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BGC Partners has retaliated within hours of CME Group announcing an increased tender offer for GFI Group at $5.60 per share, offering a non-contingent $5.75 per share offer that can increase up to $5.85 should the tender offer be accepted by the extended 29 January 2015 deadline. This price escalation represents the newest development in a nearly eight-month bidding war for the firm.
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Real and fast money investors were seen buying payers spreads with February and March expiries in iTraxx Main, as flows in credit options this week suggested market participants have ruled out a substantial widening of credit default swap index spreads. -
CME Group has increased its two-tier, front end-loaded tender offer for GFI Group to $5.60 per share, matching BGC Partners’ $5.60 per share all-cash offer announced on 14 January. This price escalation represents the newest development in a nearly eight-month bidding war for the firm.
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The Swiss National Bank shocked markets on Thursday when it abandoned its Sfr1.20 floor on the euro and cut the interest rate on sight deposit balances to minus 0.75%. The SNB and some investor portfolios will suffer big losses.
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What began as a curious geopolitical squall has become a major storm, affecting not just the markets on which it falls but the weather in other asset classes as well. Risk premiums that remained low until the end of 2014 have finally responded to the pressure.
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The way that firms report trade and transaction data under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive could converge before the implementation of MiFID II in January 2017.
