Goldman Sachs

421 results about this entity

Period: 04 Feb 2004 - 19 Nov 2024

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Banks to launch European derivatives exchange

Banks to launch European derivatives exchange

Following the establishment of the bank-backed European equities trading platform Turquoise, a group of seven global investment banks are now gearing up to a launch a pan-European financial derivatives exchange - dubbed Project Rainbow - that will compete with the region's established markets, including Liffe and Eurex.

Markit buys Boat

Markit buys Boat

UK market data vendor Markit has confirmed that it has acquired the Boat MiFID-compliant trade reporting platform from the consortium of nine investment banks that launched the system in September 2006. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

RiskMetrics prices shares at $17-$19 for IPO

RiskMetrics prices shares at $17-$19 for IPO

New York financial analytics outfit RiskMetrics Group says it will sell a total of 14 million shares at an estimated price of $17-$19 apiece in its forthcoming initial public offering (IPO).

Banks, trading firms take minority stake in Chi-X

Banks, trading firms take minority stake in Chi-X

A group of 13 banks and trading firms has taken a minority equity stake in Instinet's MiFID-compliant alternative trading facility, Chi-X Europe.

Nyse Euronext developing bond trading platform - report

Nyse Euronext developing bond trading platform - report

Nyse Euronext is working on the development of a bond trading platform that can handle fixed-interest securities from both the US and Europe, according to a report by French newspaper L'Agefi

Markit buys IIC; to acquire CDS IndexCo

Markit buys IIC; to acquire CDS IndexCo

Acquisitive UK market data vendor Markit has bought out International Index Company (IIC), owner of the the iTraxx indexes, and has also agreed a deal to acquire CDS IndexCo which owns the CDX indexes. Financial terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed.

Nyse Euronext teams with Bids for block trading JV

Nyse Euronext teams with Bids for block trading JV

Exchange operator Nyse Euronext is establishing a block trading joint venture with Bids Holdings, the Wall Street consortium that is setting up its own alternative platform for equity block stock trading.

Wall Street firms pay $180 million to buy back into TradeWeb

Wall Street firms pay $180 million to buy back into TradeWeb

Nine Wall Street firms are to pay Thomson Financial $180 million to purchase a minority stake in electronic fixed income platform TradeWeb.

Bank of America, Credit Suisse and UBS join Opus-5 144A securities platform

Bank of America, Credit Suisse and UBS join Opus-5 144A securities platform

Bank of America, Credit Suisse and UBS have joined Opus-5, a bank-backed electronic trading platform for unregistered securities.

Boat gears up for November launch; Turquoise board appointed

Boat gears up for November launch; Turquoise board appointed

Project Boat, the European trade reporting platform that is being established by nine City investment banks, will start reporting two-thirds of the EU's off-exchange share trades when it launches in November.

Goldman takes minority stake in Direct Edge ECN

Goldman takes minority stake in Direct Edge ECN

US investment bank Goldman Sachs is acquiring a minority equity interest in Knight Capital's Direct Edge ECN. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Lehman introduces vendor access to liquidity pool

Lehman introduces vendor access to liquidity pool

US investment bank Lehman Brothers is expanding access to its dark liquidity platform Liquidity Cross (LX) by enabling clients to route orders from third party vendor systems.

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