![]() ![]() ![]() A widespread shift to electronic trading and a reduction in global broking activity, however, hit revenues in traditional businesses. ![]() "Today we complete our transformation as we officially launch NEX Group, a technology services company ready to capitalise on the enormous opportunities that technology affords to financial markets in the 21st century," said Michael Spencer, CEO of NEX Group.įrom its roots as a four-person start-up 30 years ago, ICAP rose to become one of the leading global brokers. BGC Partners, which acquired GFI in early 2015, was valued on Thursday at US$2.86bn.įollowing completion of the deal, shareholders of NEX Group own 56% of TP ICAP's enlarged share capital.įor NEX Group, the deal is transformational in moving operations away from ICAP's traditional broking roots and towards financial technology. TP ICAP shares rose 3% to 425p on Friday morning following completion of the deal, giving it a market capitalisation of £2.35bn (US$2.89bn). It creates one of the world's largest brokers by market value and puts Tullett on a firm footing to compete with global broking firm BGC Partners. The deal saw Tullett issue 310m new shares to NEX Group shareholders in exchange for the broker's hybrid voice broking operations including iSwap, Fusion and the ICAP swap execution facility. ![]()
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