NEX Group plc, formerly known as ICAP plc, is a UK-based business focused on electronic

financial market A financial market is a market in which people trade financial securities and derivatives at low transaction costs. Some of the securities include stocks and bonds, raw materials and precious metals, which are known in the financial marke ...

s and post trade business for other

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rather than private individuals. They are known as an inter-broker dealer. The company operates BrokerTec and EBS, respectively among the largest treasuries and

foreign exchange The foreign exchange market (forex, FX, or currency market) is a global decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) market for the trading of currencies. This market determines foreign exchange rates for every currency. By trading volume, it i ...

markets in the world. NEX was listed on the

London Stock Exchange The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange based in London, England. the total market value of all companies trading on the LSE stood at US$3.42 trillion. Its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul's Cath ...

until it was acquired by

CME Group CME Group Inc. is an American financial services company based in Chicago that operates financial derivatives exchanges including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, New York Mercantile Exchange, and the Commodity Exchange. ...

in November 2018.

History

The company developed from a

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between ''Garban plc'' and ''Intercapital plc'' which created ''Garban-Intercapital plc'' in 1999. ''Intercapital plc'' was founded by Michael Spencer in 1986 as ''Intercapital Private Group Limited'' ('IPGL'); in 1998 it was acquired by Exco plc in a

reverse takeover A reverse takeover (RTO), reverse merger, or reverse IPO is the acquisition of a public company by a private company so that the private company can bypass the lengthy and complex process of going public. Sometimes, conversely, the public compa ...

and the enlarged business was renamed ''Intercapital plc''. ''Garban plc'' was established in the 1970s as the financial services division of ''MAI plc''. Several takeovers followed, starting in 1977 when ''MAI plc'' acquired ''Harlow, Meyer and Co''. ''Mallon & Dorney'' and ''Garvin GuyButler'' were acquired by 1982 and in 1983, ''Garban LLC'' was acquired giving ''MAI plc'' significant broking interests in the UK and overseas. In 1996, ''MAI plc'' was merged into United News & Media plc: its financial services division was then de-merged and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1998 as ''Garban plc''. The company changed its name from ''Garban-Intercapital plc'' to ''ICAP plc'' in 2001. In 2006 it bought EBS, a major trading platform for foreign exchange. On 5 December 2007, ICAP acquired Traiana, Inc. for $247 million (£121 million). Traiana is a provider of post-trade processing, client servicing, and trading software for financial institutions. In June 2012 ICAP acquired Plus Stock Exchange plc and relaunched it as the ICAP Securities and Derivatives Exchange (ISDX), one of only six Regulated Investment Exchanges (RIE) in the United Kingdom, the others being the

(LSE), the

London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE, pronounced 'life') was a futures exchange based in London. In 2014, following a series of takeovers, LIFFE became part of Intercontinental Exchange, and was renamed IC ...

(LIFFE), the

London Metal Exchange The London Metal Exchange (LME) is a futures and forwards exchange in London, United Kingdom with the world's largest market in standardised forward contracts, futures contracts and options on base metals. The exchange also offers contracts on ...

(LME), the

Intercontinental Exchange Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) is an American multinational financial services company formed in 2000 that operates global financial exchanges and clearing houses and provides mortgage technology, data and listing services. Listed on the ...

(ICE) and BATS Chi-X Europe. In September 2013, ICAP settled allegations that they had manipulated the

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(LIBOR). The

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charged three former employees, and ICAP paid $65 million to the U.S.'s

Commodity Futures Trading Commission The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the US government created in 1974 that regulates the U.S. derivatives markets, which includes futures contract, fut ...

and £14 million ($22 million) to Britain's

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. In October 2014, ICAP's in-house legal team was awarded the Legal 500 2014 UK In-House Team Winner in the Litigation category. In November 2015, ICAP agreed terms for the disposal of its global hybrid voice broking and information business to Tullett Prebon. The company changed its name from ''ICAP plc'' to ''NEX Group plc'' in December 2016. In March 2018, it was announced that NEX Group would be bought by American

for US$5.5 billion. The acquisition was completed on 2 November 2018.

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