EC opens probe into Deutsche Börse-NYSE merger

Comments (0) | 5 Aug 2011 | Rating | Print by Tim Human

Exchanges remain confident deal will be approved as deadline of December 13 is set for completion of new investigation

The European Commission (EC) has opened an expected in-depth investigation into the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext.

Following an initial investigation, the commission says it found ‘competition concerns in a number of areas, in particular in the field of derivatives trading and clearing’.

The EC is ...

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