No strategic sense in merging top 2 US bourses
By Paritosh Bansal and Jonathan Spicer |
April 8, 2011, Friday
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AN NYSE Euronext merger with Nasdaq OMX makes little strategic sense whether the Big Board were the buyer or the seller, and antitrust regulators would likely block it, according to a source close to NYSE.
Bringing the top two United States stock exchanges together would face "insurmountable antitrust problems," the source said on Wednesday, suggesting NYSE's board could look beyond the premium Nasdaq has offered and reject Nasdaq's bid outright.
The focus on monopolies shows just how tricky it will be for the world's top exchange operators to pull off a rash of planned tie-ups that would revamp capital markets in North America, Europe and Asia. Just this week, Australia moved to block a buyout of its bourse by Singapore Exchange.
Last week, Nasdaq and IntercontinentalExchange complicated the web of merger plans with a US$11.3 billion bid for NYSE Euronext, topping a friendly US$10.2 billion offer made by Germany's Deutsche Boerse.
A counterbid by NYSE for Nasdaq is "absolutely not under consideration," the source close to the NYSE said, knocking down a media report earlier this week that the exchange operator was considering such an unusual and aggressive move.
A spokesman for the New York Stock Exchange parent company backed that up, saying on Wednesday: "NYSE is not considering a counterbid for Nasdaq." He did not comment on how NYSE views Nasdaq's unsolicited bid.
Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse has no plans to raise its bid for NYSE Euronext, a separate source familiar with the talks said on Wednesday.
All eyes will be on the NYSE board, which is set to meet within a week to decide if Nasdaq's bid is superior to the one made by Deutsche Boerse in February.
Nasdaq's plan, if it could be completed, would lead to massive job losses in New York City and destroy value for NYSE Euronext shareholders, said the first source.
The sources requested anonymity because the talks are not public.
Combining Nasdaq and the NYSE would bring the top two US stock exchanges together with a virtual monopoly on listings, and dominance in trading US cash equities and options.
Bringing the top two United States stock exchanges together would face "insurmountable antitrust problems," the source said on Wednesday, suggesting NYSE's board could look beyond the premium Nasdaq has offered and reject Nasdaq's bid outright.
The focus on monopolies shows just how tricky it will be for the world's top exchange operators to pull off a rash of planned tie-ups that would revamp capital markets in North America, Europe and Asia. Just this week, Australia moved to block a buyout of its bourse by Singapore Exchange.
Last week, Nasdaq and IntercontinentalExchange complicated the web of merger plans with a US$11.3 billion bid for NYSE Euronext, topping a friendly US$10.2 billion offer made by Germany's Deutsche Boerse.
A counterbid by NYSE for Nasdaq is "absolutely not under consideration," the source close to the NYSE said, knocking down a media report earlier this week that the exchange operator was considering such an unusual and aggressive move.
A spokesman for the New York Stock Exchange parent company backed that up, saying on Wednesday: "NYSE is not considering a counterbid for Nasdaq." He did not comment on how NYSE views Nasdaq's unsolicited bid.
Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse has no plans to raise its bid for NYSE Euronext, a separate source familiar with the talks said on Wednesday.
All eyes will be on the NYSE board, which is set to meet within a week to decide if Nasdaq's bid is superior to the one made by Deutsche Boerse in February.
Nasdaq's plan, if it could be completed, would lead to massive job losses in New York City and destroy value for NYSE Euronext shareholders, said the first source.
The sources requested anonymity because the talks are not public.
Combining Nasdaq and the NYSE would bring the top two US stock exchanges together with a virtual monopoly on listings, and dominance in trading US cash equities and options.
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