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Euronext in exclusive talks to potentially acquire LCH.Clearnet SA
December 20th, 2016
Euronext announces that it is in exclusive talks with London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSEG”) and LCH.Clearnet Group Limited (“LCH.Clearnet Group”) in relation to a potential acquisition of LCH.Clearnet SA (“Clearnet”), a subsidiary of LCH.Clearnet Group. At this stage, ...
Euronext looks to snap up assets from any Deutsche Boerse-LSE fallout
March 21st, 2016
European stock exchange operator Euronext NV (ENX.PA) is considering acquisitions to help it stay competitive after Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1Gn.DE) and London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE.L) agreed to merge in a $30 billion deal, according to people familiar ...
IBM Bets on Bitcoin Ledger
February 16th, 2016
International Business Machines Inc. is becoming the biggest backer of a technology that underpins the Bitcoin digital currency. In the coming year, IBM will begin testing its own variation on the transactional software known as blockchain, aiming to simplify life for ...
China Said to Suspect Citic of Insider Trading During Rescue
September 23rd, 2015
Preliminary probe said to find evidence of insider trading Citic says it hasn’t been notified on nature of investigation A Chinese probe found evidence that Citic Securities Co., the nation’s biggest brokerage, engaged in insider trading connected to the government’s ...
Deutsche Boerse’s Asia plans hit by turbulence, tech woes
September 11th, 2015
Financial market turbulence in China and software problems have prompted Deutsche Boerse to delay its planned Asian derivatives exchange and clearing house by about 18 months, three people familiar with the plans said on Wednesday. The German exchange operator ...
Bats Plans Block-Trading Service to Prepare for Dark-Pool Rules
July 14th, 2015
Bats Chi-X Europe will unveil a block-trading initiative within months as markets prepare for European Union rules that will restrict dark-pool trading. “We fully intend to facilitate large-in-scale trading and we will be unveiling highly competitive initiatives in the ...
Dark-Pool Trade Size Doubles in Europe as Venues Hunt Blocks
February 4th, 2015
Even before new regulations revamp trading in 2017, Europe’s private stock markets are already returning to their original purpose: handling big trades. The average size of trades on European dark pools doubled to 11,403 euros ($13,050) in December from ...
FCA publicly censures former Worldspreads CEO for market misconduct
September 14th, 2020
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Final Notice in respect of Conor Foley, the former Chief Executive Officer of Worldspreads, publicly censuring him for market abuse and banning him from performing any roles linked to regulated activity. The ...
Beware of unauthorized companies offering investment and financial services
June 12th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Italy (National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange – Consob), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Luxembourg (Commission ...
Currency funds are betting on recovery after a dismal decade
April 27th, 2018
After a dismal decade, active currency managers see light at the end of the tunnel. As a decade of ultra-accommodative monetary policy after the 2008 crisis now appears to be nearing its end, funds that invest in currencies as ...
