NASDAQ Reinforces European Presence - Analyst Blog
22 Giugno 2012 - 6:24PM
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Expanding its derivative index in Europe, NASDAQ OMX
Group Inc. (NDAQ) yesterday announced its plan to build a
new interest rate derivative trading platform – NASDAQ NLX – in
London. The trading platform is scheduled to debut by the first
quarter of 2013.
NASDAQ NLX will operate as a separate entity within NASDAQ.
However, the launch is subject to regulatory approval from the
Financial Services Authority (FSA).
NASDAQ aims to offer a range of both short-term interest rate
and long-term interest rate euro- and sterling-based listed
derivative products. Built on NASDAQ’s Genium INET technology,
NASDAQ NLX will also reap benefits of flexible connectivity,
thereby ensuring low latency processes. Moreover, these products
will make available the cross-margining facilities, which will
further optimize customers' margins calculations.
Particularly, trading customers will now be able to offset the
collateral or insurance that is held by the exchange against other
positions they hold while trading and clearing over-the-counter
(OTC) interest rate swaps. Consequently, traders will be able to
incur less collateral in case of a trading failure. This is a
significant positive feature amid the ongoing soft markets, wherein
banks face stringent capital market rules.
NASDAQ has aligned with LCH.Clearnet, whose strategic
derivatives clearing platform – Synapse will provide clearing and
settlement services for the former’s trading contracts in London.
As a result of NASDAQ’s innovative hedging and pricing strategies,
the company intends to expand its OTC markets with more broad,
accurate and timely settlement of trading contracts.
Gaining Competitive Edge
NASDAQ’s latest plan to launch NLX also elucidates its strategic
move to attain competitive edge in Europe, where derivative giants
including NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYX) and Deutsche
Boerse AG share majority of the market share.
Additionally, with a separate clearinghouse, NASDAQ also expects
to benefit from the horizontal business model, which is in line
with regulations led by Dodd-Frank, EMIR, MIFID II and Basel III,
and eliminates any anti-trust concerns. Hence, we believe this
innovative and pro-competition approach amid the financial turmoil
in Europe could help NASDAQ attain higher efficiencies and
expansion opportunities in the long run.
However, this is not the first time that NASDAQ has looked to
gain a strong foothold in the Europe. Few years ago, NASDAQ had
built its equities trading platform – NASDAQ OMX Europe, which
subsequently turned out to be a failed attempt. Hence, we cast a
neutral outlook on the company’s second attempt and currently
remain on the periphery to assimilate the future development of
NASDAQ NLX.
NASDAQ carries a Zacks Rank #3 that implies a short-term Hold
rating, while the long-term recommendation stands at
Underperform.
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