Five years ago, the scrap between the NYSE group and Deutsche Börse for control of Euronext, and Nasdaq’s attempt to buy the London Stock Exchange, appeared to be the end game. Now we know different. On Wednesday, the LSE said it would merge with TMX, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange. The subsequent revelation that Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext were in advanced merger talks then put that deal in the shade.
五年前,纽约证交所集团(NYSE Group)与德意志交易所(Deutsche Börse)曾为控股泛欧交易所(Euronext)展开争斗,纳斯达克(Nasdaq)也曾试图收购伦敦证交所(LSE),那一切似乎是一场“终极游戏”。现在我们知道了,事实并非如此。周三,伦敦证交所表示,将与多伦多证券交易所(TSE)的运营商TMX合并。随后又有消息称,德意志交易所正与纽约证交所-泛欧交易所(NYSE Euronext)就合并事宜展开深入谈判——这令伦敦证交所与TMX的交易黯然失色。