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  • Venture-Backed IPO Exit Activity Maintains Momentum With Best Quarter For New Listings Since 2000 - Led By Life Science Companies, Fourth Consecutive Quarter For 20+ Offerings - Average M&A Deal Size At Highest Level Since 2004

    Date 02/04/2014

    Thirty-six venture-backed initial public offerings (IPOs) raised $3.3 billion during the first quarter of 2014, a 50 percent increase, by number of new listings, compared to the previous quarter, according to the Exit Poll report by Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). This quarter, which marks the fourth consecutive quarter to see 20 or more venture-backed IPOs, is the strongest three-month period for new listings since the third quarter of 2000. For the first quarter of 2014, 105 venture-backed M&A deals were reported, 29 of which had an aggregate deal value of $7.5 billion. This represents a 12 percent increase in disclosed value from the fourth quarter of last year and marks the strongest quarter for M&A disclosed value since the third quarter of 2012. Average deal size during the first quarter totaled $259.2 million, the highest average deal size since the first quarter of 2004.

  • TMX Group And Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

    Date 02/04/2014

    Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) and TMX Group today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance their understanding of each others' businesses and to explore the possibilities of cooperation.

  • Power Trading Results In March 2014 – 33.4 TWh: EPEX SPOT Marks New Monthly Record

    Date 02/04/2014

    In March 2014, a total volume of 33.4 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday markets (March 2013: 29.5 TWh). This is the best monthly volume recorded on EPEX SPOT’s markets since its creation five years ago and is an increase of 6% compared to the previous record from last December (31.6 TWh). The increase is due to a record volume on the German/Austrian Day-Ahead and solid volumes on the French and Swiss Day-Ahead.

  • CME Group Volume Averaged 14.1 Million Contracts Per Day In March 2014, Up 13 Percent From March 2013

    Date 02/04/2014

    • Interest rate volume rose 35 percent
    • Eurodollar futures volume increased 47 percent and Eurodollar options volume increased 132 percent
    • Agricultural commodities volume rose 12 percent
    • First-quarter 2014 volume averaged 13.7 million contracts per day, up 9 percent from first-quarter 2013

  • Union Investment New User Of EurexOTC Clear - Connected Via Deutsche Bank As Clearing Broker And Using The Individual Clearing Model

    Date 02/04/2014

    Union Investment, one of the largest German asset managers for private and institutional investors, is a new user of EurexOTC Clear for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS). The company has been connected as an individually segregated client since end of March and has cleared the first transactions using EurexOTC Clear via its clearing member Deutsche Bank. Union Investment is the first major asset manager to have fully concluded onboarding using the German clearing framework agreement. More than 120 further buy-side firms are currently in the connection process to use Eurex Clearing’s OTC service.