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MLex Comment: Before probing Deutsche Börse ‘silo,’ EC must weigh NYSE market impact, efficiencies

By Ludmilla Le Grand and John Rega ( May 9, 2011, 13:30 GMT | Comment) -- Deutsche Börse's deal for NYSE Euronext has revived debate over the Frankfurt exchange's integration with post-trade clearing and settlement. Before weighing competition concerns over the ‘vertical silo,’ European merger regulators must first examine whether the tie-up alters the structure of today’s markets. Even then, the companies’ claims of efficiencies would need to be considered.Deutsche Börse's deal for NYSE Euronext has revived debate over the Frankfurt exchange's integration with post-trade clearing and settlement. But that may not be the first issue needing examination by European competition regulators....

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