According to unofficial sources, CME Group Inc, which is known as the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace offering the widest range of futures and options products for risk management, has recently offered Deutsche Boerse to merge.
For reference sake, Deutsche Börse Group, is a marketplace organizer for the trading of shares and other securities.
CME Group made Deutsche Boerse the mentioned offer before Intercontinental Exchange, CME’s major rival, announced about its decision to purchase NYSE Euronext.
Market Leader reports that Deutsche Boerse used to be planning to purchase NYSE Euronext but later abandoned this idea.
It is important to note that if CME and Deutsche Boerse eventually merge, this will be the merging of the biggest futures exchanges in the USA and Europe.
For reference sake, since the beginning of 2013, CME’s market capitalization has boosted by 15% up to $19.4bn. Deutsche Boerse’s capitalization is up by 1% ($9bn).
The chart below, courtesy of , reflects the current state of affairs in the market of DBOEY:
