Markit completes acquisition to fortify forex services
Markit, a leading provider of financial information services, has completed its acquisition of DealHub, boosting its capabilities in foreign exchange. The move will provide Markit's customers with access to a broad-based solution for forex connectivity and trading services, trade confirmation and management, clearing, and regulatory reporting. Upon the announcement, Markit added that it could make further acquisitions this year.
Markit (Nasdaq: MRKT), a provider of financial information services, has formally completed its acquisition of DealHub, enabling foreign Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term (FX) solutions and connectivity, according to a Markit statement.

The acquisition was originally announced last month, after Markit layed out plans to acquire the provider of trade processing and trading services for FX markets. Markit had originally been targeting a completion of the acquisition of DealHub by Q3 2015, which finished only a few weeks after the announcement.

Markit has been highly active in the M&A business in 2015, already acquiring Information Mosaic and undergoing secondary share repurchases on its public stock offering this past June.

The group’s acquisition of DealHub will help Markit’s already expanding business in FX – more specifically, it will enable Markit’s customers access to a broad-based solution for FX connectivity, trading services, trade confirmation and management, Clearing Clearing Clearing is a general term that simply means many different things depending on the subject and related industry. Most commonly, this refers to the reciprocal exchange between banks of checks and drafts, and the settlement of the differences, or the total of claims settled at a clearinghouse. In finance and banking, the word clearing has different meanings depending on the more specific business model. Moving checks from the bank where they were deposited to the bank on which they were drawn. Th Clearing is a general term that simply means many different things depending on the subject and related industry. Most commonly, this refers to the reciprocal exchange between banks of checks and drafts, and the settlement of the differences, or the total of claims settled at a clearinghouse. In finance and banking, the word clearing has different meanings depending on the more specific business model. Moving checks from the bank where they were deposited to the bank on which they were drawn. Th Read this Term and regulatory reporting. As per the new structuring, DealHub will also form part of Markit’s Processing division.

Speaking at the time on the acquisition, Brad Levy, Managing Director and Head of Markit’s Processing Division, noted, "DealHub is a great company and highly complementary to Markit’s growing FX processing business. This acquisition adds depth to our FX offering while bringing an exciting set of trading solutions to Markit. Connecting DealHub’s technology to our network will accelerate centralisation of FX trade processes, making it easier for customers to transact.”

Presently, DealHub’s customer base includes global banks, regional banks, interdealer brokers, FX electronic trading venues and asset managers. The way in which 2015 has unfolded, Markit could still be in the market for new acquisitions by year's end.