It’s that time of year when many companies review the year and look ahead to the new one. Over the next few weeks look for The Options Insider to highlight some of these accolades and yes, maybe even some disappointments.?
On Wednesday, the IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE:ICE) got the ball rolling with its 2013 accomplishments. They had a long list and we selected some of the relevant ones that we thought you’d like.
One accomplishment included the third straight year of NYSE’s?leadership for global initial public offerings (IPOs) and capital raised. This came with?157 transactions and $59.1 billion raised in total global proceeds ? more than the next three exchanges combined.
In the U.S.,?NYSE?and NYSE MKT combined kept the top spot with 141 IPOs. This raised $55.4 billion?in total proceeds–again, more than three times any other U.S. marketplace.
ICE Chairman and CEO?Jeffrey C. Sprecher, said in a press release,?”ICE has established a global exchange group offering the broadest portfolio of services to customers around the world. ICE’s leadership in risk management has driven increased transparency and security in the global derivatives markets while providing leadership amid significant regulatory change. And our global listings franchises enable the world’s leading businesses to fuel economic growth, job creation and innovation.”
But there’s more…
ICE established itself as the leading global exchange network through these events:
- In November, ICE completed the acquisition of?NYSE Euronext?creating the leading network of markets that span interest rates, equities and equity derivatives, credit, bonds, foreign exchange, energy, metals, and agriculture.
- ICE reached an agreement to acquire the?Singapore Mercantile Exchange?and will become the first Western company to acquire an exchange and clearing house in?Asia, pending regulatory approvals.
- ICE Endex, a Continental European energy exchange for natural gas and power markets, launched in March.
On the new products and services front:
- For energy and agricultural commodities,?ICE launched approximately 140 new energy contracts during the year.?
- For equity options,?NYSE Amex Options and NYSE Arca Options continue leading the industry in exchange group market share with over 27% of normalized equity options market share year-to-date.?
- Mini options contracts in five actively-traded securities and exchange-traded funds had been launched. For the first time, options customers can now trade mini options with 10 share deliverables as opposed to the standard 100 deliverable contracts.
- NYSE Amex and NYSE Arca options exchanges announced a semi-exclusive agreement with Russell Indexes to trade all Russell U.S. index options.
Awards and more awards…
During 2013, ICE’s companies were recognized for achievements by various publications, receiving the following multiple industry awards.
IntercontinentalExchange
- FOW Global Exchange Group of the Year
- FOW U.S. Exchange of the Year?
- FOW European Clearing House of the Year
- FOW Best Innovation by an Exchange
- Energy Risk Clearing House of the Year
- Financial News Best European Clearing House
- Financial News Best Exchange Group
NYSE Euronext
- Uptime Institute’s?Gold Award for the U.S. Liquidity Center
- Waters Technology Best Data Center Provider to the Sell-Side
- Wall Street Letter Best Overall Exchange
- Markets Media Best Exchange?
- NY Office of Emergency Management Private Sector Partner?in Preparedness
- Waters Technology Contract Win of the Year with Russell Indexes
To read more of ICE’s achievements, here’s the full press release.?