			517			—			80			(597		)		—

	Other non-current assets	14			17			11			243			(7		)		278

	Total other non-current assets	14,033			4,171			11,394			19,713			(29,643		)		19,668

	Total assets	$	15,434		$	4,378		$	13,793		$	64,677		$	(33,464	)		$	64,818


	Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	19		$	12		$	—		$	312		$	—			$	343

	Accrued salaries and benefits	1			25			—			275			—				301

	Short-term debt	1,080			55			—			—			—				1,135

	Margin deposits and guaranty funds	—			—			—			42,216			—				42,216

	Intercompany payable	—			1,229			—			2,564			(3,793		)		—

Note payable to affiliates	—			25			—			3			(28		)		—

Other current liabilities	—			4			—			343			—				347

Total current liabilities	1,100			1,350			—			45,713			(3,821		)		44,342

Non-current liabilities:
Non-current deferred tax liability, net	—			—			—			2,778			(7		)		2,771

Long-term debt	1,393			324			2,206			—			—				3,923

Note payable to affiliates	358			—			239			—			(597		)		—

Other non-current liabilities	—			33			—			812			—				845

Total non-current liabilities	1,751			357			2,445			3,590			(604		)		7,539

Total liabilities	2,851			1,707			2,445			49,303			(4,425		)		51,881

Redeemable non-controlling interest	—			—			—			322			—				322


Equity:
Retained earnings	2,482			282			(20		)	372			(634		)		2,482

Equity from parent	—			2,309			11,089			14,273			(27,671		)		—

Other shareholders' equity	10,101			80			279			375			(734		)		10,101

Total shareholders’ equity	12,583			2,671			11,348			15,020			(29,039		)		12,583

Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries	—			—			—			32			—				32

Total equity	12,583			2,671			11,348			15,052			(29,039		)		12,615

Total liabilities and equity	$	15,434		$	4,378		$	13,793		$	64,677		$	(33,464	)		$	64,818





IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets
As of December 31, 2012
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.			Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.			Subsidiary			Consolidating			Consolidated
	(Parent)						Non-Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—		$	1,004		$	608		$	—		$	1,612

Short term restricted cash	—			—			87			—			87

Customer accounts receivables, net	—			4			123			—			127

Intercompany receivable	1,187			—			—			(1,187		)	—

Note receivable from affiliate	—			13			10			(23		)	—

Margin deposits and guaranty funds	—			—			31,883			—			31,883

Prepaid expenses and other current assets	—			25			16			—			41

Total current assets	1,187			1,046			32,727			(1,210		)	33,750

Property and equipment, net	—			107			37			—			144

Other non-current assets:
Goodwill	—			—			1,938			—			1,938

Other intangible assets, net	—			—			799			—			799

Long-term restricted cash	—			—			163			—			163

Long-term investments	—			—			391			—			391

Investment in subsidiaries	2,456			3,184			—			(5,640		)	—

Other non-current assets	—			19			16			(5		)	30

Total other non-current assets	2,456			3,203			3,307			(5,645		)	3,321

Total assets	$	3,643		$	4,356		$	36,071		$	(6,855	)	$	37,215


Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	—		$	19		$	51		$	—		$	70

Accrued salaries and benefits	—			23			32			—			55

Short-term debt	—			50			113			—			163

Margin deposits and guaranty funds	—			—			31,883			—			31,883

Intercompany payable	—			981			206			(1,187		)	—

Notes payable to affiliates	—			10			13			(23		)	—

Other current liabilities	—			11			64			—			75

Total current liabilities	—			1,094			32,362			(1,210		)	32,246

Non-current liabilities:
Non-current deferred tax liability, net	—			—			221			(5		)	216

Long-term debt	—			787			182			—			969

Other non-current liabilities	—			19			88			—			107

Total non-current liabilities	—			806			491			(5		)	1,292

Total liabilities	—			1,900			32,853			(1,215		)	33,538


Equity:
Retained earnings	2,509			551			560			(1,111		)	2,509

Equity from parent	—			1,957			2,693			(4,650		)	—

Other shareholders' equity	1,134			(52		)	(68		)	121			1,135

Total shareholders’ equity	3,643			2,456			3,185			(5,640		)	3,644

Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries	—			—			33			—			33

Total equity	3,643			2,456			3,218			(5,640		)	3,677

Total liabilities and equity	$	3,643		$	4,356		$	36,071		$	(6,855	)	$	37,215


IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income
Year ended December 31, 2013
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.			Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.			Subsidiary			Subsidiary			Consolidating				Consolidated
	(Parent)						Guarantor - NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC			Non-Guarantors			Adjustments				Total
Revenues:
Transaction and clearing fees, net	$	—		$	16		$	—		$	1,386		$	—			$	1,402

Market data fees	—			—			—			212			—				212

Listing fees	—			—			—			35			—				35

Other revenues	—			11			—			135			—				146

Intercompany revenues	—			218			—			5			(223		)		—

Total revenues	—			245			—			1,773			(223		)		1,795

Transaction-based expenses	—			—			—			121			—				121

Total revenues, less transaction-based expenses	—			245			—			1,652			(223		)		1,674

Operating expenses:
Compensation and benefits	—			92			—			239			—				331

Technology and communication	—			31			—			38			—				69

Professional services	—			13			—			47			—				60

Rent and occupancy	—			5			—			38			—				43

Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs	—			93			—			72			—				165

Selling, general and administrative	—			13			—			42			—				55

Depreciation and amortization	—			49			—			112			—				161

Intercompany expenses	—			5			—			218			(223		)		—

Total operating expenses	—			301			—			806			(223		)		884

Operating income (loss)	—			(56		)	—			846			—				790

Other income (expense):
Interest and investment income	—			1			—			2			—				3

Interest expense	(11		)	(34		)	(3		)	(8		)	—				(56		)

Intercompany interest income (expense)	—			2			—			(2		)	—				—

Other income (expense), net	—			(53		)	—			(184		)	—				(237		)

Total other income (expense), net	(11		)	(84		)	(3		)	(192		)	—				(290		)

Income before income taxes	(11		)	(140		)	(3		)	654			—				500

Income tax expense (benefit)	(4		)	(33		)	—			267			—				230

Equity earnings from subsidiaries	262			388			(17		)	—			(633		)		—

Net income (loss)	$	255		$	281		$	(20	)	$	387		$	(633	)		$	270

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	—			—			—			(16		)	—				(16		)

Net income (loss) attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$	255		$	281		$	(20	)	$	371		$	(633	)		$	254


IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
Year ended December 31, 2013
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.			Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.			Subsidiary			Subsidiary			Consolidating				Consolidated
	(Parent)						Guarantor - NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC			Non-Guarantors			Adjustments				Total
Net income (loss)	$	255		$	281		$	(20	)	$	387		$	(633	)		$	270

Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments	—			—			—			304			—				304

Change in fair value of net investment hedge	—			—			(19		)	—			—				(19		)

Change in fair value of available-for-sale-securities	—			—			—			(67		)	—				(67		)

Reclassifications of losses realized on available-for-sale securities to other expense	—			—			—			190			—				190

Employee benefit plan adjustments	—			—			—			3			—				3

Total other comprehensive income (loss)	—			—			(19		)	430			—				411

Comprehensive income of subsidiaries	411			132			310			—			(853		)		—

Comprehensive income	666			413			271			817			(1,486		)		681

Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	—			—			—			(16		)	—				(16		)

Comprehensive income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$	666		$	413		$	271		$	801		$	(1,486	)		$	665


IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income
Year ended December 31, 2012
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.			Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.			Subsidiary			Consolidating			Consolidated
	(Parent)						Non-Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Revenues:
Transaction and clearing fees, net	$	—		$	17		$	1,168		$	—		$	1,185

Market data fees	—			1			146			—			147

Other revenues	—			8			23			—			31

Intercompany revenues	—			209			9			(218		)	—

Total revenues	—			235			1,346			(218		)	1,363

Operating expenses:
Compensation and benefits	—			92			159			—			251

Technology and communication	—			29			17			—			46

Professional services	—			12			21			—			33

Rent and occupancy	—			2			17			—			19

Acquisition-related transaction costs	—			15			4			—			19

Selling, general and administrative	—			9			28			—			37

Depreciation and amortization	—			45			86			—			131

Intercompany expenses	—			9			209			(218		)	—

Total operating expenses	—			213			541			(218		)	536

Operating income	—			22			805			—			827

Other income (expense):
Interest and investment income	—			1			1			—			2

Interest expense	—			(32		)	(7		)	—			(39		)

Intercompany interest income (expense)	—			2			(2		)	—			—

Other income (expense), net	—			(1		)	1			—			—

Total other income (expense), net	—			(30		)	(7		)	—			(37		)

Income before income taxes	—			(8		)	798			—			790

Income tax expense (benefit)	—			1			227			—			228

Equity earnings from subsidiaries	552			559			—			(1,111		)	—

Net income	$	552		$	550		$	571		$	(1,111	)	$	562

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	—			—			(10		)	—			(10		)

Net income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$	552		$	550		$	561		$	(1,111	)	$	552


IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
Year ended December 31, 2012
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.			Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.			Subsidiary			Consolidating			Consolidated
	(Parent)						Non-Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Net income	$	552		$	550		$	571		$	(1,111	)	$	562

Other comprehensive income (loss):

Foreign currency translation adjustments	—			—			29			—			29

Change in fair value of available-for-sale-securities	—			—			(60		)	—			(60		)

Total other comprehensive income (loss)	—			—			(31		)	—			(31		)

Comprehensive income of subsidiaries	(32		)	(32		)	—			64			—

Comprehensive income	520			518			540			(1,047		)	531

Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	—			—			(10		)	—			(10		)

Comprehensive income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$	520		$	518		$	530		$	(1,047	)	$	521


IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income
Year ended December 31, 2011
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.			Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.			Subsidiary			Consolidating			Consolidated
	(Parent)						Non-Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Revenues:
Transaction and clearing fees, net	$	—		$	182		$	994		$	—		$	1,176

Market data fees	—			24			101			—			125

Other revenues	—			7			19			—			26

Intercompany revenues	—			136			25			(161		)	—

Total revenues	—			349			1,139			(161		)	1,327

Operating expenses:
Compensation and benefits	—			84			166			—			250

Technology and communication	—			27			21			—			48

Professional services	—			15			20			—			35

Rent and occupancy	—			2			17			—			19

Acquisition-related transaction costs	—			10			6			—			16

Selling, general and administrative	—			12			22			—			34

Depreciation and amortization	—			42			90			—			132

Intercompany expenses	—			25			136			(161		)	—

Total operating expenses	—			217			478			(161		)	534

Operating income	—			132			661			—			793

Other income (expense):
Interest and investment income	—			2			1			—			3

Interest expense	—			(28		)	(7		)	—			(35		)

Intercompany interest income (expense)	—			3			(3		)	—			—

Other income (expense), net	—			(1		)	—			—			(1		)

Total other income (expense), net	—			(24		)	(9		)	—			(33		)

Income before income taxes	—			108			652			—			760

Income tax expense	—			33			205			—			238

Equity earnings from subsidiaries	510			435			—			(945		)	—

Net income	$	510		$	510		$	447		$	(945	)	$	522

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	—			—			(12		)	—			(12		)

Net income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$	510		$	510		$	435		$	(945	)	$	510


IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
Year ended December 31, 2011
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.			Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.			Subsidiary			Consolidating			Consolidated
	(Parent)						Non-Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Net income	$	510		$	510		$	447		$	(945	)	$	522

Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments	—			—			2			—			2

Change in fair value of net investment hedge	—			—			2			—			2

Change in fair value of available-for-sale-securities	—			—			(63		)	—			(63		)

Total other comprehensive income (loss)	—			—			(59		)	—			(59		)

Comprehensive income of subsidiaries	(59		)	(59		)	—			118			—

Comprehensive income	451			451			388			(827		)	463

Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	—			—			(12		)	—			(12		)

Comprehensive income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$	451		$	451		$	376		$	(827	)	$	451



IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
Year ended December 31, 2013
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.			Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.			Subsidiary			Subsidiary			Consolidating				Consolidated
	(Parent)						Guarantor - NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC			Non-Guarantors			Adjustments				Total
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	65		$	98		$	111		$	743		$	(282	)		$	735

Cash flows from investing activities:

Increase in restricted cash	—			—			—			(75		)	—				(75		)

Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(2,742		)	—			—			501			—				(2,241		)

Loans to subsidiaries	—			(513		)	—			(105		)	618				—

Proceeds from sales of (purchases of) available-for-sale investments	—			—			—			(26		)	—				(26		)

Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs	—			(99		)	—			(82		)	—				(181		)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(2,742		)	(612		)	—			213			618				(2,523		)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from debt facilities	2,473			1,349			—			11			—				3,833

Repayments of debt facilities and issuance costs for debt facilities	(13		)	(1,813		)	(350		)	(306		)	—				(2,482		)

Intercompany borrowing	358			25			239			(4		)	(618		)		—

Dividends to shareholders	(75		)	—			—			—			—				(75		)

Intercompany dividends	—			—			—			(282		)	282				—

Pre-payment related to early payoff of debt	—			(49		)	—			—			—				(49		)

Other financing activities	(64		)	8			—			(52		)	—				(108		)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	2,679			(480		)	(111		)	(633		)	(336		)		1,119

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	—			—			—			18			—				18

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	2			(994		)	—			341			—				(651		)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	—			1,004			—			608			—				1,612

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	$	2		$	10		$	—		$	949		$	—			$	961


IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
Year ended December 31, 2012
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.			Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.			Subsidiary			Consolidating			Consolidated
	(Parent)						Non-Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	57		$	881		$	216		$	(421	)	$	733

Cash flows from investing activities:

Increase in restricted cash	—			—			(32		)	—			(32		)

Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	—			(19		)	1			—			(18		)

Loans to subsidiaries	—			(3		)	—			3			—

Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs	—			(48		)	(20		)	—			(68		)

Net cash used in investing activities	—			(70		)	(51		)	3			(118		)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from debt facilities	—			—			295			—			295

Repayments of debt facilities	—			(50		)	—			—			(50		)

Repurchases of common stock	(53		)	—			—			—			(53		)

Intercompany borrowing	—			—			4			(4		)	—

Intercompany dividends	—			—			(422		)	422			—

Other financing activities	(4		)	8			(24		)	—			(20		)

Net cash used in financing activities	(57		)	(42		)	(147		)	418			172

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	—			—			2			—			2

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—			769			20			—			789

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	—			235			588			—			823

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	$	—		$	1,004		$	608		$	—		$	1,612


IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
Year ended December 31, 2011
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.			Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.			Subsidiary			Consolidating			Consolidated
	(Parent)						Non-Guarantors			Adjustments			Total
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	181		$	(204	)	$	872		$	(136	)	$	713

Cash flows from investing activities:													—
Increase in restricted cash	—			—			(2		)	—			(2		)

Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	—			(10		)	—			—			(10		)

Loans to subsidiaries	—			62			—			(62		)	—

Purchases of cost and equity method investments	—			(4		)	—			—			(4		)

Purchase of available-for-sale securities	—			—			(512		)	—			(512		)

Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs	—			(69		)	(18		)	—			(87		)

Net cash used in investing activities	—			(21		)	(532		)	(62		)	(615		)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from debt facilities	—			1,301			—			—			1,301

Repayments of debt facilities and issuance costs for debt facilities	—			(1,008		)	—			—			(1,008		)

Repurchases of common stock	(175		)	—			—			—			(175		)

Repayment of loans from parent	—			—			(62		)	62			—

Intercompany dividends	—			—			(136		)	136			—

Other financing activities	(6		)	3			(10		)	—			(13		)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(181		)	296			(208		)	198			105

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	—			—			(2		)	—			(2		)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—			71			130			—			201

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	—			164			458			—			622

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	$	—		$	235		$	588		$	—		$	823

Geographical_Information

Geographical Information	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract]	'
Geographical Information	'

	The following represents the Company’s revenues, less transaction-based expenses, net assets and property and equipment based on the geographic location (in millions):
	Geographic areas:


		United States		United Kingdom, Continental		Total
				Europe and Canada
	Revenues, less transaction-based expenses:
	Year ended December 31, 2013	$	856	$	818	$	1,674

	Year ended December 31, 2012	$	715	$	648	$	1,363

	Year ended December 31, 2011	$	682	$	645	$	1,327

	Net assets:
	As of December 31, 2013	$	2,453	$	10,162	$	12,615

	As of December 31, 2012	$	2,281	$	1,396	$	3,677

	Property and equipment, net:
	As of December 31, 2013	$	651	$	240	$	891

	As of December 31, 2012	$	130	$	14	$	144

	No customers or clearing members accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s consolidated revenues, less transaction-based expenses, for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.

