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The TRADE reviews the mergers and takeovers that
have caused a stir in the industry. The Unofficial M&A
Awards returns for a second year, as consolidation in
the exchange space raises more than a few eyebrows
and investment in FinTech has never been hotter.
L
ast year, The TRADE introduced the first ever
(unofficial) mergers and acquisitions awards,
featuring some of the biggest deals inked
between major players that significantly impacted
the market and saw some of the industry’s estab-
lished names, such as NEX Group and ITG, become
absorbed into new ownership.
While 2019 may not have lived up to the same
levels of M&A activity witnessed in 2018, there has
nonetheless been no drought of drama and deals
being struck across the industry, most significantly
in the exchange space, where tensions were raised
and bids have flown across the globe, with varying
degrees of success.
With a cast of players including London Stock Ex-
change Group and Hong Kong Exchanges & Clear-
ing, Euronext and Nasdaq, Refinitiv and Liquidnet,
The TRADE’s second (and still very unofficial) M&A
awards runs the rule over the most noteworthy of
this year’s M&A activity so far...
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