JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 25, 2024

On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the final revised rules governing premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act. Although the new HSR filing requirements do not affect which transactions require HSR. By: Lowenstein Sandler LLP

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CNBC: Investing

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Advanced Micro Devices and Pinterest turned up on the firm's list of names that offer growth at a reasonable price.

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JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced that the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") Act filing thresholds will increase again in 2024. The higher thresholds are expected to take effect on March 6, 2024, and will remain in effect through early 2025. Annual increases in U.S. By: Jones Day

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CNBC: Investing

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Trivariate Research says this pair trade offers a way to capitalize on postelection optimism heading into 2025.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual update to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing thresholds. The new thresholds will take effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register and will remain in effect until the next annual change in early 2025.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 18, 2024

On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously issued a final rule updating the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) premerger notification process (the Final Rule). The Final Rule is expected to go into effect in January 2025. At long last, we have a rule. By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced a final rulemaking on a unanimous vote that will expand the reporting requirements for mergers and acquisitions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”). The new reporting requirements will go into effect after the new year in mid-January 2025.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 11, 2024

On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published the final version of changes affecting Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) reporting requirements, which were the subject of a previous Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 16, 2024

For the first time in over 45 years, the Federal Trade Commission (in collaboration with the U.S. These changes likely will go into effect mid-January 2025 (90 days after publication in the Federal Register); any HSR filings submitted after the effective date will have to comply with the new form.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice (“DOJ”), issued the rules amending Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Form for Certain Mergers and Acquisitions and related instructions on October 10, 2024.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Effective mid-January 2025, the FTC’s new HSR notification process will significantly increase the time and content required to file M&A notifications under the HSR Act.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Effective mid-January 2025, the FTC’s new HSR notification process will significantly increase the burden and cost of filing M&A notifications under the HSR Act.

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Global Banking & Finance

JUNE 14, 2024

Preparing for the European Accessibility Act: The Countdown to 2025 By Hilary Stephenson, Managing Director of Nexer Digital As the deadline for the European Accessibility Act (EAA) approaches, banks and financial services firms trading within Europe find themselves at a crucial juncture.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The London Stock Exchange (LSEG) saw overall growth across its key businesses in 2023, with considerable improvement across data and analytics, capital markets, and in particular, post-trade. LSEG labelled 2023 an “outstanding” year for post-trade, having seen significant strategic progress. rise year-on-year as compared to 2022.

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CNBC: Investing

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Nishant Pant gives a bullish call spread trade on the iShares Biotechnology ETF.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has confirmed that the selection procedure for the bond CTP will begin on 3 January with a decision made by early July 2025, six months after the launch. The CTP for shares and exchange traded funds ETFs will initiate in June 2025 with plans for a decision on by the end of 2025.

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Global Banking & Finance

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Analysts recalled that the assumption that the Fed would reduce its level of 2025 easing had propped up […] By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) -The U.S.

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The TRADE

MARCH 27, 2024

The European Commission has rushed to implement a last minute draft revision to its Mifir text to plug a dark trading loophole caused by a clerical error. Following the changes, dark trading market share increased modestly and then plateaued much like the activity seen in the US which does not use caps also.

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Global Banking & Finance

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By Emma Farge and Joanna Plucinska GENEVA (Reuters) -Global airline body IATA forecast industry-wide 2025 revenue of more than a trillion dollars and record passenger numbers on Tuesday, despite what its chief Willie Walsh said were “unacceptable” difficulties in securing new planes.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 29, 2023

All of these use cases should continue to proliferate next year, especially as we see the industry trend towards a heightened focus on trading costs, the rise of multi-asset trading and the continued liquidity demands. Credit trading provides a good example of the benefits, where RFQ negotiation and trading can all be automated.

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The TRADE

MARCH 28, 2024

The UK’s Accelerated Settlement Taskforce has recommended a two-phased approach to shortening the settlement cycle beginning with operational changes in 2025 and a full transition by the end of 2027. More than 80 trade associations and industry participants have volunteered to support the Technical Group.