Earnings_Per_Common_Share

Earnings Per Common Share	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]	'
Earnings Per Common Share	'
	Earnings Per Common Share
	The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted earnings per common share computations for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in millions, except per share amounts):


		Year Ended December 31,
		2013		2012		2011
	Basic:
	Net income attributable to IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.	$	254	$	552	$	510

	Weighted average common shares outstanding	78		73		73

	Basic earnings per common share	$	3.24	$	7.59	$	6.97

	Diluted:
	Weighted average common shares outstanding	78		73		73

	Effect of dilutive securities:
	Stock options and restricted stock	1		—		1

	Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	79		73		74

	Diluted earnings per common share	$	3.21	$	7.52	$	6.9

	Basic earnings per common share is calculated using the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period. The weighted average common shares outstanding during the year ended December 31, 2013 increased primarily due to the 42.4 million shares of the Company's common stock issued to NYSE Euronext stockholders in connection with the acquisition, weighted to show these additional shares outstanding for the period from November 13, 2013 to December 31, 2013. Common equivalent shares from stock options and restricted stock awards, using the treasury stock method, are also included in the diluted per share calculations unless the effect of their inclusion would be antidilutive. During the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, 228,000 and 242,000 outstanding stock options, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share, because to do so would have had an antidilutive effect because the outstanding stock option exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares during the relevant periods. There were no outstanding stock options for the year ended December 31, 2013 with an antidilutive effect. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, there were 22,000 and 20,000 restricted stock units, respectively, that were vested but have not been issued that are included in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share.

Quarterly_Financial_Data

Quarterly Financial Data	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Quarterly Financial Data	'
	Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
	The following table has been prepared from the financial records of the Company, and reflects all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods presented (in millions, except per share amounts):


		1st Qtr		2nd Qtr		3rd Qtr		4th Qtr(a)
	Year Ended December 31, 2013
	Revenues, less transaction-based expenses	$	352	$	372	$	338	$	612

	Operating income	200		225		202		163

	Net income (loss) attributable to IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.	136		153		141		(176		)

	Earnings (loss) per common share(b):
	Basic	$	1.86	$	2.11	$	1.94	$	(1.85	)

	Diluted	$	1.85	$	2.09	$	1.92	$	(1.83	)

	Year Ended December 31, 2012
	Revenues, less transaction-based expenses	$	365	$	351	$	323	$	324

	Operating income	225		215		194		193

	Net income attributable to IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.	148		143		131		130

	Earnings per common share(b):
	Basic	$	2.04	$	1.97	$	1.8	$	1.78

	Diluted	$	2.02	$	1.95	$	1.79	$	1.76




	(a)	The Company acquired NYSE Euronext on November 13, 2013 and has included their results with the consolidated results above effective from the acquisition date, including $133 million in acquisition-related transaction and integration costs during the three months ended December 31, 2013 (Note 3). The Company also incurred a $190 million impairment loss on the Cetip investment (Note 5) and a $51 million expense relating to the early payoff of outstanding debt (Note 8) during the three months ended December 31, 2013.

	(b)	The annual earnings per common share may not equal the sum of the individual quarter’s earnings per common share due to rounding, and, during the year ended December 31, 2013, due to the 42.4 million shares of the Company's common stock issued to NYSE Euronext stockholders in connection with the acquisition, weighted to show these additional shares outstanding for the prior from November 13, 2013 to December 31, 2013.

Subsequent_Events

Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Dec. 31, 2013
Subsequent Events [Abstract]	'
Subsequent Events	'
	Subsequent Events
	The Company has evaluated subsequent events and determined that no events or transactions met the definition of a subsequent event for purposes of recognition or disclosure in the accompanying consolidated financial statements except those events disclosed in Notes 3 and 4.

Summary_of_Significant_Account1

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Use of Estimates

Comprehensive Income

Noncontrolling Interest

Non-controlling Interest

Segment And Geographic Information

Segment and Geographic Information

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all short-term, highly liquid investments with remaining maturities at the purchase date of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Short-Term and Long-Term Restricted Cash and Investments

Short-Term and Long-Term Investments

Cost and Equity Method Investments

Margin Deposits and Guaranty Funds

Property and Equipment

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Year Ended December 31,

2013

2012

2011

Beginning balance of allowance for doubtful accounts

Bad debt expense

)

Charge-offs

)

—

Ending balance of allowance for doubtful accounts

Software Development Costs

Accrued Employee Benefits

Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

The Company did not record an impairment charge related to goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible assets during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Finite-Lived Intangible Assets

Derivatives and Hedging Activity

Intellectual Property

Income Taxes

Revenue Recognition

Activity Assessment and Section 31 Fees

Activity Assessment Fees and Section 31 Fees

Stock-Based Compensation

Treasury Stock

Credit Risk and Significant Customers

Leases

Acquisition-Related Transaction and Integration Costs

Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments and Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses

Earnings Per Common Share

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Marketing and Promotional Fees

Recently Adopted and New Accounting Pronouncements

Reclassifications

Summary_of_Significant_Account2

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]	'
Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]	'
	A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):


		Year Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Beginning balance of allowance for doubtful accounts	$	1		$	3		$	2

	Bad debt expense	1			(1		)	1

	Charge-offs	(1		)	(1		)	—

	Ending balance of allowance for doubtful accounts	$	1		$	1		$	3

Acquisitions_Acquisitions

Acquisitions Acquisitions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Business Combinations [Abstract]	'
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]	'
	Assets acquired and liabilities assumed were recorded at their estimated fair values as of November 13, 2013. The total purchase price of $11.1 billion was comprised of the following (in millions):


	Cash paid to NYSE Euronext stockholders	$	2,742

	Common stock issued to NYSE Euronext stockholders and employees	8,333

	Fair value of the Company’s unvested restricted common stock and vested options issued to NYSE Euronext employees	14

	Total purchase price	$	11,089

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Table Text Block]	'
	The following table sets forth the components of the preliminary intangible assets associated with the acquisition as of December 31, 2013 (in millions, except years):


	Preliminary Intangible Assets		Preliminary			Foreign Currency Translation			Accumulated Amortization			Net Book
			Acquisition-Date Fair Value									Value		Useful Life
	Exchange registrations and licenses		$	6,960		$	138		$	—		$	7,098	Indefinite

	Customer relationships		1,068			19			(7		)	1,080		17-25 years

	Trade names		320			2			—			322		3 years to Indefinite

	Developed technology		113			1			(3		)	111		3 years

	Total		$	8,461		$	160		$	(10	)	$	8,611

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]	'
	The pro forma financial information combines the historical results for the Company and NYSE Euronext for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 in the following table (in millions, except per share amounts).


		Year Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Total revenues, less transaction-based expenses	$	3,659		$	3,598		$	3,905

	Net income attributable to the Company	$	836		$	875		$	1,083

	Earnings per common share — Basic	$	7.29		$	7.62		$	9.4

	Earnings per common share — Diluted	$	7.25		$	7.57		$	9.33

ShortTerm_and_LongTerm_Investm1

Short-Term and Long-Term Investments Short-Term and Long-Term Investments	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]	'
Available-for-sale Securities [Table Text Block]	'
	As of December 31, 2013, available-for-sale securities consisted of the following (in millions):


		Cost		Gross		Gross			Estimated
				Unrealized		Unrealized			Fair Value
				Gains		Losses
	Cetip equity securities	$	324	$	—	$	—		$	324

	U.S. Treasury securities	37		—		—			37

	Mutual funds	33		—		—			33

	Foreign exchange derivative contracts	4		—		—			4

	Total available-for-sale securities	$	398	$	—	$	—		$	398

	As of December 31, 2012, available-for-sale securities consisted of the following (in millions):


		Cost		Gross		Gross			Estimated
				Unrealized		Unrealized			Fair Value
				Gains		Losses
	Cetip equity securities	$	514	$	—	$	(123	)	$	391

Property_and_Equipment_Propert

Property and Equipment Property and Equipment	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Disclosure Property And Equipment [Abstract]	'
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]	'
	Property and equipment consisted of the following as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions, except years):


		As of December 31,						Depreciation
								Period
		2013			2012			(Years)
	Software and internally developed software	$	283		$	205		1 to 3

	Computer and network equipment	208			91			1 to 4

	Land	167			—			N/A

	Buildings and building improvements	118			—			2.5 to 40

	Leasehold improvements	173			42			1 to 17

	Equipment, aircraft and office furniture	228			49			1 to 15

		1,177			387

	Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(286		)	(243		)
	Property and equipment, net	$	891		$	144

Goodwill_and_Other_Intangible_1

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Schedules of intangible assets and goodwill	'
	The following is a summary of the activity in the other intangible assets balance for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions):


	Other intangible assets balance at January 1, 2012	$	854

	Acquisitions	4

	Foreign currency translation	10

	Amortization of other intangible assets	(69		)
	Other intangible assets balance at December 31, 2012	799

	Acquisitions	8,515

	Foreign currency translation	166

	Amortization of other intangible assets	(76		)
	Other intangible assets balance at December 31, 2013	$	9,404

	The following is a summary of the activity in the goodwill balance for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions):


	Goodwill balance at January 1, 2012	$	1,903

	Acquisitions	16

	Foreign currency translation	19

	Goodwill balance at December 31, 2012	1,938

	Acquisitions	7,445

	Foreign currency translation	118

	Goodwill balance at December 31, 2013	$	9,501

	Other intangible assets and the related accumulated amortization consisted of the following as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions, except years):


		As of December 31,							Useful Life
		2013				2012			(Years)
	Customer relationships	$	1,369			$	281		3 to 25

	Russell licensing rights	184				184			10

	Trading products with finite lives	262				256			20

	Non-compete agreements	34				34			1 to 5

	Technology	181				67			2.5 to 11

	Other	16				4			2 to 5

		2,046				826

	Less accumulated amortization	(406		)		(328		)
	Total finite-lived intangible assets, net	1,640				498

	Exchange registrations and licenses with indefinite lives	7,172				74

	Trading products with indefinite lives	270				217

	Trade names	312				—

Other	10				10

Total other indefinite-lived intangible assets	7,764				301

Total other intangible assets, net	$	9,404			$	799

Intangible assets, expected future amortization expense	'
	The Company expects future amortization expense from the finite-lived intangible assets as of December 31, 2013 to be as follows (in millions):


	2014	$	161

	2015	158

	2016	150

	2017	101

	2018	87

	Thereafter	983

		$	1,640

Debt_Debt

Debt Debt	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Schedule of Total Debt	'
	The Company’s total debt, including short-term and long-term debt, consisted of the following as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions):


		As of December 31,
		2013		2012
	Debt:
	Commercial Paper	$	1,080	$	—

	Credit Facilities:
	Revolving Facility	—		113

	Term Loan Facility	55		50

	Short-term debt	1,135		163

	Senior Notes:
	2018 Senior Notes (2.5% senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2018)	599		—

	2023 Senior Notes (4.0% senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2023)	794		—

	NYSE Euronext Notes:
	NYSE Euronext USD Notes (2.0% senior unsecured notes due October 5, 2017)	854		—

	NYSE Euronext EUR Notes (5.375% senior unsecured notes due June 30, 2015)	1,353		—

	Credit Facilities:
	Revolving Facility	—		182

	Term Loan Facility	323		387

	Private Senior Notes	—		400

	Long term debt	3,923		969

	Total debt	$	5,058	$	1,132

Debt Repayment Schedule	'
	As of December 31, 2013, the outstanding debt repayment schedule is as follows (in millions):


	2014	$	1,135

	2015	1,342

	2016	250

	2017	850

	2018	600

	Thereafter	800

	Principal amounts repayable	$	4,977

	Unamortized balance of fair value adjustments and discounts on bonds, net	81

	Total debt outstanding	$	5,058

Equity_Equity

Equity Equity	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Equity [Abstract]	'
Summary of Stock Options	'
	The following is a summary of stock options for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, which includes 3,644 stock options issued in connection with the NYSE Euronext acquisition in 2013:


		Number of Options			Weighted Average
					Exercise Price per
					Option
	Outstanding at January 1, 2011	1,275,792			$	56.73

	Granted	123,663			112.48

	Exercised	(341,554	)		26.66

	Forfeited	(12,157	)		126.7

	Outstanding at December 31, 2011	1,045,744			72.34

	Granted	102,657			112.15

	Exercised	(211,030	)		34.57

	Forfeited/Expired	(3,418	)		109.68

	Outstanding at December 31, 2012	933,953			85.07

	Granted	152,361			127.21

	Exercised	(213,967	)		62.67

	Outstanding at December 31, 2013	872,347			97.92

Details of Stock Options Outstanding	'
	Details of stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2013 are as follows:


		Number of Options			Weighted Average				Weighted Average	Aggregate
					Exercise Price				Remaining	Intrinsic
									Contractual Life	Value
									(Years)	(In millions)
	Vested or expected to vest	872,347			$	97.92			5.3	$	111

	Exercisable	689,046			$	90.43			4.3	$	93

Stock Options Valuation Assumptions	'
	During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, the Company used the weighted-average assumptions in the table below to compute the value of all options for shares of common stock granted to employees:


			Year Ended December 31,
	Assumptions		2013				2012			2011
	Risk-free interest rate		0.53		%		0.57		%	1.46		%
	Expected life in years		4				4			4

	Expected volatility		37		%		42		%	72		%
	Expected dividend yield		0		%		0		%	0		%
	Estimated weighted-average fair value of options granted per share		$	38.41			$	36.96		$	60.97

Summary of Nonvested Restricted Stock Options	'
	The following is a summary of the nonvested restricted shares under all plans discussed above for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011:



		Number of		Weighted Average
		Restricted		Grant-Date Fair
		Stock Shares		Value per Share
	Nonvested at January 1, 2011	704,010		$	99.53

	Granted	532,748		114.25

	Vested	-346,450		101.13

	Forfeited	-55,453		106.43

	Nonvested at December 31, 2011	834,855		107.8

	Granted	497,161		115.03

	Vested	-411,826		104.43

	Forfeited	-42,104		112.59

	Nonvested at December 31, 2012	878,086		113.25

	Granted	825,919		164.24

	Vested	-426,025		113.02

	Forfeited	-43,428		125.81

	Nonvested at December 31, 2013	1,234,552		$	147

Income_Taxes_Income_Taxes

Income Taxes Income Taxes	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]	'
	Income before income taxes and the income tax provision consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):


		Year Ended December 31,
		2013				2012				2011
	Income before income taxes
	Domestic	$	78			$	233			$	299

	Foreign	422				557				461

		$	500			$	790			$	760

	Income tax provision
	Current tax expense:
	Federal	$	57			$	89			$	93

	State	25				29				21

	Foreign	163				134				127

		245				252				241

	Deferred tax expense (benefit):
	Federal	(20		)		(18		)		(1		)
	State	(5		)		1				—

	Foreign	10				(7		)		(2		)

		(15		)		(24		)		(3		)
	Total income tax expense	$	230			$	228			$	238

Reconciliation of Statutory U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate to Effective Income Tax Rate	'
	A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:


		Year Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
	Statutory federal income tax rate	35	%		35	%		35	%
	State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit	2			2			2

	Foreign tax rate differential	(10	)		(8	)		(6	)
	Foreign tax law change	5			—			—

	Cetip investment impairment loss	9			—			—

	Other	5			—			—

	Total provision for income taxes	46	%		29	%		31	%
Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities	'
	The following table summarizes the significant components of our deferred tax liabilities and assets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions):


		December 31,
		2013				2012
	Deferred tax assets:
	Deferred and stock-based compensation	$	171			$	31

	Pension	80				—

	Accrued expenses	2				1

	Tax credits	24				1

	NOL carryforward	120				24

	Impairment losses	6				5

	Other	—				22

	Total	403				84

	Valuation allowance	(49		)		(11		)
	Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	354				73

	Deferred tax liabilities:
	Property and equipment	(29		)		(22		)
	Acquired intangibles	(2,962		)		(222		)
	Partnership basis difference	(64		)		(38		)
	Other	(29		)		—

	Total deferred tax liabilities	(3,084		)		(282		)
	Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(2,730	)		$	(209	)
	Reported as:
	Net current deferred tax assets	$	50			$	7

	Net current deferred tax liabilities	(11		)		—

	Net non-current deferred tax assets	2				—

	Net non-current deferred tax liabilities	(2,771		)		(216		)
	Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(2,730	)		$	(209	)
Reconciliation of Deferred Income Tax Valuation Allowance	'
	A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of deferred income tax valuation allowance is as follows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):


		Year Ended December 31,
		2013				2012				2011
	Beginning balance of deferred income tax valuation allowance	$	11			$	16			$	23

	Increases charged to income tax expense	—				5				—

	Increases charged against goodwill	38				—				—

	Decreases	—				(10		)		(7		)

	Ending balance of deferred income tax valuation allowance	$	49			$	11			$	16

Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits	'
	A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):


