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Small companies face tough trading environment
The dearth of IPOs and the tough trading environment for small cap companies have generated debate for years.
Whether you blame Sarbanes Oxley and other regulations, a punishing market structure or the rise of passive investing and ETFs, the fact is that we're still seeing a lot less analyst c
Cyber criminals engage in hacker wars
The hacking community is a diverse lot, and big conflicts have been known to erupt with fury.
Perhaps the most famous was the so-called Great Hacker War in the early 1990s, which featured the Masters of Deception squaring off against the Legion of Doom. Smaller groups were to said have also be
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.
Deutsche Bourse shareholders have until July 13 to tender their shares. Shareholders in the combined c
Top exchanges yearn for LCH.Clearnet
Automated clearing of derivatives has been a huge issue even before Dodd-Frank was passed into law. For the longest time, it has seemed that mandated clearing of derivatives--and perhaps even mandated exchange-based trading--was fait accompli.This raised the profile of the likes of the Intercontin
The future of the Nasdaq OMX CEO
Two strikes for Robert Greifeld. The Nasdaq OMX head whiffed mightily on his aggressive attempt to buy NYSE Euronext via a hostile tender offer. That follows another whiff on an attempt to buy the LSE several years ago. So understandably people are chatting about Greifeld's status at the firm.
BATS still shaking up exchange industry
These are interesting times in the securities exchange industry, given the merger talk and all. BATS, despite its small size, continues to make waves. In February, it agreed to buy Chi-X Europe. In March, it announced it would will begin listing stocks soon in direct competition with the more esta
Nasdaq OMX and ICE might hike their offer for NYSE Euronext
For Nasdaq OMX and the IntercontinentalExcahnge, the narrowing gap between the value of their offer for NYSE Euronext and the value of the NYSE Euronext-Deutsche Bourse deal is causing problems. There is not a lot the company can do about euro-dollar currency fluctuations. Nor can they do much abo
Liquidnet and the limits of independent dark pools
Lost amid large headlines about the NYSE Euronext vs. Nasdaq OMX Holy War, one-year anniversary of the Flash Crash, and the market structure regulatory debate: The 10th birthday of Liquidnet. Happy Birthday!
Liquidnet is hardly a household name. But it is certainly well known on Wall Str
Is NYSE Euronext bungling the Nasdaq OMX-ICE bid?
With every passing day, more NYSE Euronext shareholders seem to be asking management to stop cold-shouldering the tender offer by Nasdaq OMX and the IntercontinentalExchange. The latest comes from FOX Business's Charlie Gasparino, who reports, "I think you see the beginnings of an uprising goi
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 inching closer to that fateful step.
He may have been emboldened by the strong sentiment expressed a