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The TRADE

MARCH 21, 2024

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released findings from an industry-wide settlement cycle consultation, presenting various viewpoints on exchange trading hours in the context of a shift to T+1. ESMA did note that, overall, views on whether T+1 should be pursued are “quite mixed”.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 22, 2024

UK-based asset manager Artemis has selected Northern Trust to provide outsourced trading services for its equities and derivatives activity, effective January 2025. Northern Trust will support all trading activity for Artemis’ equity funds under management and all related over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives.

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Global Banking & Finance

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Following the results of the US elections, US-China relations will remain tense and continue to fragment global trade A renewed but contained trade war could bring nominal global trade growth below 5% in 2026 (-0.6pp), with USD67bn of exports at risk in Europe and China in 2025-26 (half of the global total).

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2024

The transition will begin in Q2 2025 and will be made up of phases over several years. Aladdin picked up the Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Trading Technology Provider at Leaders in Trading 2023. The post Franklin Templeton taps BlackRock’s Aladdin for OMS appeared first on The TRADE.

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CNBC: Investing

DECEMBER 20, 2024

DocuSign and IBM-spinoff Kyndryl are among the stocks that are trading at attractive valuations amid the recent run-up in tech names.

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Global Banking & Finance

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

(Reuters) – Fintech Revolut said on Monday it has got a UK trading license from the British financial regulator that will allow the company to offer trading of UK and EU-listed stocks and exchange-traded funds from 2025.

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The TRADE

JULY 18, 2024

The Green Impact Exchange (GIX) is on track to becoming the first sustainability-focused securities exchange in the US to file with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and if approved, could begin operations in early 2025. It means your company is sincere in its motivation to follow through on those promises.

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Global Banking & Finance

OCTOBER 24, 2024

(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs expects oil prices to average $76 a barrel in 2025 based on a moderate crude surplus and spare capacity among major producers, with concerns easing over a potential disruption in Iranian supply, it said in a note on Tuesday. “Overall, we still see the medium-term risks to our $70-85/bbl range […]

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Global Banking & Finance

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Dell forecasts upbeat fiscal 2025 on AI server demand By Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) -Dell Technologies forecast annual revenue and profit above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, betting on demand for its artificial intelligence servers, sending the company’s shares up more than 16% in after-hours trading.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2024

The shift to T+1 in the US can largely be described as a success – affirmation rates remain comfortably high, fail rates have stayed reasonably low and FX trades don’t appear to have shifted to bilateral settlement as feared. Depending on the day of the week or the settlement cycle used it’ll be more expensive to trade.”

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Global Banking & Finance

DECEMBER 16, 2024

By Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) – The year ahead is shaping up badly for Europe with its financial markets already hit hard by U.S. tariff fears and political turmoil in France and Germany, yet some investors are calling peak pessimism and hunting for bargains amid the gloom. European stocks are set to underperform the U.S. […]

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Global Banking & Finance

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

By Linda Pasquini and Ozan Ergenay (Reuters) –Hugo Boss‘ on Tuesday reported that its third-quarter operating profit slightly exceeded expectations, but said it wouldn’t reach its revenue and profit growth targets for 2025 amid tepid demand, sending shares lower in morning trading.

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Global Banking & Finance

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Four of the six central banks overseeing the 10 most heavily traded […]

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2024

First reported by Wall Street Journal, TXSE is aiming for a launch at the start of 2025 and host its first listing in 2026. The TRADE understands that BlackRock has taken a minority investment. The post BlackRock and Citadel Securities back new Texas-based challenger exchange appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2024

MIAX has gained approval from the US Securities and Exchange (SEC) for its new US options electronic exchange and physical trading floor, MIAX Sapphire. The physical trading floor is expected to go live in 2025 and will be the first national securities exchange to be established in Miami, Florida.

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The TRADE

JULY 8, 2024

Set to launch in the fourth quarter, the VWAP-X service will be made available through block trading platform Cboe BIDS Europe and will give users a greater chance of sourcing and matching liquidity at a forward benchmark price. Trades will be reported in real time as off-book on-exchange executions.

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