		Year Ended December 31,
		2013				2012				2011
	Beginning balance of unrecognized tax benefits	$	34			$	28			$	26

	Additions related to acquisitions	156				—				—

	Additions based on tax positions related to current year	38				6				5

	Additions based on tax positions related to prior years	5				5				4

	Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years	(1		)		(2		)		(3		)
	Reductions resulting from statute of limitation lapses	(3		)		(2		)		(2		)
	Reductions related to settlements with taxing authorities	(6		)		(1		)		(2		)
	Ending balance of unrecognized tax benefits	$	223			$	34			$	28

Open Tax Years and Examinations by Jurisdiction	'
	The following table summarizes open tax years by major jurisdiction:


	Jurisdiction		Open Tax Years
		U.S. Federal	2009 - 2013
		U.S. States	2006 - 2013
		United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal	2010 - 2013
		France, Canada and Singapore	2009 - 2013

Clearing_Organizations_Clearin

Clearing Organizations Clearing Organizations	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Brokers and Dealers [Abstract]	'
Schedule Of Margin Deposits And Guaranty Funds Assets	'
	As of December 31, 2013, original margin and Guaranty Fund cash deposits are as follows for the ICE Clearing Houses (in millions):


		ICE Clear U.S.		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		TCC		Total
				Europe		Canada		Credit
	Original margin	$	1,642	$	22,007	$	61	$	13,274	$	—	$	36,984

	Guaranty Fund	242		2,542		11		2,434		3		5,232

	Total	$	1,884	$	24,549	$	72	$	15,708	$	3	$	42,216

	As of December 31, 2012, original margin, unsettled variation margin and Guaranty Fund cash deposits are as follows for the ICE Clearing Houses (in millions):


		ICE Clear U.S.		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		TCC		Total
				Europe		Canada		Credit
	Original margin	$	1,323	$	13,258	$	35	$	12,052	$	1	$	26,669

	Unsettled variation margin	22		—		—		—		—		22

	Guaranty Fund	24		2,734		15		2,414		5		5,192

	Total	$	1,369	$	15,992	$	50	$	14,466	$	6	$	31,883

Schedule Of Assets Pledged By Clearing Members As Original Margin And Guaranty Fund Deposits Table	'
	As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the assets pledged by the clearing members as original margin and Guaranty Fund deposits for each of the ICE Clearing Houses are detailed below (in millions):


		As of December 31, 2013										As of December 31, 2012
		ICE Clear U.S.		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		TCC		ICE Clear U.S.		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		ICE Clear		TCC
				Europe		Canada		Credit						Europe		Canada		Credit
	Original margin:
	Government securities at face value	$	5,011	$	15,670	$	93	$	2,620	$	—	$	5,779	$	6,384	$	82	$	3,960	$	—

	Money market mutual funds	—		—		—		—		—		1,028		—		—		—		—

	Letters of credit	—		1,386		4		—		—		—		968		4		—		—

	Gold	—		92		—		—		—		—		126		—		—		—

	Total	$	5,011	$	17,148	$	97	$	2,620	$	—	$	6,807	$	7,478	$	86	$	3,960	$	—

	Guaranty Fund:
	Government securities at face value	$	267	$	268	$	19	$	516	$	1	$	250	$	247	$	46	$	653	$	3

	Money market mutual funds	—		—		—		—		—		21		—		—		—		—

	Total	$	267	$	268	$	19	$	516	$	1	$	271	$	247	$	46	$	653	$	3

Commitments_and_Contingencies_

Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Noncancelable Operating Leases	'
	As of December 31, 2013, future minimum lease payments under these noncancelable operating agreements are as follows (in millions):



	2014	$	81

	2015	71

	2016	50

	2017	41

	2018	34

	Thereafter	211

	Total	$	488

Fair_Value_Measurements_Fair_V

Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]	'
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]	'
	Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2013 are as follows (in millions):


		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	Assets at fair value:
	Long-term investment in equity securities	$	324	$	—	$	—	$	324

	U.S. Treasury securities	100		—		—		100

	Mutual Funds	33		—		—		33

	Foreign exchange derivative contracts	—		4		—		4

	Total assets at fair value	$	457	$	4	$	—	$	461

	Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2012 are as follows (in millions):


		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	Assets at fair value:
	Long-term investment in equity securities	$	391	$	—	$	—	$	391

Condensed_Consolidating_Financ1

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements [Abstract]	'
Condensed Balance Sheet	'
	IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
	Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets
	As of December 31, 2013
	(in millions)


		ICE Group, Inc.				Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.				Subsidiary				Subsidiary				Consolidating				Consolidated
		(Parent)								Guarantor - NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC				Non-Guarantors				Adjustments				Total
	Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents	$	2			$	10			$	—			$	949			$	—			$	961

	Short term investments and restricted cash	—				—				1				350				—				351

	Customer accounts receivables, net	—				7				—				475				—				482

	Intercompany receivable	1,395				—				2,398				—				(3,793		)		—

	Intercompany note receivable- short term	—				3				—				25				(28		)		—

	Margin deposits and guaranty funds	—				—				—				42,216				—				42,216

	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	4				20				—				225				—				249

	Total current assets	1,401				40				2,399				44,240				(3,821		)		44,259

	Property and equipment, net	—				167				—				724				—				891

	Other non-current assets:
	Goodwill	—				—				—				9,501				—				9,501

	Other intangible assets, net	—				—				—				9,404				—				9,404

	Long-term restricted cash	—				—				—				161				—				161

	Long-term investments	—				—				—				324				—				324

	Investment in subsidiaries	14,019				3,637				11,383				—				(29,039		)		—

	Intercompany note receivable	—				517				—				80				(597		)		—

	Other non-current assets	14				17				11				243				(7		)		278

	Total other non-current assets	14,033				4,171				11,394				19,713				(29,643		)		19,668

	Total assets	$	15,434			$	4,378			$	13,793			$	64,677			$	(33,464	)		$	64,818


	Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	19			$	12			$	—			$	312			$	—			$	343

	Accrued salaries and benefits	1				25				—				275				—				301

	Short-term debt	1,080				55				—				—				—				1,135

	Margin deposits and guaranty funds	—				—				—				42,216				—				42,216

	Intercompany payable	—				1,229				—				2,564				(3,793		)		—

	Note payable to affiliates	—				25				—				3				(28		)		—

	Other current liabilities	—				4				—				343				—				347

	Total current liabilities	1,100				1,350				—				45,713				(3,821		)		44,342

Non-current liabilities:
Non-current deferred tax liability, net	—				—				—				2,778				(7		)		2,771

Long-term debt	1,393				324				2,206				—				—				3,923

Note payable to affiliates	358				—				239				—				(597		)		—

Other non-current liabilities	—				33				—				812				—				845

Total non-current liabilities	1,751				357				2,445				3,590				(604		)		7,539

Total liabilities	2,851				1,707				2,445				49,303				(4,425		)		51,881

Redeemable non-controlling interest	—				—				—				322				—				322


Equity:
Retained earnings	2,482				282				(20		)		372				(634		)		2,482

Equity from parent	—				2,309				11,089				14,273				(27,671		)		—

Other shareholders' equity	10,101				80				279				375				(734		)		10,101

Total shareholders’ equity	12,583				2,671				11,348				15,020				(29,039		)		12,583

Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries	—				—				—				32				—				32

Total equity	12,583				2,671				11,348				15,052				(29,039		)		12,615

Total liabilities and equity	$	15,434			$	4,378			$	13,793			$	64,677			$	(33,464	)		$	64,818





IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets
As of December 31, 2012
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.				Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.				Subsidiary				Consolidating				Consolidated
	(Parent)								Non-Guarantors				Adjustments				Total
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—			$	1,004			$	608			$	—			$	1,612

Short term restricted cash	—				—				87				—				87

Customer accounts receivables, net	—				4				123				—				127

Intercompany receivable	1,187				—				—				(1,187		)		—

Note receivable from affiliate	—				13				10				(23		)		—

Margin deposits and guaranty funds	—				—				31,883				—				31,883

Prepaid expenses and other current assets	—				25				16				—				41

Total current assets	1,187				1,046				32,727				(1,210		)		33,750

Property and equipment, net	—				107				37				—				144

Other non-current assets:
Goodwill	—				—				1,938				—				1,938

Other intangible assets, net	—				—				799				—				799

Long-term restricted cash	—				—				163				—				163

Long-term investments	—				—				391				—				391

Investment in subsidiaries	2,456				3,184				—				(5,640		)		—

Other non-current assets	—				19				16				(5		)		30

Total other non-current assets	2,456				3,203				3,307				(5,645		)		3,321

Total assets	$	3,643			$	4,356			$	36,071			$	(6,855	)		$	37,215


Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	—			$	19			$	51			$	—			$	70

Accrued salaries and benefits	—				23				32				—				55

Short-term debt	—				50				113				—				163

Margin deposits and guaranty funds	—				—				31,883				—				31,883

Intercompany payable	—				981				206				(1,187		)		—

Notes payable to affiliates	—				10				13				(23		)		—

Other current liabilities	—				11				64				—				75

Total current liabilities	—				1,094				32,362				(1,210		)		32,246

Non-current liabilities:
Non-current deferred tax liability, net	—				—				221				(5		)		216

Long-term debt	—				787				182				—				969

Other non-current liabilities	—				19				88				—				107

Total non-current liabilities	—				806				491				(5		)		1,292

Total liabilities	—				1,900				32,853				(1,215		)		33,538


Equity:
Retained earnings	2,509				551				560				(1,111		)		2,509

Equity from parent	—				1,957				2,693				(4,650		)		—

Other shareholders' equity	1,134				(52		)		(68		)		121				1,135

Total shareholders’ equity	3,643				2,456				3,185				(5,640		)		3,644

Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries	—				—				33				—				33

Total equity	3,643				2,456				3,218				(5,640		)		3,677

Total liabilities and equity	$	3,643			$	4,356			$	36,071			$	(6,855	)		$	37,215

Condensed Income Statement	'

	IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
	Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income
	Year ended December 31, 2012
	(in millions)


		ICE Group, Inc.				Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.				Subsidiary				Consolidating				Consolidated
		(Parent)								Non-Guarantors				Adjustments				Total
	Revenues:
	Transaction and clearing fees, net	$	—			$	17			$	1,168			$	—			$	1,185

	Market data fees	—				1				146				—				147

	Other revenues	—				8				23				—				31

	Intercompany revenues	—				209				9				(218		)		—

	Total revenues	—				235				1,346				(218		)		1,363

	Operating expenses:
	Compensation and benefits	—				92				159				—				251

	Technology and communication	—				29				17				—				46

	Professional services	—				12				21				—				33

	Rent and occupancy	—				2				17				—				19

	Acquisition-related transaction costs	—				15				4				—				19

	Selling, general and administrative	—				9				28				—				37

	Depreciation and amortization	—				45				86				—				131

	Intercompany expenses	—				9				209				(218		)		—

	Total operating expenses	—				213				541				(218		)		536

	Operating income	—				22				805				—				827

	Other income (expense):
	Interest and investment income	—				1				1				—				2

	Interest expense	—				(32		)		(7		)		—				(39		)

	Intercompany interest income (expense)	—				2				(2		)		—				—

	Other income (expense), net	—				(1		)		1				—				—

	Total other income (expense), net	—				(30		)		(7		)		—				(37		)

	Income before income taxes	—				(8		)		798				—				790

	Income tax expense (benefit)	—				1				227				—				228

	Equity earnings from subsidiaries	552				559				—				(1,111		)		—

	Net income	$	552			$	550			$	571			$	(1,111	)		$	562

	Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	—				—				(10		)		—				(10		)

	Net income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$	552			$	550			$	561			$	(1,111	)		$	552


IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income
Year ended December 31, 2011
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.				Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.				Subsidiary				Consolidating				Consolidated
	(Parent)								Non-Guarantors				Adjustments				Total
Revenues:
Transaction and clearing fees, net	$	—			$	182			$	994			$	—			$	1,176

Market data fees	—				24				101				—				125

Other revenues	—				7				19				—				26

Intercompany revenues	—				136				25				(161		)		—

Total revenues	—				349				1,139				(161		)		1,327

Operating expenses:
Compensation and benefits	—				84				166				—				250

Technology and communication	—				27				21				—				48

Professional services	—				15				20				—				35

Rent and occupancy	—				2				17				—				19

Acquisition-related transaction costs	—				10				6				—				16

Selling, general and administrative	—				12				22				—				34

Depreciation and amortization	—				42				90				—				132

Intercompany expenses	—				25				136				(161		)		—

Total operating expenses	—				217				478				(161		)		534

Operating income	—				132				661				—				793

Other income (expense):
Interest and investment income	—				2				1				—				3

Interest expense	—				(28		)		(7		)		—				(35		)

Intercompany interest income (expense)	—				3				(3		)		—				—

Other income (expense), net	—				(1		)		—				—				(1		)

Total other income (expense), net	—				(24		)		(9		)		—				(33		)

Income before income taxes	—				108				652				—				760

Income tax expense	—				33				205				—				238

Equity earnings from subsidiaries	510				435				—				(945		)		—

Net income	$	510			$	510			$	447			$	(945	)		$	522

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	—				—				(12		)		—				(12		)

Net income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$	510			$	510			$	435			$	(945	)		$	510

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income
Year ended December 31, 2013
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.				Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.				Subsidiary				Subsidiary				Consolidating				Consolidated
	(Parent)								Guarantor - NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC				Non-Guarantors				Adjustments				Total
Revenues:
Transaction and clearing fees, net	$	—			$	16			$	—			$	1,386			$	—			$	1,402

Market data fees	—				—				—				212				—				212

Listing fees	—				—				—				35				—				35

Other revenues	—				11				—				135				—				146

Intercompany revenues	—				218				—				5				(223		)		—

Total revenues	—				245				—				1,773				(223		)		1,795

Transaction-based expenses	—				—				—				121				—				121

Total revenues, less transaction-based expenses	—				245				—				1,652				(223		)		1,674

Operating expenses:
Compensation and benefits	—				92				—				239				—				331

Technology and communication	—				31				—				38				—				69

Professional services	—				13				—				47				—				60

Rent and occupancy	—				5				—				38				—				43

Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs	—				93				—				72				—				165

Selling, general and administrative	—				13				—				42				—				55

Depreciation and amortization	—				49				—				112				—				161

Intercompany expenses	—				5				—				218				(223		)		—

Total operating expenses	—				301				—				806				(223		)		884

Operating income (loss)	—				(56		)		—				846				—				790

Other income (expense):
Interest and investment income	—				1				—				2				—				3

Interest expense	(11		)		(34		)		(3		)		(8		)		—				(56		)

Intercompany interest income (expense)	—				2				—				(2		)		—				—

Other income (expense), net	—				(53		)		—				(184		)		—				(237		)

Total other income (expense), net	(11		)		(84		)		(3		)		(192		)		—				(290		)

Income before income taxes	(11		)		(140		)		(3		)		654				—				500

Income tax expense (benefit)	(4		)		(33		)		—				267				—				230

Equity earnings from subsidiaries	262				388				(17		)		—				(633		)		—

Net income (loss)	$	255			$	281			$	(20	)		$	387			$	(633	)		$	270

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	—				—				—				(16		)		—				(16		)

Net income (loss) attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$	255			$	281			$	(20	)		$	371			$	(633	)		$	254

Condensed Comprehensive Income Statement	'
	IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
	Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
	Year ended December 31, 2013
	(in millions)


		ICE Group, Inc.				Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.				Subsidiary				Subsidiary				Consolidating				Consolidated
		(Parent)								Guarantor - NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC				Non-Guarantors				Adjustments				Total
	Net income (loss)	$	255			$	281			$	(20	)		$	387			$	(633	)		$	270

	Other comprehensive income (loss):
	Foreign currency translation adjustments	—				—				—				304				—				304

	Change in fair value of net investment hedge	—				—				(19		)		—				—				(19		)

	Change in fair value of available-for-sale-securities	—				—				—				(67		)		—				(67		)

	Reclassifications of losses realized on available-for-sale securities to other expense	—				—				—				190				—				190

	Employee benefit plan adjustments	—				—				—				3				—				3

	Total other comprehensive income (loss)	—				—				(19		)		430				—				411

	Comprehensive income of subsidiaries	411				132				310				—				(853		)		—

	Comprehensive income	666				413				271				817				(1,486		)		681

	Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	—				—				—				(16		)		—				(16		)

	Comprehensive income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$	666			$	413			$	271			$	801			$	(1,486	)		$	665


	IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
	Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
	Year ended December 31, 2011
	(in millions)


		ICE Group, Inc.				Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.				Subsidiary				Consolidating				Consolidated
		(Parent)								Non-Guarantors				Adjustments				Total
	Net income	$	510			$	510			$	447			$	(945	)		$	522

