February 02, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

ICAP's EBS Treasury to help UK local authorities in lending and borrowing

EBS BrokerTec, the electronic Forex and fixed income business of ICAP plc (LON:IAP), announces today that EBS Treasury (known previously as MyTreasury), the liquidity management platform for the corporate treasury community, has been chosen by the UK Municipal Bonds Agency (MBA) to offer electronic inter-authority lending and borrowing in the UK. The platform will support…

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February 02, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Paddy Power, Betfair announce merger completion

Following the court approval of the proposed merger of online betting operators Paddy Power plc and Betfair Group plc, the deal was today completed. As a result, there is a new combined entity named Paddy Power Betfair plc, operating from https://www.paddypowerbetfair.com. Trading in the Betfair Shares on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities and…

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February 02, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

ICAP launches brand new newsroom and media center

It is not just the retail brokers launching new websites. Interdealer broker ICAP plc (LON:IAP), a major platform for institutional trading of interest rates, credit, commodities, equity derivatives as well as FX (via its EBS unit), has launched a brand new website for corporate news and information at https://newsroom.icap.com/. ICAP's new site is a lot more visual than…

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February 02, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

US DOJ requests more information about Tullett Prebon – ICAP deal

Tullett Prebon Plc (LON:TLPR) has earlier today issued an update about the proposed acquisition of the global hybrid voice broking and information business of ICAP plc (LON:IAP). Tullett Prebon said it received a request for additional information and documentary material from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with the transaction. This form of…

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February 02, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CBOE Holdings sees ADV jump 32% MoM in January 2016

CBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE), the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), C2 Options Exchange (C2), CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE), and other subsidiaries, has posted its operating metrics for January 2016, adding its voice to the chorus of companies seeing increased trading activity in the first month of the new year. The average daily…

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February 02, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Bitcoin Group still works on ASX listing application process

Australian Bitcoin miner Bitcoin Group, which in January closed its ASX Bookbuild, is obviously lagging behind its public listing schedule. According to the timing of the company's IPO on ASX in the Second Replacement Prospectus filed in December last year, the trading of Bitcoin Group's shares on ASX on a normal settlement basis was scheduled to…

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