Intercontinental Exchange's acquisitions have the potential to widen its moat.
Wide-moat Intercontinental Exchange recently announced several acquisitions that leverage a long-held core capability and an emerging strength. Because of Intercontinental Exchange’s position in energy markets, European anticompetition authorities forced the company to sell its Trayport energy trading platform. Intercontinental subsequently announced the sale of Trayport to Canada’s TMX Group in exchange for TMX’s Natural Gas Exchange, Shorcan Energy Brokers, and GBP 350 million in cash. This se...Intercontinental Exchange is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a global operator of regulated exchanges, clearing houses and listings venues, and a provider of data services for commodity, financial, fixed income and equity markets. The company operates regulated marketplaces for listing, trading and clearing an array of derivatives contracts and securities across primary asset classes, including metals, equities, bonds and currencies, and also provides mortgage and technology services. In addition, the company provides data services to support the trading, investment, risk management and connectivity needs of customers. The company has two segments: Trading and Clearing and Data and Listings.
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.
Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.
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