	Other comprehensive income (loss):
	Foreign currency translation adjustments	—				—				2				—				2

	Change in fair value of net investment hedge	—				—				2				—				2

	Change in fair value of available-for-sale-securities	—				—				(63		)		—				(63		)

	Total other comprehensive income (loss)	—				—				(59		)		—				(59		)

	Comprehensive income of subsidiaries	(59		)		(59		)		—				118				—

	Comprehensive income	451				451				388				(827		)		463

	Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	—				—				(12		)		—				(12		)

	Comprehensive income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$	451			$	451			$	376			$	(827	)		$	451

	IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
	Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income
	Year ended December 31, 2012
	(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.				Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.				Subsidiary				Consolidating				Consolidated
	(Parent)								Non-Guarantors				Adjustments				Total
Net income	$	552			$	550			$	571			$	(1,111	)		$	562

Other comprehensive income (loss):

Foreign currency translation adjustments	—				—				29				—				29

Change in fair value of available-for-sale-securities	—				—				(60		)		—				(60		)

Total other comprehensive income (loss)	—				—				(31		)		—				(31		)

Comprehensive income of subsidiaries	(32		)		(32		)		—				64				—

Comprehensive income	520				518				540				(1,047		)		531

Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	—				—				(10		)		—				(10		)

Comprehensive income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$	520			$	518			$	530			$	(1,047	)		$	521

Condensed Cash Flow Statement	'
	IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
	Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
	Year ended December 31, 2013
	(in millions)


		ICE Group, Inc.				Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.				Subsidiary				Subsidiary				Consolidating				Consolidated
		(Parent)								Guarantor - NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC				Non-Guarantors				Adjustments				Total
	Net cash provided by operating activities	$	65			$	98			$	111			$	743			$	(282	)		$	735

	Cash flows from investing activities:

	Increase in restricted cash	—				—				—				(75		)		—				(75		)

	Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(2,742		)		—				—				501				—				(2,241		)

	Loans to subsidiaries	—				(513		)		—				(105		)		618				—

	Proceeds from sales of (purchases of) available-for-sale investments	—				—				—				(26		)		—				(26		)

	Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs	—				(99		)		—				(82		)		—				(181		)

	Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(2,742		)		(612		)		—				213				618				(2,523		)

	Cash flows from financing activities:
	Proceeds from debt facilities	2,473				1,349				—				11				—				3,833

	Repayments of debt facilities and issuance costs for debt facilities	(13		)		(1,813		)		(350		)		(306		)		—				(2,482		)

	Intercompany borrowing	358				25				239				(4		)		(618		)		—

	Dividends to shareholders	(75		)		—				—				—				—				(75		)

	Intercompany dividends	—				—				—				(282		)		282				—

	Pre-payment related to early payoff of debt	—				(49		)		—				—				—				(49		)

	Other financing activities	(64		)		8				—				(52		)		—				(108		)

	Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	2,679				(480		)		(111		)		(633		)		(336		)		1,119

	Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	—				—				—				18				—				18

	Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	2				(994		)		—				341				—				(651		)

	Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	—				1,004				—				608				—				1,612

	Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	$	2			$	10			$	—			$	949			$	—			$	961


	IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
	Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
	Year ended December 31, 2012
	(in millions)


		ICE Group, Inc.				Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.				Subsidiary				Consolidating				Consolidated
		(Parent)								Non-Guarantors				Adjustments				Total
	Net cash provided by operating activities	$	57			$	881			$	216			$	(421	)		$	733

	Cash flows from investing activities:

	Increase in restricted cash	—				—				(32		)		—				(32		)

Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	—				(19		)		1				—				(18		)

Loans to subsidiaries	—				(3		)		—				3				—

Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs	—				(48		)		(20		)		—				(68		)

Net cash used in investing activities	—				(70		)		(51		)		3				(118		)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from debt facilities	—				—				295				—				295

Repayments of debt facilities	—				(50		)		—				—				(50		)

Repurchases of common stock	(53		)		—				—				—				(53		)

Intercompany borrowing	—				—				4				(4		)		—

Intercompany dividends	—				—				(422		)		422				—

Other financing activities	(4		)		8				(24		)		—				(20		)

Net cash used in financing activities	(57		)		(42		)		(147		)		418				172

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	—				—				2				—				2

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—				769				20				—				789

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	—				235				588				—				823

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	$	—			$	1,004			$	608			$	—			$	1,612


IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
Year ended December 31, 2011
(in millions)


	ICE Group, Inc.				Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.				Subsidiary				Consolidating				Consolidated
	(Parent)								Non-Guarantors				Adjustments				Total
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	181			$	(204	)		$	872			$	(136	)		$	713

Cash flows from investing activities:																	—
Increase in restricted cash	—				—				(2		)		—				(2		)

Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	—				(10		)		—				—				(10		)

Loans to subsidiaries	—				62				—				(62		)		—

Purchases of cost and equity method investments	—				(4		)		—				—				(4		)

Purchase of available-for-sale securities	—				—				(512		)		—				(512		)

Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs	—				(69		)		(18		)		—				(87		)

Net cash used in investing activities	—				(21		)		(532		)		(62		)		(615		)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from debt facilities	—				1,301				—				—				1,301

Repayments of debt facilities and issuance costs for debt facilities	—				(1,008		)		—				—				(1,008		)

Repurchases of common stock	(175		)		—				—				—				(175		)

Repayment of loans from parent	—				—				(62		)		62				—

Intercompany dividends	—				—				(136		)		136				—

Other financing activities	(6		)		3				(10		)		—				(13		)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(181		)		296				(208		)		198				105

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	—				—				(2		)		—				(2		)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	—				71				130				—				201

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	—				164				458				—				622

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	$	—			$	235			$	588			$	—			$	823

Geographical_Information_Geogr

Geographical Information Geographical Information	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract]	'
Revenue and Long Lived Assets by Geographic Area	'
	Geographic areas:


		United States		United Kingdom, Continental		Total
				Europe and Canada
	Revenues, less transaction-based expenses:
	Year ended December 31, 2013	$	856	$	818	$	1,674

	Year ended December 31, 2012	$	715	$	648	$	1,363

	Year ended December 31, 2011	$	682	$	645	$	1,327

	Net assets:
	As of December 31, 2013	$	2,453	$	10,162	$	12,615

	As of December 31, 2012	$	2,281	$	1,396	$	3,677

	Property and equipment, net:
	As of December 31, 2013	$	651	$	240	$	891

	As of December 31, 2012	$	130	$	14	$	144

Earnings_Per_Common_Share_Earn

Earnings Per Common Share Earnings Per Common Share	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]	'
Reconciliation of the Numerators and Denominators of the Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Common Share	'
	The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted earnings per common share computations for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (in millions, except per share amounts):


		Year Ended December 31,
		2013		2012		2011
	Basic:
	Net income attributable to IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.	$	254	$	552	$	510

	Weighted average common shares outstanding	78		73		73

	Basic earnings per common share	$	3.24	$	7.59	$	6.97

	Diluted:
	Weighted average common shares outstanding	78		73		73

	Effect of dilutive securities:
	Stock options and restricted stock	1		—		1

	Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	79		73		74

	Diluted earnings per common share	$	3.21	$	7.52	$	6.9

Quarterly_Financial_Data_Quart

Quarterly Financial Data Quarterly Financial Data	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]	'
Quarterly Financial Information	'
	The following table has been prepared from the financial records of the Company, and reflects all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods presented (in millions, except per share amounts):


		1st Qtr		2nd Qtr		3rd Qtr		4th Qtr(a)
	Year Ended December 31, 2013
	Revenues, less transaction-based expenses	$	352	$	372	$	338	$	612

	Operating income	200		225		202		163

	Net income (loss) attributable to IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.	136		153		141		(176		)

	Earnings (loss) per common share(b):
	Basic	$	1.86	$	2.11	$	1.94	$	(1.85	)

	Diluted	$	1.85	$	2.09	$	1.92	$	(1.83	)

	Year Ended December 31, 2012
	Revenues, less transaction-based expenses	$	365	$	351	$	323	$	324

	Operating income	225		215		194		193

	Net income attributable to IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.	148		143		131		130

	Earnings per common share(b):
	Basic	$	2.04	$	1.97	$	1.8	$	1.78

	Diluted	$	2.02	$	1.95	$	1.79	$	1.76

Description_of_Business_Descri

Description of Business Description of Business (Details)	Dec. 31, 2013
Description of Business Description of Business (Details)	Entity
Global Exchange [Member]	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Number of operating entities	17
Central Clearing House [Member]	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Number of operating entities	6

Summary_of_Significant_Account3

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Other current liabilities	$347	$75	'
Reverse Repurchase Amount, High Quality Sovereign Debt, Haircut Percentage	2.00%	'	'
Change in fair value of net investment hedge	-19	0	2
Clearing Fees Revenue	511	372	296
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment, Net of Tax	389	73	'
Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), before Tax	2	4	'
Advertising Expense	8	2	3
Other noncurrent liabilities	433	107	'
Original Listing fee [Member] \| Minimum [Member]	'	'	'
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Customer Listing Fee Recognition, Estimated Service Period	'5 years	'	'
Original Listing fee [Member] \| Maximum [Member]	'	'	'
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Customer Listing Fee Recognition, Estimated Service Period	'9 years	'	'
Other Listing Fee [Member] \| Minimum [Member]	'	'	'
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Customer Listing Fee Recognition, Estimated Service Period	'3 years	'	'
Other Listing Fee [Member] \| Maximum [Member]	'	'	'
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Customer Listing Fee Recognition, Estimated Service Period	'6 years	'	'
Licensing Agreements [Member]	'	'	'
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Other current liabilities	'	19	'
Other noncurrent liabilities	'	64	'
Income Taxes Payable [Member]	'	'	'
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]	'	'	'
Other current liabilities	'	$29	'

Summary_of_Significant_Account4

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Rollforward) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable [Roll Forward]	'	'	'	'
Beginning balance of allowance for doubtful accounts	$1	$1	$3	$2
Bad debt expense	1	-1	1	'
Charge-offs	-1	-1	0	'
Ending balance of allowance for doubtful accounts	$1	$1	$3	$2

Acquisitions_Acquisitions_Deta

Acquisitions Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

2 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Nov. 13, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Nov. 13, 2013

Mar. 26, 2013

Dec. 31, 2011

Nov. 13, 2013

Mar. 26, 2013

Nov. 13, 2013

Mar. 26, 2013

Oct. 31, 2013

Oct. 08, 2013

NYSE Euronext [Member]

ICE Endex [Member]

Ballista Securities, Alternative Trading System, and DebtMarket [Member]

NYSE Euronext Stockholders [Member]

Employee Time-based Restricted Stock and Performance-based Restricted Stock [Member]

Futures Reporting Unit [Member]

US Cash Listings Reporting Unit [Member]

Euronext Reporting Unit [Member]

Technology Reporting Unit [Member]

Customer Relationships [Member]

Trade Names [Member]

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc [Member]

Gasunie [Member]

Revolving Credit Facility [Member]

Senior Notes [Member]

Trade Names [Member]

Exchange Traded Contracts [Member]

NYSE Euronext [Member]

ICE Endex [Member]

Minimum [Member]

NYSE Euronext [Member]

ICE Endex [Member]

NYSE Euronext [Member]

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired

79.00%

21.00%

Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net

$43

Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles

Remaining collective finite lived intangible assets, useful life

'16 years 4 months 7 days

'20 years

'15 years

'17 years

'3 years

Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired

310

Number Of Shares Issuable For Each Share Of Common Stock Owned

0.1703

Cash Payable For Each Share Of Common Stock Owned

$11.27

Business Acquisition Purchase Consideration Payable In Cash Per Share

$33.12

Business Acquisition Purchase Consideration Payable In Stock Per Share

0.2581

Number of Shares Issued for Each Share of Common Stock Owned, Actual

0.171200756

Cash Payable for Each Share of Common Stock Owned, Actual

$11.15

Total purchase price

11,089

Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross

2,742

Equity interest issued

8,333

Business Acquisition, Share Price

$197.80

Business Acquisition, Stock Options Issued, Share Price

$109.30

Proceeds from Issuance of Debt

3,833

295

1,301

1,400

Proceeds from Lines of Credit

400

Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares

42.4

41.4

0.9

Goodwill

9,501

1,938

1,903

7,422

2,400

3,400

1,200

465

Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired

1,068

Business Acquisition, Transaction Costs

284

Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual

-20

Business Combination, Integration Related Costs

$63

Acquisitions_Acquisitions_Purc

Acquisitions Acquisitions (Purchase Price Schedule) (Details) (NYSE Euronext [Member], USD $)	0 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Nov. 13, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$2,742
Equity interest issued	8,333
Total purchase price	11,089
Common Stock [Member]	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Equity interest issued	8,333
Unvested Restricted Common Stock and Vested Options [Member]	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'
Equity interest issued	$14

Acquisitions_Acquisitions_Purc1

Acquisitions Acquisitions (Purchase Price Allocation) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Nov. 13, 2013
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	NYSE Euronext [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'	'	'	'
Property and equipment	'	'	'	$637
Goodwill	9,501	1,938	1,903	7,422
Identifiable intangible assets	'	'	'	8,461
Other assets and liabilities, net	'	'	'	159
Deferred tax liabilities on identifiable intangible assets	'	'	'	-2,734
Short-term and long-term debt	'	'	'	-2,529
Non-controlling interests	'	'	'	-327
Total preliminary purchase price allocation	'	'	'	$11,089

Acquisitions_Acquisitions_Iden

Acquisitions Acquisitions (Identifiable Intangible Assets Schedule) (Details) (USD $)

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

In Millions, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Nov. 13, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Nov. 13, 2013

NYSE Euronext [Member]

Exchange Registrations and Licenses with Indefinite Lives [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Customer Relationships [Member]

Trade Names [Member]

Developed Technology Rights [Member]

NYSE Euronext [Member]

Customer Relationships [Member]

Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Remaining collective finite lived intangible assets, useful life

'16 years 4 months 7 days

'20 years

'3 years

'17 years

'25 years

Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired

$6,960

Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Translation Adjustments

138

Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired

1,068

113

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Translation Adjustments

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization

406

328

-10

-7

-3

Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Net

7,764

301

7,172

7,098

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net

1,640

498

1,080

322

111

Intangible Assets Acquired

8,461

320

Intangible Assets, Translation Adjustments

160

Other intangible assets, net

$9,404

$799

$854

$8,611

Acquisitions_Acquisitions_Prof

Acquisitions Acquisitions (Proforma Information) (Details) (NYSE Euronext [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
NYSE Euronext [Member]	'	'	'
Business Acquisition [Line Items]	'	'	'
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue Less Transaction Based Expenses	$3,659	$3,598	$3,905
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Net Income (Loss)	$836	$875	$1,083
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Share, Basic	$7.29	$7.62	$9.40
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Share, Diluted	$7.25	$7.57	$9.33

ShortTerm_and_LongTerm_Restric1

Short-Term and Long-Term Restricted Cash and Investments Short-Term and Long-Term Restricted Cash and Investments (Details) (USD $)

12 Months Ended

In Millions, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Jan. 02, 2014

United Kingdom Recognized Investment Exchanges [Member]

Dcm Dco Designation For Ice Futures United States [Member]

Ice Futures Europe [Member]

LIFFE [Member]

ICE Clear Europe

Ice Clear Credit Guaranty Fund [Member]

Ice Clear Europe Cds Guaranty Fund [Member]

Combined Cds Guaranty Fund Contributions [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Combined Cds Guaranty Fund Contributions [Member]

Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]

Short-term restricted cash and investments

$277

$87

$38

$31

$37

$18

$114

$75

$34

Increase in Restricted Cash

Operating Costs Covered For Period

'6 months

'1 year

Operating Costs and Expenses

154

Long-term Line of Credit

116

Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Noncurrent

161

163

100

Initial Contribution To Guaranty Fund

$50

$10

ShortTerm_and_LongTerm_Investm2

Short-Term and Long-Term Investments Short-Term and Long-Term Investments (Details) (USD $)

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

30 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

30 Months Ended

In Millions, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Jul. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Mar. 31, 2012

Jul. 15, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

CETIP SA - BALCAO ORGANIZADO DE ATIVOS E DERIVATIVOS [Member]

Euroclear [Member]

LCH.Clearnet [Member]

Equity and Cost Method Investments [Member]

Gain (Loss) on Investments [Line Items]

Available For Sale Investment Number Of Shares Acquired

31.6

Available For Sale Investment Ownership Percentage

12.00%

Payments to Acquire Available-for-sale Securities, Equity

$514

Investments, Fair Value Disclosure

324

391

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Available-for-sale Securities Adjustment, Net of Tax

190

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Unrealized Holding Gain (Loss) on Securities Arising During Period, before Tax

Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), Unrealized

162

Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), Unrealized, As a Percentage of Original Investment

