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...Private credit groups including Apollo, Ares and Blackstone are poised to write the largest direct loan on record as they continue to muscle in on a lucrative business traditionally dominated by Wall Street...
...It has made large direct investments in US tech companies, including a $3.5bn investment in Uber in 2016 and more than $1bn in electric-car maker Lucid Motors in 2018....
...There’s an extra edge to the golf major this year, courtesy of LIV Golf, the Saudi-bankrolled rival to the US PGA Tour....
...He said he had experienced a similar problem as a board member at Direct Edge, an exchange group that later merged with Bats, which was later bought by CBOE....
...Job moves Ares has appointed Kort Schnabel, a partner and co-head of the firm’s US direct lending strategy, as co-president....
...Brand advertising on YouTube — which had dried up as advertisers turned to direct response formats after the coronavirus crisis hit — also staged a recovery....
...Nor is it because the case comes to a head just as the two find themselves on a political knife-edge in Washington....
...“I expect to see an uptick, as companies that were on the edge have greater risk of falling off the edge quicker, but I don’t believe it will be the Armageddon that everyone thinks,” said Perry Mandarino...
...aggressively into consumer hardware products as part of the internet giants’ strategies to lock more users into their ecosystems of software and cloud-based services, which they hope will in turn give them an edge...
...He wants to be on the bleeding edge of technology, wherever it is.”...
...The figures are affected by many factors, including the level of difficulty the companies set for their vehicles and different ways of measuring the results, weakening the value of direct comparisons between...
...Two people involved in the plan, which has been in the works for about a year, said the need for new competition had become particularly acute since the mutually-owned Bats Global Markets and Direct Edge...
...Instead, they are seeking an edge by deploying “slightly longer-gestation” strategies that predict the market over the course of hours rather than just the next instant....
...Corsair’s other investments include Currencies Direct, a UK-based foreign exchange company, NoteMachine, an ATM operator and Enstar, a Bermuda based insurer....
...Since the last attempt to float, Bats has consolidated its positions in US and European equities trading – the former by merging with Direct Edge in 2013, the latter by launching over-the-counter trade reporting...
...Before Direct Edge, Mr O’Brien held management positions at Nasdaq and worked in the legal department at Goldman Sachs....
...To put this into context, there was only one letter submitted when BATS Global Markets made its application in 2008, and three for Direct Edge in 2009....
...The LME since followed suit but tinkering around the edges of the tried and tested contract formula with regional premiums is highly unlikely to succeed....
...For one, direct mail is a major way in which they acquire customers....
...In 2013, BATS merged with Direct Edge, another upstart competitor in what was the most high-profile consolidation of the crop of new trading venues that arose after US regulators tried to foster competition...
...“Direct Edge and Bats (founded by high-frequency traders) started off by offering free data but slowly they’ve begun to charge,” says one high-speed trading executive....
...Mr Concannon, a former executive at Nasdaq, will replace William O’Brien, who left in July following BATS’s merger and integration with rival Direct Edge....
...In Teachers’ portfolio of direct investments are the operators of the British and Irish national lotteries, plus companies ranging from a biscuit maker to a day care provider....
...The transactions were executed through the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Knight Capital or Direct Edge, according to the indictment....
...Mr O’Brien assumed the role following this year’s merger with Direct Edge where he had served as chief executive....
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