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TMXグループがCboeオーストラリアとCboeカナダの買収に着手

-- トロント証券取引所およびTSXベンチャー取引所を主要事業とするTMXグループ(X.TO)は、水曜日、Cboeグローバル・マーケッツ社からミドルベリー・ホールディングス社(Cboeオーストラリア)およびCboeカナダ・ホールディングス社(Cboeカナダ)を総額3億米ドルで買収する契約を締結したと発表した。 TMXは声明の中で、今回の買収により、資本市場のエコシステム全体にわたる顧客へのサービス提供能力が強化され、グローバルなプレゼンスが拡大し、成長戦略が加速するとともに、カナダの市場参加者にとってのコストと複雑さが軽減されると述べた。 ジョン・マッケンジー最高経営責任者(CEO)は、「CboeオーストラリアとCboeカナダの買収を発表できることを大変嬉しく思います。この買収は、顧客およびすべてのステークホルダー・エコシステムにとって国内市場を強化する絶好の機会であり、同時に、当社が熟知しているこの地域におけるプレゼンスの影響力と範囲を拡大するものです」と述べた。 「円滑な移行を実現するため、業界パートナー各社と協力し、オーストラリア市場全体の発行体および投資家のニーズに応える革新的な方法を模索するとともに、企業成長戦略を加速させる機会を継続的に追求していくことを楽しみにしています。」 TMXは、Cboe AustraliaとCboe Canadaが株式取引プラットフォーム、上場プラットフォーム、市場データソリューションを提供していることに触れ、今回の取引によって鉱業金融における「グローバルな有力企業」が誕生し、カナダ市場参加者の複雑さとコストが軽減されると述べました。 TMXの株価は昨日、カナダ市場で0.28ドル(0.5%)下落し、53.89ドルとなりました。

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