ICE to acquire MarketAxess in $6 billion deal
The move is set to create a “premier fixed income marketplace”; fixed income traders to benefit from consolidated liquidity, more competitive pricing, and more.
The move is set to create a “premier fixed income marketplace”; fixed income traders to benefit from consolidated liquidity, more competitive pricing, and more.
The deal is set to close in Q4 2026 and will expand the asset manager’s footprint in Australia, adding approximately $33 billion to the firm’s regional fixed income, broad-cap equities and small-cap equities offering.
New hire is set to support Marex in expanding its ETF capital markets business beyond the US; individual previously served at firms including Invesco, Nomura, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and Morgan Stanley.
Europe’s secondary equity markets don’t need a sweeping overhaul, instead incremental reform can boost choice and competition, improve integration and investor outcomes across Europe, writes Alex Dalley, head of European equities at Cboe.
The new rules will come into effect on 3 April 2028, and include changes such as reducing the number of transaction reporting fields and removing FX derivatives from reporting requirements.
The deal marks Marex’s third acquisition this year and is expected to boost the firm’s current equity linked structured products platform.
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Move comes after almost three decades at BlackRock, most recently as co-head of global trading.
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Appointment will be based in Hong Kong; previously held the same role at HSBC for five years.
The past week saw a steady stream of hires across trading and execution desks, including a buy-side global head of trading, as well as two senior appointments and a high touch trader hire.
The new product is HKEX’s only CGB futures contract available in the offshore market and is expected to strengthen Hong Kong’s fixed income, currencies and Renminbi markets.
Deal was initially announced in April 2026 alongside the sale of Cboe Canada; Cboe confirmed that the acquisition of its Canadian exchange is set to close at a later date.
The offering leverages Bloomberg’s RFQe workflow and follows a rule amendment by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
The move will also integrate US equities options market BOX into MEMX; the combined company will operate three options exchanges, one equities exchange and a technology business.
The agreement makes the BSE the eleventh member to join the platform and will provide a single investor gateway for cross-border opportunities between the Middle East and Africa.
The deal will integrate Canoe’s private markets capabilities into Bloomberg’s solutions and aims to address the challenge of fragmented data and intelligence across private markets intelligence.
Move comes after almost three decades at BlackRock, most recently as co-head of global trading.
The new offering will allow institutional investors trading these instruments to access liquidity discreetly and efficiently without losing reach or control.
New hire follows a spate of high touch appointments this year; also previously served at WJB Capital and Leerink Swann & Company.