Intercontinental Exchange
American exchange and clearing house company
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| January 2025 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) acquired the American Financial Exchange (AFX), a 100% acquisition from 7RIDGE, which operates the credit-sensitive American Interbank Offered Rate (AMERIBOR) platform connecting over 1,000 American banks and financial institutions. |
| September 2023 | ICE closed the acquisition of Black Knight and completed the previously announced divestitures of Black Knight's Empower and Optimal Blue businesses to subsidiaries of Constellation Software Inc. |
| August 6 2023 | ICE entered into an Agreement Containing Consent Orders (ACCO) with the FTC's Bureau of Competition regarding the Black Knight acquisition, which permitted the completion of the acquisition after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the tenth calendar day after entering the ACCO. |
| April 2023 | The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) petitioned a federal court to issue a preliminary injunction to halt ICE's acquisition of Black Knight. |
| May 2022 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Black Knight, Inc., a software, data and analytics company, in a cash and stock transaction valued at $13.1 billion ($85 per share). |
| December 2021 | ICE acquired risQ, a geospatial and climate data modeling start-up company, following previous partnership collaborations. |
| March 2021 | ICE formed a partnership with risQ to develop climate risk and ESG analytics models for mortgage-backed securities markets. |
| September 2020 | Completed the acquisition of Ellie Mae after receiving regulatory approval, further establishing ICE Mortgage Technology as a leading provider of electronic workflow products for the U.S. residential mortgage industry. |
| August 2020 | ICE announced a definitive agreement to acquire Ellie Mae, a cloud-based mortgage finance platform, for approximately $11 billion from Thoma Bravo private equity firm. |
| January 2020 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced a partnership with risQ to develop climate risk and ESG analytics models for municipal bond markets. |
| September 23 2019 | Bitcoin becomes available for acquisition through ICE's Bakkt platform. |
| September 6 2019 | Bloomberg reports that ICE is close to offering Bitcoin futures trading through its Bakkt unit, which opens its digital-asset custody warehouse. |
| August 2019 | ICE announced an agreement to acquire a family of fixed income volatility indices, including the prominent Merrill Lynch Option Volatility Estimate (MOVE) family of indices. |
| May 2019 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced its agreement to acquire Simplifile, LC, a network connecting mortgage record agents and jurisdictions, for $335 million. The transaction was planned to close in the third quarter of 2019, with Simplifile maintaining its Provo, Utah base and operating under its existing name. |
| 2018 | ICE increased its stake in Euroclear Group from 4.7% to 10% in early 2018. |
| October 2018 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) acquired the remaining equity of Merscorp Holding, Inc., the owner of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS), completing a majority equity acquisition that began in 2016. The acquisition included moving the MERS System infrastructure to the ICE Mahwah data center. |
| May 2018 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced an agreement to acquire TMC Bonds LLC for $685 million in cash, a fixed income marketplace established in 2000 that supports anonymous trading in various asset classes including Municipals, Corporates, Treasuries, Agencies and Certificates of Deposit. |
| April 2018 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced an agreement to acquire the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX), a full-service stock exchange encompassing trading, data, and corporate listings services. The transaction was expected to close in the second quarter of 2018, pending regulatory approvals. |
| January 2 2018 | Intercontinental Exchange completed the acquisition of Virtu BondPoint, adding an integrated, automated platform with a broad set of fixed income instruments to its portfolio. |
| October 2017 | ICE announced an agreement to acquire Virtu BondPoint from Virtu Financial for $400 million in cash, a strategic move to expand fixed income execution services. |
| October 2017 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) acquired a 4.7% stake in Euroclear Group for EUR 275 million, with plans to have a representative join Euroclear's Board. Euroclear is a leading post-trade services provider specializing in cross-border transaction settlements. |
| October 2017 | ICE completed its acquisition of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research Index Platform, rebranding the indices as ICE BofAML indices. |
| October 2017 | ICE sold Trayport to TMX Group in exchange for certain assets and £350 million in cash, following legal challenges to the CMA's ruling. |
| June 2017 | ICE is named to the Fortune 500 as the only exchange operator in the ranking and is also included in the Fortune Future 50 list of top companies positioned for growth. |
| February 2017 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Global Research division's index platform from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, covering fixed income indices representing nearly $1 trillion in assets under management. |
| February 2017 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced an agreement to acquire TMX Atrium, an extranet and wireless services business from TMX Group. The transaction was expected to close within 90 days, subject to regulatory approvals, with an immaterial financial impact on ICE's 2017 financial guidance. |
| 2016 | ICE initially acquired a majority equity interest in Merscorp Holding, Inc., setting the stage for the full acquisition in 2018. |
| October 2016 | ICE completed the all-cash acquisition of Standard & Poor's Securities Evaluations and Credit Market Analysis. |
| October 2016 | The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced its decision requiring ICE to sell Trayport, citing potential substantial lessening of competition. |
| June 2016 | ICE introduced the expanded ICE Data Services, combining exchange data, valuations, analytics, and software from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), SuperDerivatives, and Interactive Data (IDC). |
| March 2016 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) agreed to acquire Standard & Poor's Securities Evaluations, Inc. (SPSE) and Credit Market Analysis (CMA) from McGraw Hill Financial, with most agreement terms undisclosed. |
| December 2015 | ICE acquired Trayport for $650 million from GFI Group, a trading technology platform serving European utility markets that handles 70-80% of European utility trades. |
| December 14 2015 | Completed the acquisition of Interactive Data Corporation, expanding ICE's global market data growth strategy and adding new technology platforms and data services. |
| October 2015 | ICE announced a definitive agreement to acquire Interactive Data Corporation (IDC) for approximately $5.2 billion, including $3.65 billion in cash and $1.55 billion in ICE common stock from Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus. |
| 2014 | ICE spun off Euronext, keeping NYSE and LIFFE, and renamed it ICE Futures Europe. |
| October 7 2014 | ICE completed the acquisition of SuperDerivatives for $350 million. |
| September 2014 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced an agreement to acquire SuperDerivatives, a provider of risk management analytics, financial market data, and valuation services. |
| 2013 | ICE completed the acquisition of NYSE Euronext. |
| December 2012 | ICE announced its plan to buy NYSE Euronext for $8.2 billion, with Jeffrey Sprecher retaining his position as chairman and CEO. |
| February 1 2012 | The European Commission blocked the previous Deutsche merger of NYSE Euronext, citing potential monopoly concerns. |
| May 2011 | Nasdaq and ICE withdrew their bid for NYSE Euronext, citing difficulties in securing regulatory approval. |
| April 10 2011 | NYSE Euronext rejected the initial $11.3 billion offer from ICE and Nasdaq. |
| April 1 2011 | ICE and Nasdaq made an initial $11.3 billion offer for NYSE Euronext. |
| February 2011 | ICE and Nasdaq began speculation about a potential counter-bid for NYSE Euronext, with a market value of $9.75 billion at the time. |
| 2010 | Intercontinental Exchange clears more than $10 trillion in credit default swaps through its subsidiaries ICE Trust CDS (now ICE Clear Credit). |
| April 2010 | Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) acquired Climate Exchange PLC for 395 million pounds ($622 million), which included the European Climate Exchange (ECX). This acquisition expanded ICE's presence in carbon emissions trading markets. |
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