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CBOE to acquire Bats for $3.2 billion in cash and stocks

The Chicago Board Options Exchange has agreed a blockbuster deal to acquire Bats Global Markets for $3.2 billion using a mixture of cash and stocks.

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Bats shares soar on CBOE take over talk

Shares in Bats Global Markets have soared on the back of speculation that it may be acquired by the venerable Chicago Board Options Exchange.

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Bats to extend FX interest with acquisition of Javelin SEF

US exchange operator Bats is to further extend its footprint in the foreign exchange market with a planned acquisition of Swap Execution Facility Javelin SEF.

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US exchanges bid to dampen down trading halts

The three biggest US stock exchanges - Bats, Nasdaq, and Nyse - have drawn up a set of harmonised rules to deal with trade halts during volatile markets.

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Bats to launch European block trading venue

Bats Europe is to license technology from US block trading venue Bids to launch a new service for the European equity market.

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Bats files for IPO, again

Nearly four years after being forced to pull its IPO because of a technical meltdown, US exchange operator Bats Global Markets has filed for a second crack at going public.

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Bats to close its doors to thinly-traded stocks

Bats Global Trading is to close its doors to illiquid stocks, in an initiative intended to address fragmentation of pricing for issuers of thinly-traded securities.

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Bats moves into foreign exchange with Hotspot FX acquisition

Bats Global Market has acquired institutional spot foreign exchange market Hotspot FX from KCG Holdings in a cash transaction valued at $365 million.

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Bats and Direct Edge agree merger

US exchange operators Bats Global Markets and Direct Edge have agreed a merger deal. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

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PE firms buy stakes in Bats

Private equity firms Spectrum Equity and TA Associates have both bought minority stakes in Bats Global Markets from Lehman Brothers Holdings. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

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Bats exchange hit by outage

Bats Global Markets was forced to shut down its largest US exchange for nearly an hour yesterday because of an internal network issue.

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US exchanges push SEC on dark pool curbs

The bosses of three major US exchanges met regulators yesterday to voice their concern about the amount of trading moving away from their public venues to private platforms such as dark pools.