International

• Burgenstock 2007: HSBC Exec Defends Dubai Regs, Projects Growth

  By System Import  |  September 5, 2007

  Swedish exchange and technology group OMX has launched a volley of mud against Borse Dubai, which last month launched an unsolicited $4 billion all-cash bid ...

• Burgenstock 2007: Retail Dominates in Dubai; Eurex Repo Business Surges

  By System Import  |  September 5, 2007

  The Swiss Futures and Options Association (SFOA) has kicked off its 28th Burgenstock Conference, this time from Montreux, on the southern tip of Lake Geneva, ...

• Dubai Gets Yellow Flag: Proceed With Caution in Sweden

  By System Import  |  August 23, 2007

  Within the next 60 days, Borse Dubai will find out if the wrist-slap it got this week from Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA or, to ...

• Will Sweden Let Dubai Get OMX???

  By System Import  |  August 22, 2007

  Now it’s crunch time in Stockholm: Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) is examining Borsa Dubai’s $4 billion cash “bid” for OMX, the Swedish-Finnish exchange that ...

• Egos and Economics in Italy

  By System Import  |  July 31, 2007

  Right before agreeing to be taken over by the London Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana exercised an option on MTS, the pan-European government bond platform that ...

• Italians Grab MTS: LSE Deal Looking Sweet?

  By System Import  |  June 21, 2007

  A bit of overlooked news this week: Italy's Borsa Italiana says it's going to exercise its option on MBE Holdings, which owns 60% of ...

• Dubai, Oman drop Platts

  By System Import  |  May 30, 2007

  I see the government of Dubai has (surprise, surprise) announced that it, like the Sultinate of Oman, will tie its export prices for crude oil ...