Intercontinental Exchange has agreed to buy NYSE Euronext, its 208-year old rival, in a $8.2bn deal that will make the energy and commodities bourse one of the world’s largest derivatives markets operators.
The deal, announced yesterday, marks the biggest gamble to date by ICE chief executive Jeff Sprecher, who has long coveted NYSE Liffe, the European derivatives exchange owned by NYSE Euronext.
Last year ICE and Nasdaq OMX jointly launched a $11.3bn hostile bid to acquire and break up NYSE, but abandoned the move after US antitrust bodies threatened to sue to block it.
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