PLY: Big day for IPOs with Tadawul, BSE and Dar Es-Salaam all on the launchpad in different places. UK Parliament not interested in the parish it seems, as FOW ponder Jeff’s next move.
Meanwhile, another event to add to the calendar, I am joining a panel on FinTech at the Finance Malta conference May 25/26 a few weeks before the FESE Convention goes to the same venue: Malta, 15/16th June. FESE: Book Here.
In BigWorld, the story the media missed: GOP establishment types partying at the Kentucky Derby which reminds us why President Tump could be so bad for their interests. After all, if he builds a wall where will the next generation of American jockeys come from? (BTW Brilliant win by Nyquist, pure class).
Public Markets
FXCM
vs Q1 2015: total net revenues $71.5m, down 66%, operating income $737k, compared to a loss of $126m, net income attributable to FXCM 49.7m, compared to a loss of $426m.
PLY: Some say the problem is FXCM just feels like a corporation servicing debt to Jefferies, as opposed to clients. Then again without Jefferies FXCM would have disappeared in the Swiss Franc broker crumble of last year.
Jeff Sprecher’s Next Move? (subscription)
FOW
ICE CEO Jeff Sprecher said on Wednesday he would not bid for the LSEG but the race for SwapClear is not run yet.
PLY: Returns to a theme of “could a deal be done with OTC Derivnet” which of course would leave LCH an essentially empty shell. Interesting thesis. The only thing we can know clearly is that our analysis is going to be light years behind where the ICE deal machine is looking. The worrying bit is I’m not sure we’re so far behind some of the ICE’s ‘competition’…
Shame Of The MPs Keeping Silent On LSE takeover: Parliament Won’t Quiz Germans Over £21bn Deal
James Burton – Daily Mail
A German takeover of LSEG looks set to go unchallenged in Parliament. The Mail understands the Treasury Select Committee has dropped plans to call in bosses from either company.
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PLY: Indeed pathetic but not merely on the basis the Mail perceives. It ought to be discussed if only to show the importance of market structure. Here MPs show contempt for the parish and clearly don’t want to discuss the problems of a merger based on what some call “compelling” and other call “fallacious,” reasoning.
XTB Debuts On WSE, IPO Price Lower Than Expected
Henry Hughes – SMN Weekly
On May 6 XTB released a total of 117 383 635 shares selling 16 433 709 shares (a 14% stake), priced at PLN 11.5 ($2.98). Total IPO receipts PLN 190m (nearly $49.2m). Thus XTB’s market capitalization reached PLN 1.5b ($349m).
Uncertainty Is The Only Guarantee After Icap Offloads Its Broking Arm
Marion Dakers – Daily Telegraph
ICAP, the trading business set up by the former Tory party treasurer Michael Spencer in 1986, is undergoing massive change.
Once its deal to sell off its voice broking operations to Tullett Prebon goes through, the firm will be left looking very different.
PLY: I could not disagree more with this “avoid” rating. ICAP is by far the prettiest girl at the merger prom and thus can go to a significant premium – provided the deal is right for Michael Spencer. At the same time, ICAP’s challenge is now how it can delicately pivot from bank-centricity with electronic platforms to open markets. A complicated and hardly effortless ellison but ICAP has huge steam to power ahead now and a spot of deft nimble manoeuvring from the Spencer playbook can deliver vast upside – even without a deal.
Private Markets
Saudi Arabia’s CMA: Public Consultation: Instructions Of Book Building Process & Allocation Method In IPOs
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DSE IPO Starts In Next Ten Days
allAfrica
As discussed Friday, Dar es Salaam SE’s (DSE) self-listing starts in the next ten days, with the IPO that envisages raising 7.5bn (USD 3.4m).
BSE Plans To File IPO Papers With Sebi In July
The Economic Times
BSE plans to file IPO papers with Sebi in July to mop-up around Rs 800 crore (USD 120m).
Metropolitan SE To Raise Funds, Target New Businesses
Jayshree P. Upadhyay – Livemint
Metropolitan Stock Exchange Of India (MSEI) needs funds to meet the Rs.100 crore (USD 15m) capital requirement set for its clearing corporation by Sebi in September 2014.
NCDEX Gets All Its Warehouse Service Providers Accredited By Regulator
The Hindu Business Line
NCDEX has completed the Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) accreditation of all the 381 warehouses providing services to it.
Bitcoin Has A Governance Problem, No Matter Who Created It
Jemma Kelly – Reuters
As one would-be father of bitcoin falls by the wayside, squabbling among the web-based currency’s lead developers is exposing a fundamental flaw: it must evolve to meet growing demand, but may lack a governance structure to achieve this.
PLY: I am now so confused, I feel obliged to ask: “Bitcoin! Who’s Your Daddy?”
Special Section: FTI, NSEL, India at the Crossroads
PLY: MCX and FTIL flat as we get a possible hint of progress with NSEL:
NSEL Scam: MPID Court Orders Fund Transfer From Lotus Refineries’ Account
Dilip Kumar Jha – Business Standard
The Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) court has ordered transfer of Rs 12.74 crore (USD 1.9m) from 27 bank accounts of Lotus Refineries to the account of the competent authority in the NSEL scam case.
FTIL Board Removal: CLB Fixes Next Hearing For May 23
KR Srivats – The Hindu Business Line
The Company Law Board (CLB) has set May 23 as the next hearing date in the FTIL board removal case. This emerged at the CLB hearing on Friday in the Capital.
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Technology
Markit Acquires Interest In Commodities Price Reporting Agency PRIMA
Markit
PRIMA’s price assessment service provides impartial benchmarks for global niche markets in renewable commodities.
PLY: Interesting.
Products
Sebi Asks NCDEX To Compensate All Castor Seed Traders
Dna
Sebi has forced NCDEX, which suddenly suspended castor seed contracts in January, to compensate all traders who hedged their positions in castor seed on the exchange platform. NCDEX is ready to pay Rs 120 per quintal as compensation to them.
Indexes
Ireland Could Create EU Model For Dairy Risk Management
Joe Dermody – Irish Examiner
Ireland is ideally placed to develop Europe’s first dairy sector futures and options index, creating a model for EU-wide adoption.
PLY: Very interesting.
Career Paths
Daily Telegraph reports that Oliver Hemsley, founder & CEO of stockbroker & adviser Numis is stepping down this autumn after a quarter of a century at the helm of the firm. He will stay on as an executive director.
AI-CIO reports that Christophe Caspar, current Russell Investments’ global CIO of multi-asset solutions & CIO of EMEA, will be leaving in the next few weeks. He will be pursuing a leadership opportunity elsewhere, ending a 17-year tenure with the company. Brian Meath, MD & portfolio manager of multi-asset strategies, has assumed Caspar’s responsibilities effective immediately.
Financial Calendar
09.05 – TMX Q1 2016 Results
09.05 – Lending Club Q1 2016 Results
11.05 – DB1 AGM 2016
12.05 – Euronext AGM 2016 & Q1 2016 Results
12.05 – Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA AGM
13.05 – ICE AGM
All forthcoming exchange / investment related events are now listed in our Events page.
Analyst Notes
ICE Stock Could Rise 15%
Andrew Bary – Barron’s
Sprecher has built ICE into a formidable financial-exchange conglomerate. The shares look cheap.
A full table of current analysis can be found on our Analyst Ratings page which is updated daily.
Other stories
Bloomberg Seeks Accreditation As A Local Operating Unit Of The Global LEI System
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