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  • ICE Acquires the American Financial Exchange (AFX)

    Date 08/01/2025

    Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that it has acquired the American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct lending and borrowing for American banks and financial institutions. ICE has acquired 100% of AFX from 7RIDGE.

  • MI3 Academic Research: Exchange Competition, Fragmentation, And Market Quality

    Date 08/01/2025

    Plato Partnership has released a new piece of independent academic research into how the market quality effects of fragmentation depend on the type of exchange competition. The research was conducted by Michał Dzieliński and Björn Hagströmer from Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, and Chengcheng Qu from the College of International Management, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University as part of Plato Partnership’s MI3 Academic initiative.

  • Challenges Facing Central Bankers, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher J. Waller, At Lectures Of The Governor, Organization For Economic Cooperation And Development, Paris, France

    Date 08/01/2025

    Thank you, Alvaro, and thank you for the honor of initiating this new series of lectures from central bankers. I will begin with a few words on the U.S. economic outlook and the implications for monetary policy. But on this occasion, I thought it appropriate to then widen my perspective, to address what I see as the leading challenges that OECD economies face that are of particular importance to central bankers in how we approach monetary policy and our other responsibilities.

  • DTCC Executive Predictions For 2025

    Date 08/01/2025

    Frank La Salla, President, CEO, and Director of DTCC

    While the macroeconomic and geopolitical environment will remain uncertain in 2025, I’m optimistic about our industry’s future and the opportunity for DTCC to lead on critical initiatives that mitigate risk, enhance resilience and strengthen market structure. In that sense, this year will largely be a continuation of 2024 in that we must continue to execute flawlessly on large-scale industry implementations. On the heels of the smooth T+1 conversion, we will galvanize the industry and provide strong leadership on the transition to the SEC’s U.S. Treasury Clearing rule.

  • SET Market Report For December And Full-Year 2024

    Date 08/01/2025

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) trimmed its 2025 global GDP forecast amid concerns over geopolitical conflicts and economic decoupling that could heighten volatility and dampen global economic recovery. This echoes the Federal Reserve (Fed)'s outlook as the Fed, despite its decision to cut interest rates by 25 basis points at the mid-December 2024 meeting, signaled that additional easing might not come easily — a stance that triggered short-term negative reactions in the stock markets.