32.00%

Exchange Rate, Brazilian Real to USD

0.4245

Exchange Rate, Percent Decrease

0.05

0.13

0.33

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

-18

-2

Increase (Decrease) in Fair Value of Price Risk Fair Value Hedging Instruments

Cost and Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage

4.00%

2.00%

Investments

$177

ShortTerm_and_LongTerm_Investm3

Short-Term and Long-Term Investments Short-Term and Long-Term Investments (AFS) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]	'	'
Cost	$398	'
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	'
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	'
Estimated Fair Value	398	'
Cetip equity securities	'	'
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]	'	'
Cost	324	'
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	-123
Estimated Fair Value	324	391
US Treasury Securities [Member]	'	'
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]	'	'
Cost	37	'
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	'
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	'
Estimated Fair Value	37	'
Mutual funds	'	'
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]	'	'
Cost	33	'
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	'
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	'
Estimated Fair Value	33	'
Foreign exchange derivative contracts	'	'
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]	'	'
Cost	4	'
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	'
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	'
Estimated Fair Value	4	'
Cetip equity securities	'	'
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]	'	'
Cost	'	$514

Property_and_Equipment_Propert1

Property and Equipment Property and Equipment (Details) (USD $)

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Computer Software, Intangible Asset [Member]

Computer Equipment [Member]

Land [Member]

Building and Building Improvements [Member]

Leasehold Improvements [Member]

Equipment Corporate Aircraft And Office Furniture [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]

Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life

'1 year

'3 years

'1 year

'4 years

'2 years 6 months

'40 years

'1 year

'17 years

'1 year

'15 years

Capital Leases, Balance Sheet, Assets by Major Class, Net

Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross

1,177,000,000

387,000,000

283,000,000

205,000,000

208,000,000

91,000,000

167,000,000

118,000,000

173,000,000

42,000,000

228,000,000

49,000,000

Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Property, Plant, and Equipment

-286,000,000

-243,000,000

Property and equipment, net

891,000,000

144,000,000

Capital Leases, Lessee Balance Sheet, Assets by Major Class, Accumulated Depreciation

Property_and_Equipment_Propert2

Property and Equipment Property and Equipment (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]	'	'	'
Capitalized Computer Software, Amortization	$45	$37	$33
Depreciation	40	24	23
Capitalized Computer Software, Net	$102	$65	'

Goodwill_and_Other_Intangible_2

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Goodwill Rollforward) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Goodwill [Roll Forward]	'	'
Goodwill, Beginning Balance	$1,938	$1,903
Acquisitions	7,445	16
Foreign currency translation	118	19
Goodwill, Ending Balance	$9,501	$1,938

Goodwill_and_Other_Intangible_3

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Other Intangible Rollforward) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]	'	'	'
Other intangible assets, beginning balance	$799	$854	'
Acquisitions	8,515	4	'
Foreign currency translation	166	10	'
Amortization of other intangible assets	-76	-69	-76
Other intangible assets, ending balance	$9,404	$799	$854

Goodwill_and_Other_Intangible_4

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'	'
Amortization of other intangible assets	$76	$69	$76
Remaining collective finite lived intangible assets, useful life	'16 years 4 months 7 days	'	'

Goodwill_and_Other_Intangible_5

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Intangible Assets and Related Accumulated Amortization) (Details) (USD $)

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

In Millions, unless otherwise specified

Customer Relationships [Member]

Russell Licensing Rights [Member]

Trading Products With Finite Lives [Member]

Noncompete Agreements [Member]

Technology [Member]

Other [Member]

Exchange Registrations and Licenses with Indefinite Lives [Member]

Trading Products With Indefinite Lives [Member]

Trade Names [Member]

Other [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Finite-lived intangible assets, gross

$2,046

$826

$1,369

$281

$184

$262

$256

$34

$181

$67

$16

Less accumulated amortization

-406

-328

Total finite-lived intangible assets, net

1,640

498

Total other indefinite-lived intangible assets

7,764

301

7,172

270

217

312

Total other intangible assets, net

$9,404

$799

$854

Finite-lived intangible asset, useful life

'3 years

'25 years

'10 years

'20 years

'1 year

'5 years

'2 years 6 months

'11 years

'2 years

'5 years

Goodwill_and_Other_Intangible_6

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Expected Future Amortization Expense) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]	'
2014	$161
2015	158
2016	150
2017	101
2018	87
Thereafter	983
Finite lived intangible assets, future amortization expense	$1,640

Debt_Debt_Details

Debt Debt (Details)

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Nov. 30, 2011

Dec. 24, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Oct. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 20, 2013

Oct. 11, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Jul. 12, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Jul. 12, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Jul. 12, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Jul. 12, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Jul. 12, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Jul. 12, 2013

Oct. 31, 2013

Nov. 13, 2013

Oct. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Nov. 13, 2013

Nov. 30, 2011

Oct. 16, 2013

Oct. 11, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Nov. 13, 2013

Oct. 16, 2013

Dec. 24, 2013

Dec. 20, 2013

Oct. 08, 2013

USD ($)

Senior Unsecured Credit Facilities [Member]

Senior Unsecured Term Loan Facility [Member]

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]

Revolving Credit Facility [Member]

Three Sixty Four Day Unsecured Revolving Credit Agreement [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Federal Fund Rate [Member]

London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]

Base Rate [Member]

NYSE Euronext, Payoff Outstanding Commercial Paper Obligations and Other [Member]

NYSE Euronext, Cash Portion of Purchase Price [Member]

NYSE Euronext [Member]

ICE Clear Europe

ICE Clear Credit

ICE Clear Canada

Ice Clear Us [Member]

NYSE Euronext EUR Notes (5.375% senior unsecured notes due June 30, 2015)

Four Point One Three Senior Notes [Member]

Four Point Six Nine Senior Notes [Member]

Private Senior Notes [Member]

NYSE Euronext USD Notes (2.0% senior unsecured notes due October 5, 2017)

Prepayment To Investors [Member]

Write Off of Debt Issuance Costs [Member]

Commercial Paper [Member]

2016 Senior Notes

Senior Notes Due Twenty Twenty Three [Member]

USD ($)

Three Sixty Four Day Unsecured Revolving Credit Agreement [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Revolving Credit Facility [Member]

USD ($)

Revolving Credit Facility [Member]

USD ($)

EUR (€)

USD ($)

EUR (€)

USD ($)

Private Senior Notes [Member]

Revolving Credit Facility [Member]

Three Sixty Four Day Unsecured Revolving Credit Agreement [Member]

USD ($)

Three Sixty Four Day Unsecured Revolving Credit Agreement [Member]

USD ($)

Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]

Repayments of Lines of Credit

$900,000,000

$450,000,000

$900,000,000

$450,000,000

Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity

2,600,000,000

500,000,000

2,100,000,000

Long-term Debt, Gross

400,000,000

1,300,000,000

920,000,000

850,000,000

Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate

1.00%

0.50%

1.00%

1.25%

2.25%

0.25%

1.25%

Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding

378,000,000

900,000,000

295,000,000

Proceeds from Lines of Credit

450,000,000

500,000,000

400,000,000

Prepayments, Line of Credit

449,000,000

Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage

2.41%

5.38%

2.00%

Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity

2,100,000,000

Line of Credit Facility, Funds Reserved For Commercial Paper Program

1,100,000,000

Credit Facility Funds Reserved For Clearing Operations

303,000,000

150,000,000

100,000,000

3,000,000

50,000,000

Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage

0.40%

Senior Notes

400,000,000

200,000,000

2,210,000,000

Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period

4.13%

4.69%

Extinguishment of Debt, Amount

400,000,000

Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt

51,000,000

49,000,000

2,000,000

Early Repayment of Senior Debt

-49,000,000

450,000,000

Cash paid for interest

32,000,000

29,000,000

17,000,000

8,000,000

Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity

600,000,000

Credit Facility, Additional Borrowing Capacity

200,000,000

Debt Instrument, Face Amount

600,000,000

800,000,000

Debt Instrument, Interest Rate During Period

2.50%

4.00%

Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross

2,742,000,000

Senior Notes

920,000,000

850,000,000

Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure

1,300,000,000

2,200,000,000

854,000,000

Debt Instrument Fair Value over Face Amount

89,000,000

4,000,000

Commercial Paper

$1,080,000,000

Commercial Paper Maturities

'1 day

'97 days

Commercial Paper, Weighted Average Interest Rate

0.28%

Commercial Paper Weighted Average Maturity Period

'33 days

Debt_Debt_Debt_Repayment_Detai

Debt Debt (Debt Repayment) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]	'
2014	$1,135
2015	1,342
2016	250
2017	850
2018	600
Thereafter	800
Long-term Debt, Excluding Fair Value Adjustment and Unamortized Discount	4,977
Long-term Debt, Fair Value Adjustment and Unamortized Discount	81
Long-term debt	$5,058

Debt_Debt_Total_Debt_Schedule_

Debt Debt (Total Debt Schedule) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Commercial Paper	$1,080	$0
Short-term debt	1,135	163
Private Senior Notes	0	400
Long term debt	3,923	969
Total debt	5,058	1,132
2018 Senior Notes (2.5% senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2018)	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Senior Notes	599	0
2023 Senior Notes (4.0% senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2023)	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Senior Notes	794	0
NYSE Euronext USD Notes (2.0% senior unsecured notes due October 5, 2017)	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Senior Notes	854	0
NYSE Euronext EUR Notes (5.375% senior unsecured notes due June 30, 2015)	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Senior Notes	1,353	0
Revolving Facility	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Credit Facilities	0	113
Credit Facilities	0	182
Term Loan Facility	'	'
Debt Instrument [Line Items]	'	'
Credit Facilities	55	50
Credit Facilities	$323	$387

Equity_Equity_Stock_Option_Act

Equity Equity- Stock Option Activity (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Equity Equity- Stock Option Activity (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Number of Stock Options [Roll Forward]	'	'	'
Outstanding, Number of options, Beginning balance	933,953	1,045,744	1,275,792
Granted, Number of options	152,361	102,657	123,663
Exercised, Number of options	-213,967	-211,030	-341,554
Forfeited/Expired, Number of options	'	-3,418	-12,157
Outstanding, Number of options, Ending balance	872,347	933,953	1,045,744
Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Option [Abstract]	'	'	'
Outstanding, Weighted average exercise price per share, Beginning Balance	$85.07	$72.34	$56.73
Granted, Weighted average exercise price per share	$127	$112.15	$112.48
Exercised, Weighted average exercise price per share	$63	$34.57	$26.66
Forfeited/Expired, Weighted average exercise price per share	'	$109.68	$126.70
Outstanding, Weighted average exercise price per share, Ending Balance	$98	$85.07	$72.34

Equity_Equity_Details_of_Stock

Equity Equity- Details of Stock Options (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Equity [Abstract]	'
Number of Options, Vested or expected to vest	872,347
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Vested or expected to vest	$98
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life, Vested or expected to vest	'5 years 3 months 6 days
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Vested or expected to vest	$111,000
Number of Options, Exercised	689,046
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercised	$90
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life, Exercised	'4 years 4 months 6 days
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Exercised	$93,000

Equity_Equity_Valuation_Assump

Equity Equity- Valuation Assumptions (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Equity Equity- Valuation Assumptions (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Equity [Abstract]	'	'	'
Risk-free interest rate	0.53%	0.57%	1.46%
Expected life in years	'4 years	'4 years	'4 years
Expected volatility	37.00%	42.00%	72.00%
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Estimated weighted-average fair value of options granted per share	$38.41	$36.96	$60.97

Equity_Equity_Nonvested_Restri

Equity Equity- Nonvested Restricted Stock Activity (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]	'	'	'
Outstanding, Number of nonvested restricted shares, Beginning balance	878,086	834,855	704,010
Granted, Number of nonvested restricted shares	825,919	497,161	532,748
Exercised, Number of nonvested restricted shares	-426,025	-411,826	-346,450
Expired/Forfeited, Number of nonvested restricted shares	-43,428	-42,104	-55,453
Outstanding, Number of nonvested restricted shares, Ending balance	1,234,552	878,086	834,855
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Abstract]	'	'	'
Nonvested, Outstanding, Weighted average exercise price per share, Beginning Balance	$113.25	$107.80	$99.53
Nonvested, Granted, Weighted average exercise price per share	$164	$115.03	$114.25
Nonvested, Exercised, Weighted average exercise price per share	$113	$104.43	$101.13
Nonvested, Expired/Forfeited, Weighted average exercise price per share	$126	$112.59	$106.43
Nonvested, Outstanding, Weighted average exercise price per share, Ending Balance	$147	$113.25	$107.80

Equity_Equity_Narrative_Detail

Equity Equity- Narrative (Details) (USD $)

0 Months Ended

2 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified

Nov. 13, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2010

Jan. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Nov. 13, 2013

Maximum [Member]

Employee Plan [Member]

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc Two Thousand and Nine Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member]

Director Plan [Member]

Employee Stock Option [Member]

Time Based And Performance Based Restricted Stock [Member]

Time Based Restricted Units [Member]

Performance Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]

NYSE Euronext Restricted Stock [Member]

If One Hundred Fifty Four Thousand Nine Hundred and Twelve Shares Vest [Member]

If 147,535 Shares Vest [Member]

Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]

Retained Earnings [Member]

Restricted Stock [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

NYSE Euronext [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Performance Based Restricted Stock Units [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Restricted Stock [Member]

Class of Stock [Line Items]

Share-based Compensation, Less Business Combination Related Costs

$56

$52

$53

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period, Fair Value

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period

825,919

497,161

532,748

874,018

948,625

744,145

249,670

295,615

285,655

173,776

239,488

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Intrinsic Value

Granted, Number of options

152,361

102,657

123,663

3,644

Stock-based compensation

Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Tax Benefit from Compensation Expense

Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs, Capitalized Amount

Tax benefits from stock option plans

Qualifying Excess Tax Benefits Eligible To Future Write Offs

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized

4,500,000

3,500,000

1,000,000

250,000

Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance

5,100,000

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period

'3 years

Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Awards Exercise Period

'10 years

Stock Options Granted Expire Period

'14 days

'60 days

Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized

104

Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition

'1 year 8 months 6 days

'2 years 6 months

Number of Options, Exercised

689,046

794,264

872,068

Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercised

$90

$80

$66

Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Shares Reserved For Future Issuance

449,420

154,912

Stock Granted, Value, Share-based Compensation, Net of Forfeitures

Stock To Be Granted, Value, Share-based Compensation, Net of Forfeitures

Stock To Be Granted, Shares, Share-based Compensation, Net of Forfeitures

154,912

147,535

Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Typical Vesting Period

'3 years

Payments relating to treasury shares received for restricted stock tax payments and stock option exercises

263,006

430,677

154,242

125,443

Treasury Stock, Shares, Retired

7,560,480

Treasury shares retired in connection with formation of ICE Group

741

541

200

Repurchases of common stock, Shares

416,858

1,550,810

Repurchases of common stock

175

Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount

$450

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

$147

$113.25

$107.80

$99.53

$197.80

Income_Taxes_Income_Taxes_Deta

Income Taxes Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]	'	'	'	'
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries	$2,000,000,000	'	'	'
Unrecognized Tax Benefits that Would Impact Effective Tax Rate	193,000,000	24,000,000	'	'
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance	49,000,000	11,000,000	16,000,000	23,000,000
Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Estimated Range of Change, Upper Bound	15,000,000	'	'	'
Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Estimated Range of Change, Lower Bound	76,000,000	'	'	'
Unrecognized Tax Benefits	223,000,000	34,000,000	28,000,000	26,000,000
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Interest on Income Taxes Expense	3,000,000	2,000,000	1,000,000	'
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Accrued	39,000,000	6,000,000	'	'
Domestic Tax Authority [Member]	'	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]	'	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards	109,000,000	49,000,000	'	'
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]	'	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]	'	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards	775,000,000	99,000,000	'	'
Foreign Tax Authority [Member]	'	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]	'	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards	152,000,000	8,000,000	'	'
Other Noncurrent Liabilities [Member]	'	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]	'	'	'	'
Unrecognized Tax Benefits	217,000,000	'	'	'
Other Current Liabilities [Member]	'	'	'	'
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]	'	'	'	'
Unrecognized Tax Benefits	$6,000,000	'	'	'

Income_Taxes_Income_Taxes_Inco

Income Taxes Income Taxes- Income Before Income Taxes and Income Tax Provision (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'	'
Domestic, Income before income taxes	$78	$233	$299
Foreign, Income before income taxes	422	557	461
Income before income tax expense	500	790	760
Federal, Current tax expense	57	89	93
State, Current tax expense	25	29	21
Foreign, Current tax expense	163	134	127
Current tax expense	245	252	241
Federal, Deferred tax expense (benefit)	-20	-18	-1
State, Deferred tax expense (benefit)	-5	1	0
Foreign, Deferred tax expense (benefit)	10	-7	-2
Deferred tax expense (benefit)	-15	-24	-3
Total income tax expense	$230	$228	$238

