( July 30, 2026, 13:48 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Intercontinental Exchange, a leading provider of financial market technology and data, has agreed to acquire MarketAxess Holdings, an electronic trading platform for global institutional fixed income markets, in a deal with a total equity value of approximately $6 billion, according to a release. "MarketAxess connects approximately 2,100 institutional investors and broker-dealers across more than 90 countries, enabling electronic trading in corporate bonds, municipal bonds, emerging market debt, Eurobonds, U.S. Treasuries, and other fixed income instruments," the companies said. "Together with ICE’s established retail and wealth focused bond trading franchise, deep data and analytics capabilities, and global index business, the combined platform will serve every segment of the fixed income market through a single, unified ecosystem." The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2027.Statement follows below:...
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