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Merger of ASX and SGX Team: Ameya, Janhavi, Jason, Prabodh, Zaheed
Industry Background
The stock market industry was undergoing consolidation. Example: Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext Competition in the industry was increasing duet to: advancement and integration of financial markets, technology and globalisation Government regulations were constricting the working of stock exchanges
ASX
Amongst worlds top-10 listed exchange groups by market cap Activities include primary and secondary market services, central counterparty risk transfer, and securities settlement for both, equities and fixed income products Diverse domestic and international customer base
5th largest stock exchange by market cap (US$12.3 billion) offering access to more than 2,700 listed companies from 20-plus countries Entity to operate out of Sydney and Singapore
15 BoD members including 4 Australians
Approvals Required
1. Wayne Swan, Treasurer of Australia 2. Australian regulatory approval: to allow an acquisition by SGX of more than 15 percent of the shares in ASX 3. ASX and SGX shareholders 4. Monetary Authority of Singapore 5. Court approval
Investors factoring in The regulatory risk Lower benefit to ASX shareholders due to inability to give franked dividends
50.00
15.00
45.00
13.00
40.00
11.00
35.00
9.00
30.00
7.00
25.00 2010-07-05
5.00 2010-11-05 ASX 2011-03-05 Offer Price 2011-07-05 Adj. Offer Price SGX 2011-11-05
1. Changing the board structure to have 5 ASX directors, 5 SGX directors and 3 foreign ones. 2. Answering over 100 queries from the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB), who were the advisors to the Australian treasury 3. Lobbying efforts: David Gazard, Cameron Milner and senior investment bankers
Why Blocked?
Merger blocked on 5th April 2011
Reasons given by Australian Government and Treasury Perception of takeover not a merger Risk to Australias financial markets Financial sector job loss Singapore will benefit and not Australia
Team Perspective Emotional and Xenophobic response Not enough lobbying by SGX Singapore Government holding 23% shares in SGX Market too not happy with the merger Merger would have failed anyway