Income_Taxes_Income_Taxes_Reco

Income Taxes Income Taxes- Reconciliation of US Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate To Effective Income Tax Rate (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'	'
Statutory federal income tax rate	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Foreign tax rate differential	-10.00%	-8.00%	-6.00%
Foreign tax law change	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Cetip investment impairment loss	9.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Other	5.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Total provision for income taxes	46.00%	29.00%	31.00%

Income_Taxes_Income_Taxes_Reco1

Income Taxes Income Taxes- Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns [Roll Forward]	'	'	'
Beginning balance of unrecognized tax benefits	$34	$28	$26
Additions (reductions) related to acquisitions	156	0	0
Additions based on tax positions related to current year	38	6	5
Additions based on tax positions related to prior years	5	5	4
Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years	-1	-2	-3
Reductions resulting from statute of limitation lapses	-3	-2	-2
Reductions related to settlements with taxing authorities	-6	-1	-2
Ending balance of unrecognized tax benefits	$223	$34	$28

Income_Taxes_Income_Taxes_Sche

Income Taxes Income Taxes- Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'	'	'
Deferred and stock-based compensation	$171	$31	'	'
Pension	80	0	'	'
Accrued expenses	2	1	'	'
Tax credits	24	1	'	'
NOL carryforward	120	24	'	'
Impairment losses	6	5	'	'
Other	0	22	'	'
Total	403	84	'	'
Valuation allowance	-49	-11	-16	-23
Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	354	73	'	'
Property and equipment	-29	-22	'	'
Acquired intangibles	-2,962	-222	'	'
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Partnership Basis Difference	-64	-38	'	'
Partnership basis difference	-29	0	'	'
Total deferred tax liabilities	-3,084	-282	'	'
Net deferred tax liabilities	-2,730	-209	'	'
Net current deferred tax assets	50	7	'	'
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net, Current	-11	0	'	'
Net non-current deferred tax assets	2	0	'	'
Net non-current deferred tax liabilities	($2,771)	($216)	'	'

Income_Taxes_Income_Taxes_Defe

Income Taxes Income Taxes - Deferred Income Tax Valuation Allowance Reconciliation (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]	'	'	'
Beginning balance of deferred income tax valuation allowance	$11	$16	$23
Additions charged to costs and expenses	0	5	0
Additions charged against goodwill	38	0	0
Deductions	0	-10	-7
Ending balance of deferred income tax valuation allowance	$49	$11	$16

Clearing_Organizations_Clearin1

Clearing Organizations Clearing Organizations (Details) (USD $)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Jul. 02, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Jan. 02, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Jan. 02, 2014

Central Clearing House [Member]

ICE Clear Europe

Futures and Options Products [Member]

ICE Clear Credit

Ice Clear Europe Cds Guaranty Fund [Member]

Ice Clear Us [Member]

Otc European Cds Contracts [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Entity

Ice Clear Us [Member]

contract

Principal Transaction Revenue [Line Items]

Clearing Organization, Company Proportionate Share Under Margin Agreement

50.00%

Clearing Transition, Number of Member Firms

Number of operating entities

Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted

$52,600,000,000

Net Notional Value Of Unsettled Contracts

2,600,000,000,000

Margin Deposits And Guaranty Funds Assets Received Or Pledged

68,200,000,000

51,400,000,000

Contribution Of Own Cash To Guaranty Fund

160,000,000

110,000,000

50,000,000

10,000,000

Contribution Of Own Cash To Guaranty Fund Increase

40,000,000

Contribution of Own Cash to Guaranty Fund Increase, In Year One

15,000,000

Contribution of Own Cash to Guaranty Fund Increase, In Year Two

25,000,000

Contribution Made Deposits Depleted

100,000,000

Contribution Made Deposits Depleted Default

50,000,000

Contribution Made Deposits Depleted Non Default

50,000,000

To Be Utilized After Available Funds Of Defaulting

25,000,000

To Be Utilized Pro Rata Along With Other Non Defaulting

25,000,000

Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Noncurrent

161,000,000

163,000,000

100,000,000

50,000,000

Clearing Transition, Number of Contract Sides

75,000,000

Clearing Transition, Original Margin and Guaranty Fund Balance Transferred

11,700,000,000

Cash Deposits

24,500,000,000

18,700,000,000

15,700,000,000

5,800,000,000

Cash Deposits Under Reverse Purchase Agreements

21,500,000,000

Cash Deposits Under Reverse Repurchase Agreements, Number of Third Party Investment Custody Agents

Cash Deposits Invested in Sovereign Debt

3,000,000,000

Cash Deposits, Held on Joint Account

$35,000,000

$17,000,000

Clearing_Organizations_Clearin2

Clearing Organizations Clearing Organizations (ICE Clearing Houses Schedules) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
Original margin	$36,984	$26,669
Unsettled variation margin	'	22
Guaranty Fund	5,232	5,192
Total	42,216	31,883
ICE Clear U.S.	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
Original margin	1,642	1,323
Unsettled variation margin	'	22
Guaranty Fund	242	24
Total	1,884	1,369
ICE Clear Europe	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
Original margin	22,007	13,258
Unsettled variation margin	'	0
Guaranty Fund	2,542	2,734
Total	24,549	15,992
ICE Clear Canada	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
Original margin	61	35
Unsettled variation margin	'	0
Guaranty Fund	11	15
Total	72	50
ICE Clear Credit	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
Original margin	13,274	12,052
Unsettled variation margin	'	0
Guaranty Fund	2,434	2,414
Total	15,708	14,466
TCC	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
Original margin	0	1
Unsettled variation margin	'	0
Guaranty Fund	3	5
Total	$3	$6

Clearing_Organizations_Clearin3

Clearing Organizations Clearing Organizations (Assets Pledged by Clearing Members as Original Margin and Guaranty Fund Deposits for ICE Clearing Houses) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
ICE Clear U.S. \| Original Margin [Member]	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
US Government Securities, at Carrying Value	$5,011	$5,779
Money Market Funds, at Carrying Value	0	1,028
Letter Of Credit	0	0
Gold Carrying Value	0	0
Total Original Margin	5,011	6,807
ICE Clear U.S. \| Guaranty Fund [Member]	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
US Government Securities, at Carrying Value	267	250
Money Market Funds, at Carrying Value	0	21
Total Guaranty Fund	267	271
ICE Clear Europe \| Original Margin [Member]	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
US Government Securities, at Carrying Value	15,670	6,384
Money Market Funds, at Carrying Value	0	0
Letter Of Credit	1,386	968
Gold Carrying Value	92	126
Total Original Margin	17,148	7,478
ICE Clear Europe \| Guaranty Fund [Member]	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
US Government Securities, at Carrying Value	268	247
Money Market Funds, at Carrying Value	0	0
Total Guaranty Fund	268	247
ICE Clear Canada \| Original Margin [Member]	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
US Government Securities, at Carrying Value	93	82
Money Market Funds, at Carrying Value	0	0
Letter Of Credit	4	4
Gold Carrying Value	0	0
Total Original Margin	97	86
ICE Clear Canada \| Guaranty Fund [Member]	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
US Government Securities, at Carrying Value	19	46
Money Market Funds, at Carrying Value	0	0
Total Guaranty Fund	19	46
ICE Clear Credit \| Original Margin [Member]	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
US Government Securities, at Carrying Value	2,620	3,960
Money Market Funds, at Carrying Value	0	0
Letter Of Credit	0	0
Gold Carrying Value	0	0
Total Original Margin	2,620	3,960
ICE Clear Credit \| Guaranty Fund [Member]	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
US Government Securities, at Carrying Value	516	653
Money Market Funds, at Carrying Value	0	0
Total Guaranty Fund	516	653
TCC \| Original Margin [Member]	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
US Government Securities, at Carrying Value	0	0
Money Market Funds, at Carrying Value	0	0
Letter Of Credit	0	0
Gold Carrying Value	0	0
Total Original Margin	0	0
TCC \| Guaranty Fund [Member]	'	'
Clearing Organizations [Line Items]	'	'
US Government Securities, at Carrying Value	1	3
Money Market Funds, at Carrying Value	0	0
Total Guaranty Fund	$1	$3

Commitments_and_Contingencies_1

Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended		2 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Nov. 11, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Nov. 13, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
				Entity	Licensing Agreements [Member]	Licensing Agreements [Member]	Licensing Agreements [Member]	NYSE AMEX OPTIONS [Member]	NYSE AMEX OPTIONS [Member]	NYSE AMEX OPTIONS [Member]	NYSE AMEX OPTIONS [Member]
										Minimum [Member]	Maximum [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Other intangible assets, net	$9,404	$799	$854	'	$67	$86	'	'	'	'	'
Amortization Of Other Intangible Assets	'	'	'	'	19	19	20	'	'	'	'
License Agreement Current Liabilities	'	'	'	'	19	19	'	'	'	'	'
License Agreement Noncurrent Liabilities	'	'	'	'	48	64	'	'	'	'	'
License Agreement Interest Expenses	'	'	'	'	4	5	6	'	'	'	'
Call and Put Options Exercisable Triggering Period	'2 years	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Call and Put Option Expiration Period	'5 years	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Equity, Fair Value	15	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	306	'	'
Number of US Options Exchanges, Significant Equity Interest Sold	'	'	'	1	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Operating Leases, Rent Expense	$47	$23	$24	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Number of US Options Exchanges	'	'	'	2	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Number of External Investors, Significant Equity Interest Sold	'	'	'	7	'	'	'	'	'	'	'
Repurchase Agreement, Maximum Repurchase Percentage	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	5.00%	15.00%
Equity Method Investmetn, Ownership Percentage by External Investors	'	'	'	'	'	'	'	32.00%	'	'	'

Commitments_and_Contingencies_2

Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies - Future Minimum Lease Payments (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]	'
2014	$81
2015	71
2016	50
2017	41
2018	34
Thereafter	211
Total	$488

Pension_and_Other_Benefit_Prog1

Pension and Other Benefit Programs Pension and Other Benefit Programs (Fair Value Of Plan Assets) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	$756
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	457
Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	299
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	0
Cash	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	5
Cash \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	5
Cash \| Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	0
Cash \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	0
U.S. large-cap	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	230
U.S. large-cap \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	154
U.S. large-cap \| Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	76
U.S. large-cap \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	0
U.S. small-cap	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	116
U.S. small-cap \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	74
U.S. small-cap \| Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	42
U.S. small-cap \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	0
International	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	148
International \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	91
International \| Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	57
International \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	0
Fixed income securities	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	257
Fixed income securities \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	133
Fixed income securities \| Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	124
Fixed income securities \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	$0

Pension_and_Other_Benefit_Prog2

Pension and Other Benefit Programs Pension and Other Benefit Programs (Benefit Obligations and Fair Value of Plan Assets) (Details) (USD $)	2 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Change in plan assets:	'
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$756,000,000
U.S. Operations	'
Change in benefit obligation:	'
Benefit obligation at acquisition date	827,000,000
Service cost	0
Interest cost	5,000,000
Actuarial gain	10,000,000
Plan settlements	0
Benefits paid	-5,000,000
Currency translation and other	0
Benefit obligation at year end	837,000,000
Change in plan assets:	'
Fair value of plan assets at acquisition date	718,000,000
Actual return on plan assets	22,000,000
Company contributions	0
Plan settlements	0
Benefits paid	-5,000,000
Currency translation and other	0
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	735,000,000
Funded status	-102,000,000
Accumulated benefit obligation	837,000,000
Amounts recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet:	'
Non-current liabilities	-102,000,000
European Operations	'
Change in benefit obligation:	'
Benefit obligation at acquisition date	227,000,000
Service cost	1,000,000
Interest cost	1,000,000
Actuarial gain	3,000,000
Plan settlements	-197,000,000
Benefits paid	-1,000,000
Currency translation and other	3,000,000
Benefit obligation at year end	37,000,000
Change in plan assets:	'
Fair value of plan assets at acquisition date	214,000,000
Actual return on plan assets	1,000,000
Company contributions	1,000,000
Plan settlements	-197,000,000
Benefits paid	-1,000,000
Currency translation and other	3,000,000
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	21,000,000
Funded status	-16,000,000
Accumulated benefit obligation	37,000,000
Amounts recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet:	'
Non-current liabilities	($16,000,000)

Pension_and_Other_Benefit_Prog3

Pension and Other Benefit Programs Pension and Other Benefit Programs (Components of Pension Plan Expense (Benefit) (Details) (USD $)	2 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
U.S. Operations	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Service cost	$0
Interest cost	5
Estimated return on plan assets	-6
Settlement loss	0
Aggregate pension expense (benefit)	-1
European Operations	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Service cost	1
Interest cost	1
Estimated return on plan assets	-1
Settlement loss	2
Aggregate pension expense (benefit)	$3

Pension_and_Other_Benefit_Prog4

Pension and Other Benefit Programs Pension and Other Benefit Programs (Projected Plan Payments) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
2014	$48
2015	48
2016	48
2017	48
2018	48
Next 5 years	250
U.S. Operations	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
2014	48
2015	48
2016	48
2017	48
2018	48
Next 5 years	245
European Operations	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
Next 5 years	$5

Pension_and_Other_Benefit_Prog5

Pension and Other Benefit Programs Pension and Other Benefit Programs (Change to US Operations SERP Benefit Obligation) (Details) (USD $)	2 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plan SERP Benefit Obligation Estimated Future Benefit Payments [Abstract]	'
2014	$48,000,000
2015	48,000,000
2016	48,000,000
2017	48,000,000
2018	48,000,000
Next 5 years	250,000,000
US Operations SERP	'
Change in benefit obligation:	'
Benefit obligation at acquisition date	73,000,000
Service cost	1,000,000
Interest cost	-1,000,000
Benefit obligation at year end	73,000,000
Funded status	-73,000,000
Amounts recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet:	'
Current liabilities	-11,000,000
Non-current liabilities	-62,000,000
Defined Benefit Plan SERP Benefit Obligation Net Periodic Benefit Cost [Abstract]	'
Interest cost	-1,000,000
SERP	'
Change in benefit obligation:	'
Interest cost	1,000,000
Defined Benefit Plan SERP Benefit Obligation Net Periodic Benefit Cost [Abstract]	'
Interest cost	1,000,000
Recognized actuarial gain	-1,000,000
Aggregate pension expense (benefit)	0
Defined Benefit Plan SERP Benefit Obligation Estimated Future Benefit Payments [Abstract]	'
2014	11,000,000
2015	10,000,000
2016	8,000,000
2017	7,000,000
2018	7,000,000
Next 5 years	$22,000,000

Pension_and_Other_Benefit_Prog6

Pension and Other Benefit Programs Pension and Other Benefit Programs (Weighted Average Assumptions) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
U.S. Operations	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Discount Rate	4.60%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Expected Long-term Return on Assets	6.50%
US Operations SERP	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Discount Rate	3.80%
European Operations	'
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Discount Rate	3.60%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Expected Long-term Return on Assets	3.50%
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions Used Calculating Net Periodic Benefit Cost, Rate of Compensation Increase	3.50%

Pension_and_Other_Benefit_Prog7

Pension and Other Benefit Programs Pension and Other Benefit Programs (Benefit Obligation, Benefits Paid During the Period, Accrued Benefit Cost) (Details) (USD $)	2 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]	'
Discount rate	4.60%
Actuarial Determined Benefit Obligation	'
Other current liabilities	($12)
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, Defined Benefit [Member]	'
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]	'
Net periodic post-retirement benefit costs	1,000,000
Actuarial Determined Benefit Obligation	'
Benefit obligation at the end of year	208
Benefits paid	3
Accrued employee benefits	($196)

Pension_and_Other_Benefit_Prog8

Pension and Other Benefit Programs Pension and Other Benefit Programs (Payments Projected Based on Actuarial Assumptions) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plan Postretirement Benefit Plans Estimated Future Benefit Payment [Abstract]	'
2014	$48
2015	48
2016	48
2017	48
2018	48
Next 5 years	250
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, Defined Benefit [Member]	'
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]	'
Anticipated Medicare Subsidy Receipts	16
Defined Benefit Plan Postretirement Benefit Plans Estimated Future Benefit Payment [Abstract]	'
2014	13
2015	14
2016	14
2017	14
2018	14
Next 5 years	$71

Pension_and_Other_Benefit_Prog9

Pension and Other Benefit Programs Pension and Other Benefit Programs (Assumed Health Care Cost Trend) (Details) (U.S. Operations, USD $)	2 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
U.S. Operations	'
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Health Care Cost Trend Rate Assumed for Next Fiscal Year	8.00%
Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rate	'
Effect of post-retirement benefit obligation, Increase	$0
Effect of post-retirement benefit obligation, Decrease	0
Effect on total of service and interest cost components, Increase	27
Effect on total of service and interest cost components, Decrease	($22)

