News Centre

Nasdaq President & CEO Adena Friedman To Present at Sandler O’Neill 2018 Global Exchange And Brokerage Conference

Date 29/05/2018

Intercontinental Exchange President Ben Jackson And ICE Data Services’ President And Chief Operating Officer Lynn Martin To Speak At The Eighth Annual Deutsche Bank Global Financial Services Conference On May 30

Date 29/05/2018

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announced today that Ben Jackson, Intercontinental Exchange President, and Lynn Martin, ICE Data Services’ President and Chief Operating Officer will speak at the eighth annual Deutsche Bank Global Financial Services Conference. The presentation will take place on Wednesday, May 30 at 11:55 a.m. ET. The presentation will be available live and in replay via webcast and can be accessed in the investor relations and media section of ICE’s website at http://ir.theice.com/. 

CEE Investment Opportunities Presented To US Investors

Date 29/05/2018

• The stock exchanges from Warsaw, Prague and Bucharest met with US investors during the ‘CEE Investor Days’ conference dedicated to promoting their countries’ investment opportunities
• The event highlighted the progress made by the capital markets and showcased top companies listed on the exchanges

Intercontinental Exchange Agrees To Acquire TMC Bonds

Date 29/05/2018

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire TMC Bonds LLC for $685 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2018, subject to customary regulatory and anti-trust approvals, and is not expected to materially impact 2018 financial results or capital returns.

Solactive Global Benchmark Series Kicks Off With The Global Developed Markets Large & Mid Cap Equity Index Family

Date 29/05/2018

Solactive has decided to take its benchmark offering to the next level by introducing its proprietary Global Benchmark Series (GBS). The Solactive Global Benchmark Series is one of the largest projects undertaken by the German index provider. Once completed, the GBS will include around 2,000 equity indices, covering developed and emerging markets based on the Solactive Country Classification Framework.

McObject’s eXtremeDB Named Outstanding Structured Database By Computing’s Highly-Respected Big Data Excellence Awards

Date 29/05/2018

McObject®, developer of the ultra-fast eXtremeDB® database management system, was announced as a winner at Computing’s renowned Big Data Excellence Awards in the ‘Outstanding Structured Database’ category. The eXtremeDB database system has over 28 million deployments world-wide across a wide range of industries, including automotive, aerospace, telecom and finance. The accolade comes at an exciting time for the company, which recently released eXtremeDB v8.0, offering significant speed improvements and a host of industry-leading benefits for IoT, Big Data, HPC and financial markets. It has also just announced setting multiple STAC-M3™ benchmark records, cementing McObject’s place at the forefront of the industry and establishing a clear new standard for the sector.

Comment By Chris Payne, Managing Director, GWM Investment Management, On How The Next Italian Election Could Turn Into A Euro Membership Referendum

Date 29/05/2018

Commenting on how the next Italian election could turn into a referendum on membership of the euro, Chris Payne, Managing Director at GWM Investment Management, said: “We are seeing a European-wide sell-off and financials, in particular, have been under pressure on concerns that the next Italian election could turn into a referendum on membership of the euro. Even a weaker Euro and Pound have failed to provide some price stability, as is often the case, and the consensus appears to be that Cottarelli will struggle to gather support to pass a budget, resulting in snap-elections when both anti-establishment parties could return with a larger representation in parliament.

Update On SGX India Derivatives

Date 29/05/2018

On 21 May 2018, India Index Services and Products Limited (IISL), a subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), filed for and was granted an interim injunction against the launch of SGX’s new India derivatives products announced on 11 April 2018. SGX was not able to contest this injunction as it was not given notice by IISL of its application for the injunction.

ESMA Updates Its MiFID II / MiFIR Q&As On Transparency And Market Structures Topics

Date 29/05/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers regarding transparencyand market structures issues under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR). 

TORA Integrates Its OEMS With Trax For MiFID II Trade And Transaction Reporting

Date 29/05/2018

TORA, provider of the industry’s most advanced cloud-based order and execution management system (OEMS), today announced that it has partnered with Trax, the post-trade services and European market data division of MarketAxess, to help their mutual clients meet MiFID II trade and transaction reporting requirements. This development is the latest in a range of solutions that TORA offers to help clients satisfy MiFID II demands covering best execution, regulatory reporting and commission management.