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NYSE Euronext, Deutsche Bourse promise special dividend

Eager to win over shareholders, Deutsche Bourse and NYSE Euronext have announced a special dividend to sweeten their merger proposal ahead of a NYSE Euronext vote shareholder vote next month.

When will Nasdaq-ICE offer for NYSE go hostile?

The whole idea of the Nasdaq OMX and the IntercontinentalExchange taking its bid for NYSE Euronext hostile has been percolating for a week or so. But it looks like Nasdaq CEO Robert Greifeld is

NYSE Euronext boosts savings estimate

NYSE Euronext may not be able to directly boost the value of its proposed deal with Deutsche Bourse. But it tried to indirectly do so by boosting the expected cost savings. NYSE CEO Duncan Niederauer

Another option for NYSE Euronext shareholders: Break up

The battle for the NYSE is coming down to its shareholders and what they believe will generate the most value for their shares. Neither NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Bourse on one hand nor Nasdaq OMX

Nasdaq, ICE bid for NYSE Euronext

Just when people were starting to doubt that the Nasdaq and ICE could find a way to mount a competitive bid for the NYSE Euronext, they pull it off. The two exchanges jointly bid $42.50 in cash and

Nasdaq, ICE plot their next move for the NYSE

Mr. Market seems convinced that a hostile offer for NYSE Euronext is in the offing. The Nasdaq's CEO Robert Greifeld has not been shy about letting it be known he is determined to mount a bid for his

Nasdaq to make hostile bid for NYSE

Truth be told, we did not think the Nasdaq would ever be able to muster up a competing bid for NYSE Euronext. But it looks like we might be wrong. The media is rife with reports that Nasdaq OMX, in

Swap execution facilities to storm the industry?

What exactly is a swap execution facility? The entity--still in its embryonic phases--was given life by the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, which allows for swaps to be traded via such entities.

Swap execution facilities to hurt or help?

What to make of so-called swap execution facilities? Recall that both versions of the landmark financial reform bill include requirements that require standardized derivatives to be traded on an

More winners in the financial regulations sweepstakes?

We recently discussed the broad winners and losers in the financial reform sweepstakes . The top Wall Street banks as a group stand to be the biggest losers, while the hedge fund industry ( hedge fund