Recovered_Sheet1

Pension and Other Benefit Programs Pension and Other Benefit Programs (Effect on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income) (Details) (USD $)	2 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]	'
Defined Benefit Plan, Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Portion Written Off	$138
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), before Tax	3
Pension Plan, Defined Benefit [Member]	'
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]	'
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), before Tax	3
SERP	'
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]	'
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), before Tax	1
Other Postretirement Benefit Plan, Defined Benefit [Member]	'
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]	'
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), before Tax	($1)

Recovered_Sheet2

Pension and Other Benefit Programs Pension and Other Benefit Programs (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)

12 Months Ended

2 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

2 Months Ended

In Millions, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

US Operations SESP [Member]

US Operations SERP

UK Operations SERP [Member]

US and UK Operations SESP [Member]

ICE Historical US Pension Plan [Member]

Equity Securities [Member]

Fixed Income Securities [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

ICE Historical Subsidiaries [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Defined Benefit Plan, Ultimate Health Care Cost Trend Rate

4.50%

2014

$51

Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations

65.00%

35.00%

Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance

Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution of Eligible Employee Contributions, Percent

100.00%

Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent of Employees' Gross Pay

5.00%

6.00%

7.00%

10.00%

20.00%

Defined Contribution Plan, Cost Recognized

Pension and Other Postretirement Defined Benefit Plans, Liabilities, Noncurrent

412

Company contributions

Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent of Match

100.00%

Fair_Value_Measurements_Fair_V1

Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements (Details) (USD $)

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Nov. 30, 2011

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Nov. 13, 2013

In Millions, unless otherwise specified

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]

Short-term Investments [Member]

Restricted Cash And Investments [Member]

Senior Notes [Member]

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]

Senior Notes

$400

$1,390

$2,210

Equity Method Investments, Fair Value Disclosure

100

Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis Equity Method And Cost Method Investments

177

Long-term investment in equity securities

324

391

324

391

U.S. Treasury securities

100

Mutual Funds

Foreign Currency Contract, Asset, Fair Value Disclosure

Total assets at fair value

461

457

Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure

$1,410

$2,200

$854

Condensed_Consolidating_Financ2

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Current assets:	'	'	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents	$961	$1,612	$823	$622
Short term investments and restricted cash	351	87	'	'
Customer accounts receivables, net	482	127	'	'
Intercompany accounts receivable	0	0	'	'
Intercompany note receivable- short term	0	0	'	'
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	42,216	31,883	'	'
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	249	41	'	'
Total current assets	44,259	33,750	'	'
Property and equipment, net	891	144	'	'
Other non-current assets:	'	'	'	'
Goodwill	9,501	1,938	1,903	'
Other intangible assets, net	9,404	799	854	'
Long-term restricted cash	161	163	'	'
Long-term investments	324	391	'	'
Investment in subsidiary	0	0	'	'
Intercompany note receivable	0	'	'	'
Other non-current assets	278	30	'	'
Total other non-current assets	19,668	3,321	'	'
Total assets	64,818	37,215	'	'
Current liabilities:	'	'	'	'
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	343	70	'	'
Accrued salaries and benefits	301	55	'	'
Short-term debt	1,135	163	'	'
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	42,216	31,883	'	'
Intercompany payable	0	0	'	'
Note payable to affiliates	0	0	'	'
Other current liabilities	347	75	'	'
Total current liabilities	44,342	32,246	'	'
Non-current liabilities:	'	'	'	'
Noncurrent deferred tax liability, net	2,771	216	'	'
Long-term debt	3,923	969	'	'
Note payable to affiliates	0	'	'	'
Other non-current liabilities	845	107	'	'
Total non-current liabilities	7,539	1,292	'	'
Total liabilities	51,881	33,538	'	'
Redeemable non-controlling interest	322	0	'	'
Equity:	'	'	'	'
Retained earnings	2,482	2,509	'	'
Equity from parent	0	0	'	'
Other shareholders' equity	10,101	1,135	'	'
Total shareholdersâ€™ equity	12,583	3,644	'	'
Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries	32	33	'	'
Total shareholdersâ€™ equity	12,615	3,677	3,162	2,816
Total liabilities and equity	64,818	37,215	'	'
ICE Group, Inc. (Parent)	'	'	'	'
Current assets:	'	'	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents	2	0	0	0
Short term investments and restricted cash	0	0	'	'
Customer accounts receivables, net	0	0	'	'
Intercompany accounts receivable	1,395	1,187	'	'
Intercompany note receivable- short term	0	0	'	'
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	0	0	'	'
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	4	0	'	'
Total current assets	1,401	1,187	'	'
Property and equipment, net	0	0	'	'
Other non-current assets:	'	'	'	'
Goodwill	'	0	'	'
Other intangible assets, net	0	0	'	'
Long-term restricted cash	0	0	'	'
Long-term investments	0	0	'	'
Investment in subsidiary	14,019	2,456	'	'
Intercompany note receivable	0	'	'	'
Other non-current assets	14	0	'	'
Total other non-current assets	14,033	2,456	'	'
Total assets	15,434	3,643	'	'
Current liabilities:	'	'	'	'
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	19	0	'	'
Accrued salaries and benefits	1	0	'	'
Short-term debt	1,080	0	'	'
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	0	0	'	'
Intercompany payable	0	0	'	'
Note payable to affiliates	0	0	'	'
Other current liabilities	0	0	'	'
Total current liabilities	1,100	0	'	'
Non-current liabilities:	'	'	'	'
Noncurrent deferred tax liability, net	0	0	'	'
Long-term debt	1,393	0	'	'
Note payable to affiliates	358	'	'	'
Other non-current liabilities	0	0	'	'
Total non-current liabilities	1,751	0	'	'
Total liabilities	2,851	0	'	'
Redeemable non-controlling interest	0	'	'	'
Equity:	'	'	'	'
Retained earnings	2,482	2,509	'	'
Equity from parent	0	0	'	'
Other shareholders' equity	10,101	1,134	'	'
Total shareholdersâ€™ equity	12,583	3,643	'	'
Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries	0	0	'	'
Total shareholdersâ€™ equity	12,583	3,643	'	'
Total liabilities and equity	15,434	3,643	'	'
Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.	'	'	'	'
Current assets:	'	'	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents	10	1,004	235	164
Short term investments and restricted cash	0	0	'	'
Customer accounts receivables, net	7	4	'	'
Intercompany accounts receivable	0	0	'	'
Intercompany note receivable- short term	3	13	'	'
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	0	0	'	'
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	20	25	'	'
Total current assets	40	1,046	'	'
Property and equipment, net	167	107	'	'
Other non-current assets:	'	'	'	'
Goodwill	0	0	'	'
Other intangible assets, net	0	0	'	'
Long-term restricted cash	0	0	'	'
Long-term investments	0	0	'	'
Investment in subsidiary	3,637	3,184	'	'
Intercompany note receivable	517	'	'	'
Other non-current assets	17	19	'	'
Total other non-current assets	4,171	3,203	'	'
Total assets	4,378	4,356	'	'
Current liabilities:	'	'	'	'
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	12	19	'	'
Accrued salaries and benefits	25	23	'	'
Short-term debt	55	50	'	'
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	0	0	'	'
Intercompany payable	1,229	981	'	'
Note payable to affiliates	25	10	'	'
Other current liabilities	4	11	'	'
Total current liabilities	1,350	1,094	'	'
Non-current liabilities:	'	'	'	'
Noncurrent deferred tax liability, net	0	0	'	'
Long-term debt	324	787	'	'
Note payable to affiliates	0	'	'	'
Other non-current liabilities	33	19	'	'
Total non-current liabilities	357	806	'	'
Total liabilities	1,707	1,900	'	'
Redeemable non-controlling interest	0	'	'	'
Equity:	'	'	'	'
Retained earnings	282	551	'	'
Equity from parent	2,309	1,957	'	'
Other shareholders' equity	80	-52	'	'
Total shareholdersâ€™ equity	2,671	2,456	'	'
Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries	0	0	'	'
Total shareholdersâ€™ equity	2,671	2,456	'	'
Total liabilities and equity	4,378	4,356	'	'
Subsidiary Guarantor - NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC	'	'	'	'
Current assets:	'	'	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	'	'
Short term investments and restricted cash	1	'	'	'
Customer accounts receivables, net	0	'	'	'
Intercompany accounts receivable	2,398	'	'	'
Intercompany note receivable- short term	0	'	'	'
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	0	'	'	'
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0	'	'	'
Total current assets	2,399	'	'	'
Property and equipment, net	0	'	'	'
Other non-current assets:	'	'	'	'
Goodwill	0	'	'	'
Other intangible assets, net	0	'	'	'
Long-term restricted cash	0	'	'	'
Long-term investments	0	'	'	'
Investment in subsidiary	11,383	'	'	'
Intercompany note receivable	0	'	'	'
Other non-current assets	11	'	'	'
Total other non-current assets	11,394	'	'	'
Total assets	13,793	'	'	'
Current liabilities:	'	'	'	'
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	0	'	'	'
Accrued salaries and benefits	0	'	'	'
Short-term debt	0	'	'	'
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	0	'	'	'
Intercompany payable	0	'	'	'
Note payable to affiliates	0	'	'	'
Other current liabilities	0	'	'	'
Total current liabilities	0	'	'	'
Non-current liabilities:	'	'	'	'
Noncurrent deferred tax liability, net	0	'	'	'
Long-term debt	2,206	'	'	'
Note payable to affiliates	239	'	'	'
Other non-current liabilities	0	'	'	'
Total non-current liabilities	2,445	'	'	'
Total liabilities	2,445	'	'	'
Redeemable non-controlling interest	0	'	'	'
Equity:	'	'	'	'
Retained earnings	-20	'	'	'
Equity from parent	11,089	'	'	'
Other shareholders' equity	279	'	'	'
Total shareholdersâ€™ equity	11,348	'	'	'
Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries	0	'	'	'
Total shareholdersâ€™ equity	11,348	'	'	'
Total liabilities and equity	13,793	'	'	'
Subsidiary Non-Guarantors	'	'	'	'
Current assets:	'	'	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents	949	608	588	458
Short term investments and restricted cash	350	87	'	'
Customer accounts receivables, net	475	123	'	'
Intercompany accounts receivable	0	0	'	'
Intercompany note receivable- short term	25	10	'	'
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	42,216	31,883	'	'
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	225	16	'	'
Total current assets	44,240	32,727	'	'
Property and equipment, net	724	37	'	'
Other non-current assets:	'	'	'	'
Goodwill	9,501	1,938	'	'
Other intangible assets, net	9,404	799	'	'
Long-term restricted cash	161	163	'	'
Long-term investments	324	391	'	'
Investment in subsidiary	0	0	'	'
Intercompany note receivable	80	'	'	'
Other non-current assets	243	16	'	'
Total other non-current assets	19,713	3,307	'	'
Total assets	64,677	36,071	'	'
Current liabilities:	'	'	'	'
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	312	51	'	'
Accrued salaries and benefits	275	32	'	'
Short-term debt	0	113	'	'
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	42,216	31,883	'	'
Intercompany payable	2,564	206	'	'
Note payable to affiliates	3	13	'	'
Other current liabilities	343	64	'	'
Total current liabilities	45,713	32,362	'	'
Non-current liabilities:	'	'	'	'
Noncurrent deferred tax liability, net	2,778	221	'	'
Long-term debt	0	182	'	'
Note payable to affiliates	0	'	'	'
Other non-current liabilities	812	88	'	'
Total non-current liabilities	3,590	491	'	'
Total liabilities	49,303	32,853	'	'
Redeemable non-controlling interest	322	'	'	'
Equity:	'	'	'	'
Retained earnings	372	560	'	'
Equity from parent	14,273	2,693	'	'
Other shareholders' equity	375	-68	'	'
Total shareholdersâ€™ equity	15,020	3,185	'	'
Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries	32	33	'	'
Total shareholdersâ€™ equity	15,052	3,218	'	'
Total liabilities and equity	64,677	36,071	'	'
Consolidating Adjustments	'	'	'	'
Current assets:	'	'	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Short term investments and restricted cash	0	0	'	'
Customer accounts receivables, net	0	0	'	'
Intercompany accounts receivable	-3,793	-1,187	'	'
Intercompany note receivable- short term	-28	-23	'	'
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	0	0	'	'
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0	0	'	'
Total current assets	-3,821	-1,210	'	'
Property and equipment, net	0	0	'	'
Other non-current assets:	'	'	'	'
Goodwill	0	0	'	'
Other intangible assets, net	0	0	'	'
Long-term restricted cash	0	0	'	'
Long-term investments	0	0	'	'
Investment in subsidiary	-29,039	-5,640	'	'
Intercompany note receivable	-597	'	'	'
Other non-current assets	-7	-5	'	'
Total other non-current assets	-29,643	-5,645	'	'
Total assets	-33,464	-6,855	'	'
Current liabilities:	'	'	'	'
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	0	0	'	'
Accrued salaries and benefits	0	0	'	'
Short-term debt	0	0	'	'
Margin deposits and guaranty funds	0	0	'	'
Intercompany payable	-3,793	-1,187	'	'
Note payable to affiliates	-28	-23	'	'
Other current liabilities	0	0	'	'
Total current liabilities	-3,821	-1,210	'	'
Non-current liabilities:	'	'	'	'
Noncurrent deferred tax liability, net	-7	-5	'	'
Long-term debt	0	0	'	'
Note payable to affiliates	-597	'	'	'
Other non-current liabilities	0	0	'	'
Total non-current liabilities	-604	-5	'	'
Total liabilities	-4,425	-1,215	'	'
Redeemable non-controlling interest	0	'	'	'
Equity:	'	'	'	'
Retained earnings	-634	-1,111	'	'
Equity from parent	-27,671	-4,650	'	'
Other shareholders' equity	-734	121	'	'
Total shareholdersâ€™ equity	-29,039	-5,640	'	'
Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries	0	0	'	'
Total shareholdersâ€™ equity	-29,039	-5,640	'	'
Total liabilities and equity	($33,464)	($6,855)	'	'

Condensed_Consolidating_Financ3

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income (Details) (USD $)

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

In Millions, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2013

Sep. 30, 2013

Jun. 30, 2013

Mar. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Sep. 30, 2012

Jun. 30, 2012

Mar. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Revenues:

Transaction and clearing fees, net

$1,402

$1,185

$1,176

Market data fees

212

147

125

Listing fees

Other revenues

146

Intercompany revenues

Total revenues

1,795

1,363

1,327

Transaction-based expenses

121

Total revenues, less transaction-based expenses

612

[1]

338

372

352

324

[1]

323

351

365

1,674

1,363

1,327

Operating expenses:

Compensation and benefits

331

251

250

Technology and communication

Professional services

Rent and occupancy

Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs

165

Selling, general and administrative

Depreciation and amortization

161

131

132

Intercompany expenses

Total operating expenses

884

536

534

Operating income

163

[1]

202

225

200

193

[1]

194

215

225

790

827

793

Other income (expense):

Interest and investment income

Interest expense

-56

-39

-35

Intercompany interest income (expense)

Other income (expense), net

-237

-1

Total other income (expense), net

-290

-37

-33

Income before income taxes

500

790

760

Income tax expense (benefit)

230

228

238

Equity earnings from subsidiaries

Net income (loss)

270

562

522

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest

-16

-10

-12

Net income (loss) attributable to ICE Group, Inc.

-176

[1]

141

153

136

130

[1]

131

143

148

254

552

510

ICE Group, Inc. (Parent)

Revenues:

Transaction and clearing fees, net

Market data fees

Listing fees

Other revenues

Intercompany revenues

Total revenues

Transaction-based expenses

Total revenues, less transaction-based expenses

Operating expenses:

Compensation and benefits

Technology and communication

Professional services

Rent and occupancy

Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs

Selling, general and administrative

Depreciation and amortization

Intercompany expenses

Total operating expenses

Operating income

Other income (expense):

Interest and investment income

Interest expense

-11

Intercompany interest income (expense)

Other income (expense), net

Total other income (expense), net

-11

Income before income taxes

-11

Income tax expense (benefit)

-4

Equity earnings from subsidiaries

262

552

510

Net income (loss)

255

552

510

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest

Net income (loss) attributable to ICE Group, Inc.

255

552

510

Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.

