European Commission blocks proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and London Stock Exchange Group LeapRate

March 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

European Commission blocks proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and London Stock Exchange Group

The European Commission has prohibited the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse AG and London Stock Exchange Group under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission's investigation concluded the merger would have created a de facto monopoly in the markets for clearing fixed income instruments. The proposed merger would have combined the activities of the two largest…

February 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse board expresses confidence in CEO Carsten Kengeter

The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG (DBAG) unanimously expresses its full confidence in the Chief Executive Officer Carsten Kengeter. This is the result of an extraordinary supervisory board meeting on 6 February in which the investigation by the Public Prosecutor has been discussed thoroughly and intensely. These discussions were preceded by extensive conversations with…

January 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Börse Frankfurt expands certificate trading market share in 2016

More than 2.1 million customer orders in structured products were traded via Börse Frankfurt in 2016, amounting to a turnover of €14.8 billion. Activity thus remained comparatively high, even though it was 10% less YoY. Responsibility for trade in the roughly 1.3 million investment and leverage lies with Börse Frankfurt Zertifikate AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary…

January 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse cooperates with Fudan University

Deutsche Börse AG and the School of Management of Fudan University (FDSM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an extended relationship and co-operate in the area of financial education. The common objective is to improve the understanding and knowledge of Chinese and European financial markets. The partners will jointly design and offer…

December 22, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse increases share in Tradegate to 20%

Deutsche Börse AG just announced that is exercising a third and also final call option on shares in Tradegate AG and will thereby increase its approximately 15-percent stake in Tradegate AG to almost 20%. Deutsche Börse AG exercised two call options back in 2014, increasing its then approximately five-percent stake in Tradegate AG to almost…

Bank of China (UK) Limited joins LCH’s SwapClear

December 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

LCH Group announces update on potential sale of LCH SA

Further to the announcement by London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSE) that LSEG and LCH Group Limited are exploring the sale of LCH SA, LCH Group’s French-regulated operating subsidiary, in order to enable LSEG to address proactively anti-trust concerns raised by the European Commission in relation to certain businesses, LSEG and LCH Group announce that they…

December 14, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse AG appoints new management in Group Communications and Media Relations

Kai Fischer is to become Managing Director of Group Communications, and Martin Halusa press officer of Deutsche Börse AG and thus also Head of Department of Media Relations/Newsroom, all with effect from 1 January 2017. Kai Fischer has been at Deutsche Börse since 2008, and has held various management positions in the CFO area. He…

November 08, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

New UBS equity index ETF on S&P 500 with currency hedge launched on Xetra

Deutsche Börse AG has announced that a new UBS Global Asset Management equity index ETF on S&P 500 has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday. ETF name: UBS (Irl) ETF plc - S&P 500 UCITS ETF (hedged to EUR) A-acc Asset class: equity index ETF ISIN: IE00BD34DK07 Ongoing charges: 0.22 percent Distribution…

October 21, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse: Unscheduled free float adjustment in SDAX

Deutsche Börse has announced an unscheduled adjustment to the free float of Capital Stage AG in SDAX. The company’s free float changed by more than 10 percentage points, which was caused by a capital increase due to an acquisition of another company as well as a significant change in shareholder structure of Capital Stage AG.…

October 12, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse: Rocket Internet SE will replace Chorus Clean Energy AG in SDAX

Deutsche Börse AG has announced an extraordinary adjustment in SDAX. The shares of Rocket Internet will replace the shares of Chorus Clean Energy AG. Due to the acquisition of Chorus Clean Energy AG by Capital Stage AG, the free float of Chorus Clean Energy AG changed again and dropped to 5.58%. With a free float…

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