Deals

Apr
10

089 Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast April 10th, 2021

Unrest in Shanghai, a possible deal foible in Milan, and Saudi Arabia's Tadawul go joint-stock company in preparation for IPO.
10 min read
Apr
03

088 Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast April 3rd, 2021

A new era with a nascent futures benchmark ICE Futures Abu Dhabi brings Murban futures to the Middle East's newest derivatives exchange.
11 min read
Mar
27

087 Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast March 27th, 2021

CBOE buys Chi-X APAC, making the Australian monopoly ASX only the second-largest exchange group in Sydney.
10 min read
May
12

Yesterday's Media Miss?

the field is open for CME to complete its acquisition of Nex, albeit after Michael Spencer played a masterly hand at a single bidder auction and got a price well above the previous market value before even the first rumours (although I still think CME are getting a great deal).
1 min read
Mar
29

NEX Born To Be Sold

A deal is proposed: just of 5.5 billion US, 10 GBP per share, a hefty premium...
2 min read
Mar
16

Prom Alert: NEX Receives First Dance Card

NEX has been touted as the ‘prettiest girl at the prom’ ever since Michael Spencer announced the unpregnancy of the ICAP spin-off.
3 min read
May
13

Euronext Agility for Growth

The clearest message is that Euronext doesn’t appear to have drunk the Kool Aid of investment banker irrational exuberance - there is a proviso for a transformational deals but mentioned only as a near afterthought when discussing dividend policy.
3 min read
May
12

New Euronext New Deal: EuroCCP

Make no mistake, Euronext just signalled a series of very strong intentions with this deal and the key one was shareholder value but their maturity and patience shines through.
3 min read
Oct
27

IDC: ICE Gets Big Data

As investors begin to better understand the latest element of the Sprecher paradigm, I would not be remotely surprised to see ICE edge ahead of the CME.
5 min read