Revenues:

Transaction and clearing fees, net

182

Market data fees

Listing fees

Other revenues

Intercompany revenues

218

209

136

Total revenues

245

235

349

Transaction-based expenses

Total revenues, less transaction-based expenses

245

Operating expenses:

Compensation and benefits

Technology and communication

Professional services

Rent and occupancy

Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs

Selling, general and administrative

Depreciation and amortization

Intercompany expenses

Total operating expenses

301

213

217

Operating income

-56

132

Other income (expense):

Interest and investment income

Interest expense

-34

-32

-28

Intercompany interest income (expense)

Other income (expense), net

-53

-1

Total other income (expense), net

-84

-30

-24

Income before income taxes

-140

-8

108

Income tax expense (benefit)

-33

Equity earnings from subsidiaries

388

559

435

Net income (loss)

281

550

510

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest

Net income (loss) attributable to ICE Group, Inc.

281

550

510

Subsidiary Guarantor - NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC

Revenues:

Transaction and clearing fees, net

Market data fees

Listing fees

Other revenues

Intercompany revenues

Total revenues

Transaction-based expenses

Total revenues, less transaction-based expenses

Operating expenses:

Compensation and benefits

Technology and communication

Professional services

Rent and occupancy

Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs

Selling, general and administrative

Depreciation and amortization

Intercompany expenses

Total operating expenses

Operating income

Other income (expense):

Interest and investment income

Interest expense

-3

Intercompany interest income (expense)

Other income (expense), net

Total other income (expense), net

-3

Income before income taxes

-3

Income tax expense (benefit)

Equity earnings from subsidiaries

-17

Net income (loss)

-20

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest

Net income (loss) attributable to ICE Group, Inc.

-20

Subsidiary Non-Guarantors

Revenues:

Transaction and clearing fees, net

1,386

1,168

994

Market data fees

212

146

101

Listing fees

Other revenues

135

Intercompany revenues

Total revenues

1,773

1,346

1,139

Transaction-based expenses

121

Total revenues, less transaction-based expenses

1,652

Operating expenses:

Compensation and benefits

239

159

166

Technology and communication

Professional services

Rent and occupancy

Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs

Selling, general and administrative

Depreciation and amortization

112

Intercompany expenses

218

209

136

Total operating expenses

806

541

478

Operating income

846

805

661

Other income (expense):

Interest and investment income

Interest expense

-8

-7

Intercompany interest income (expense)

-2

-3

Other income (expense), net

-184

Total other income (expense), net

-192

-7

-9

Income before income taxes

654

798

652

Income tax expense (benefit)

267

227

205

Equity earnings from subsidiaries

Net income (loss)

387

571

447

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest

-16

-10

-12

Net income (loss) attributable to ICE Group, Inc.

371

561

435

Consolidating Adjustments

Revenues:

Transaction and clearing fees, net

Market data fees

Listing fees

Other revenues

Intercompany revenues

-223

-218

-161

Total revenues

-223

-218

-161

Transaction-based expenses

Total revenues, less transaction-based expenses

-223

Operating expenses:

Compensation and benefits

Technology and communication

Professional services

Rent and occupancy

Acquisition-related transaction and integration costs

Selling, general and administrative

Depreciation and amortization

Intercompany expenses

-223

-218

-161

Total operating expenses

-223

-218

-161

Operating income

Other income (expense):

Interest and investment income

Interest expense

Intercompany interest income (expense)

Other income (expense), net

Total other income (expense), net

Income before income taxes

Income tax expense (benefit)

Equity earnings from subsidiaries

-633

-1,111

-945

Net income (loss)

-633

-1,111

-945

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest

Net income (loss) attributable to ICE Group, Inc.

($633)

($1,111)

($945)

[1]

The Company acquired NYSE Euronext on November 13, 2013 and has included their results with the consolidated results above effective from the acquisition date, including $133 million in acquisition-related transaction and integration costs during the three months ended DecemberÂ 31, 2013 (Note 3). The Company also incurred a $190 million impairment loss on the Cetip investment (Note 5) and a $51 million expense relating to the early payoff of outstanding debt (Note 8) during the three months ended DecemberÂ 31, 2013.

Condensed_Consolidating_Financ4

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net income	$270	$562	$522
Other comprehensive income (loss):	'	'	'
Foreign currency translation adjustments	304	29	2
Change in fair value of net investment hedge	-19	0	2
Change in fair value of available-for-sale-securities	-67	-60	-63
Reclassification of losses realized on available-for-sale securities to other expense	190	0	0
Employee benefit plan adjustments	3	0	0
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	411	-31	-59
Comprehensive income of subsidiaries	0	0	0
Comprehensive income	681	531	463
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	-16	-10	-12
Comprehensive income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	665	521	451
ICE Group, Inc. (Parent)	'	'	'
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net income	255	552	510
Other comprehensive income (loss):	'	'	'
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0	0	0
Change in fair value of net investment hedge	0	'	0
Change in fair value of available-for-sale-securities	0	0	0
Reclassification of losses realized on available-for-sale securities to other expense	0	'	'
Employee benefit plan adjustments	0	'	'
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	0	0	0
Comprehensive income of subsidiaries	411	-32	-59
Comprehensive income	666	520	451
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	0	0	0
Comprehensive income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	666	520	451
Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.	'	'	'
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net income	281	550	510
Other comprehensive income (loss):	'	'	'
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0	0	0
Change in fair value of net investment hedge	0	'	0
Change in fair value of available-for-sale-securities	0	0	0
Reclassification of losses realized on available-for-sale securities to other expense	0	'	'
Employee benefit plan adjustments	0	'	'
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	0	0	0
Comprehensive income of subsidiaries	132	-32	-59
Comprehensive income	413	518	451
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	0	0	0
Comprehensive income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	413	518	451
Subsidiary Non-Guarantors	'	'	'
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net income	387	571	447
Other comprehensive income (loss):	'	'	'
Foreign currency translation adjustments	304	29	2
Change in fair value of net investment hedge	0	'	2
Change in fair value of available-for-sale-securities	-67	-60	-63
Reclassification of losses realized on available-for-sale securities to other expense	190	'	'
Employee benefit plan adjustments	3	'	'
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	430	-31	-59
Comprehensive income of subsidiaries	0	0	0
Comprehensive income	817	540	388
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	-16	-10	-12
Comprehensive income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	801	530	376
Consolidating Adjustments	'	'	'
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net income	-633	-1,111	-945
Other comprehensive income (loss):	'	'	'
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0	0	0
Change in fair value of net investment hedge	0	'	0
Change in fair value of available-for-sale-securities	0	0	0
Reclassification of losses realized on available-for-sale securities to other expense	0	'	'
Employee benefit plan adjustments	0	'	'
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	0	0	0
Comprehensive income of subsidiaries	-853	64	118
Comprehensive income	-1,486	-1,047	-827
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	0	0	0
Comprehensive income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	-1,486	-1,047	-827
Subsidiary Guarantor - NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC	'	'	'
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net income	-20	'	'
Other comprehensive income (loss):	'	'	'
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0	'	'
Change in fair value of net investment hedge	-19	'	'
Change in fair value of available-for-sale-securities	0	'	'
Reclassification of losses realized on available-for-sale securities to other expense	0	'	'
Employee benefit plan adjustments	0	'	'
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	-19	'	'
Comprehensive income of subsidiaries	310	'	'
Comprehensive income	271	'	'
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	0	'	'
Comprehensive income attributable to ICE Group, Inc.	$271	'	'

Condensed_Consolidating_Financ5

Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$735	$733	$713
Cash flows from investing activities:	'	'	'
Increase in restricted cash	-75	-32	-2
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	-2,241	-18	-10
Loans to subsidiaries	0	0	0
Payments to Acquire Equity Method Investments	'	'	-4
Proceeds for (Purchases of) Available for Sale Investments	-26	'	-512
Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs	-181	-68	-87
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	-2,523	-118	-615
Cash flows from financing activities:	'	'	'
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt	3,833	295	1,301
Repayments of debt facilities and issuance costs for debt facilities	-2,482	'	-1,008
Repayments of debt facilities	2,464	50	992
Repurchases of common stock	0	-53	-175
Loans to/from parent	0	0	0
Payments of Dividends	-75	'	'
Dividends received from subsidiaries	0	0	0
Prepayment Related to Early Retirement of Debt	-49	0	0
Other financing activities	-108	-20	-13
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	1,119	172	105
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	18	2	-2
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	-651	789	201
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	961	1,612	823
ICE Group, Inc. (Parent)	'	'	'
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	65	57	181
Cash flows from investing activities:	'	'	'
Increase in restricted cash	0	0	0
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	-2,742	0	0
Loans to subsidiaries	0	0	0
Payments to Acquire Equity Method Investments	'	'	0
Proceeds for (Purchases of) Available for Sale Investments	0	'	0
Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs	0	0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	-2,742	0	0
Cash flows from financing activities:	'	'	'
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt	2,473	0	0
Repayments of debt facilities and issuance costs for debt facilities	-13	'	0
Repayments of debt facilities	'	0	'
Repurchases of common stock	'	-53	-175
Loans to/from parent	358	0	0
Payments of Dividends	-75	'	'
Dividends received from subsidiaries	0	0	0
Prepayment Related to Early Retirement of Debt	0	'	'
Other financing activities	-64	-4	-6
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	2,679	-57	-181
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	2	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	2	0	0
Subsidiary Guarantor - Intercontinental-Exchange, Inc.	'	'	'
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	98	881	-204
Cash flows from investing activities:	'	'	'
Increase in restricted cash	0	0	0
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0	-19	-10
Loans to subsidiaries	-513	-3	62
Payments to Acquire Equity Method Investments	'	'	-4
Proceeds for (Purchases of) Available for Sale Investments	0	'	0
Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs	-99	-48	-69
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	-612	-70	-21
Cash flows from financing activities:	'	'	'
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt	1,349	0	1,301
Repayments of debt facilities and issuance costs for debt facilities	-1,813	'	-1,008
Repayments of debt facilities	'	50	'
Repurchases of common stock	'	0	0
Loans to/from parent	25	0	0
Payments of Dividends	0	'	'
Dividends received from subsidiaries	0	0	0
Prepayment Related to Early Retirement of Debt	-49	'	'
Other financing activities	8	8	3
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	-480	-42	296
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	-994	769	71
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	10	1,004	235
Subsidiary Guarantor - NYSE Euronext Holdings, LLC	'	'	'
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	111	'	'
Cash flows from investing activities:	'	'	'
Increase in restricted cash	0	'	'
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0	'	'
Loans to subsidiaries	0	'	'
Proceeds for (Purchases of) Available for Sale Investments	0	'	'
Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs	0	'	'
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	0	'	'
Cash flows from financing activities:	'	'	'
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt	0	'	'
Repayments of debt facilities and issuance costs for debt facilities	-350	'	'
Loans to/from parent	239	'	'
Payments of Dividends	0	'	'
Dividends received from subsidiaries	0	'	'
Prepayment Related to Early Retirement of Debt	0	'	'
Other financing activities	0	'	'
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	-111	'	'
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	0	'	'
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	0	'	'
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	0	0	'
Subsidiary Non-Guarantors	'	'	'
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	743	216	872
Cash flows from investing activities:	'	'	'
Increase in restricted cash	-75	-32	-2
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	501	1	0
Loans to subsidiaries	-105	0	0
Payments to Acquire Equity Method Investments	'	'	0
Proceeds for (Purchases of) Available for Sale Investments	-26	'	-512
Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs	-82	-20	-18
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	213	-51	-532
Cash flows from financing activities:	'	'	'
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt	11	295	0
Repayments of debt facilities and issuance costs for debt facilities	-306	'	0
Repayments of debt facilities	'	0	'
Repurchases of common stock	'	0	0
Loans to/from parent	-4	4	-62
Payments of Dividends	0	'	'
Dividends received from subsidiaries	-282	-422	-136
Prepayment Related to Early Retirement of Debt	0	'	'
Other financing activities	-52	-24	-10
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	-633	-147	-208
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	18	2	-2
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	341	20	130
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	949	608	588
Consolidating Adjustments	'	'	'
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]	'	'	'
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	-282	-421	-136
Cash flows from investing activities:	'	'	'
Increase in restricted cash	0	0	0
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0	0	0
Loans to subsidiaries	618	3	-62
Payments to Acquire Equity Method Investments	'	'	0
Proceeds for (Purchases of) Available for Sale Investments	0	'	0
Capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs	0	0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	618	3	-62
Cash flows from financing activities:	'	'	'
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt	0	0	0
Repayments of debt facilities and issuance costs for debt facilities	0	'	0
Repayments of debt facilities	'	0	'
Repurchases of common stock	'	0	0
Loans to/from parent	-618	-4	62
Payments of Dividends	0	'	'
Dividends received from subsidiaries	282	422	136
Prepayment Related to Early Retirement of Debt	0	'	'
Other financing activities	0	0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	-336	418	198
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	$0	$0	$0

Geographical_Information_Geogr1

Geographical Information Geographical Information (Details) (USD $)

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

In Millions, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2013

Sep. 30, 2013

Jun. 30, 2013

Mar. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Sep. 30, 2012

Jun. 30, 2012

Mar. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues, less transaction-based expenses

$612

[1]

$338

$372

$352

$324

[1]

$323

$351

$365

$1,674

$1,363

$1,327

Assets, Net

12,615

3,677

12,615

3,677

Assets

64,818

37,215

64,818

37,215

Property and equipment, net

891

144

891

144

UNITED STATES

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues, less transaction-based expenses

856

715

682

Assets, Net

2,453

2,281

2,453

2,281

Property and equipment, net

651

130

651

130

United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and Canada [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Revenues, less transaction-based expenses

818

648

645

Assets, Net

10,162

1,396

10,162

1,396

Property and equipment, net

$240

$14

$240

$14

[1]

Earnings_Per_Common_Share_Earn1

Earnings Per Common Share Earnings Per Common Share (Details)	Dec. 31, 2013	Nov. 13, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
	Dec. 31, 2013	Nov. 13, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Employee Stock Option [Member]	Employee Stock Option [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]	'	'	'	'	'
Restricted Units Vested But Not Issued	22,000	'	20,000	'	'
Business Combination, Shares Issued to Acquiree Shareholders	'	42,400,000	'	'	'
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	'	'	'	228,000	242,000

Earnings_Per_Common_Share_Earn2

Earnings Per Common Share Earnings Per Common Share (Reconciliation of Numerators and Denominators of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Common Share) (Details) (USD $)

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2013

Sep. 30, 2013

Jun. 30, 2013

Mar. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Sep. 30, 2012

Jun. 30, 2012

Mar. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Basic:

Net income attributable to IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.

($176)

[1]

$141

$153

$136

$130

[1]

$131

$143

$148

$254

$552

$510

Weighted average common shares outstanding

Basic earnings per common share

($1,850,000)

[1],[2]

$1,940,000

[2]

$2,110,000

[2]

$1,860,000

[2]

$1,780,000

[1],[2]

$1,800,000

[2]

$1,970,000

[2]

$2,040,000

[2]

$3.24

$7.59

$6.97

Effect of dilutive securities:

Stock options and restricted stock

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

Diluted earnings per common share

($1,830,000)

[1],[2]

$1,920,000

[2]

$2,090,000

[2]

$1,850,000

[2]

$1,760,000

[1],[2]

$1,790,000

[2]

$1,950,000

[2]

$2,020,000

[2]

$3.21

$7.52

$6.90

[1]

[2]

The annual earnings per common share may not equal the sum of the individual quarterâ€™s earnings per common share due to rounding

Quarterly_Financial_Data_Quart1

Quarterly Financial Data Quarterly Financial Data (Details) (USD $)

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2013

Sep. 30, 2013

Jun. 30, 2013

Mar. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Sep. 30, 2012

Jun. 30, 2012

Mar. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Nov. 13, 2013

NYSE Euronext [Member]

Effect of Fourth Quarter Events [Line Items]

Revenues, less transaction-based expenses

$612

[1]

$338

$372

$352

$324

[1]

$323

$351

$365

$1,674

$1,363

$1,327

Operating income

163

[1]

202

225

200

193

[1]

194

215

225

790

827

793

Net income attributable to IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.

-176

[1]

141

153

136

130

[1]

131

143

148

254

552

510

Earnings per common share:

Basic

($1,850,000)

[1],[2]

$1,940,000

[2]

$2,110,000

[2]

$1,860,000

[2]

$1,780,000

[1],[2]

$1,800,000

[2]

$1,970,000

[2]

$2,040,000

[2]

$3.24

$7.59

$6.97

Diluted

($1,830,000)

[1],[2]

$1,920,000

[2]

$2,090,000

[2]

$1,850,000

[2]

$1,760,000

[1],[2]

$1,790,000

[2]

$1,950,000

[2]

$2,020,000

[2]

$3.21

$7.52

$6.90

Business Combination, Acquisition Related Transaction and Integration Costs

$133

Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares

42.4

[1]

[2]

The annual earnings per common share may not equal the sum of the individual quarterâ€™s earnings per common share due to rounding