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DWA, a market leader in data analytics, passive indexing and
smart beta strategies, adds to Nasdaq’s robust index portfolio,
bringing model-based strategies and analysis to support the
financial advisor community, and further strengthens Nasdaq’s
position as a leading smart beta index provider in the U.S. As
of December 31, 2016, there are $54 billion in assets under
management in ETPs that track Nasdaq smart beta indexes.
Market Technology
Powering more than 85 marketplaces in 50 countries, our
Market Technology business is a leading global technology
solutions provider and partner to exchanges, clearing
organizations, central securities depositories, regulators, banks,
brokers and corporate businesses. Our Market Technology
business is the sales channel for our complete global offering
to other marketplaces.
During 2016, we launched the Nasdaq Financial Framework to
deliver to our Market Technology clients a single operational
core that ties together Nasdaq’s portfolio of technology
offerings across the trade lifecycle. This portfolio includes
technology solutions for trading, clearing, settlement,
surveillance and information dissemination to markets with
wide-ranging requirements, from the leading markets in the
U.S., Europe and Asia to emerging markets in the Middle East,
Latin America and Africa. Our marketplace solutions can
handle a wide array of assets, including cash equities, equity
derivatives, currencies, various interest-bearing securities,
commodities and energy products.
Our trading and data solutions are utilized by exchanges,
alternative-trading venues, banks and securities brokers with
marketplace offerings of their own. In the post-trade stage, we
offer integrated systems solutions for clearing (risk
management) and settlement (settlement and delivery) of both
cash equities and derivatives to clearing organizations around
the world.
Nasdaq’s market technology is utilized by, among others, ASX
Limited, Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, Borsa Istanbul
Borse Dubai Limited, Bursa Malaysia Berhad, Egyptian
Exchange, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Japan
Exchange Group, Inc., NEX Group plc, SBI Japannext Co.,
Ltd., Singapore Exchange Ltd., SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd and
Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc.
A central part of many projects is facility management and
systems integration. Through our integration services, we can
assume responsibility for projects involving migration to a new
system and the establishment of entirely new marketplaces. We
also offer operation and support for the applications, systems
platforms, networks and other components included in a turn-
key information technology solution, as well as advisory
services.
We also offer broker services through SMARTS. SMARTS is
a managed service designed for brokers and other market
participants to assist them in complying with market rules,
regulations and internal market surveillance policies.
Finally, through BWise, we offer enterprise governance, risk
management and compliance software and services to help
companies track, measure and manage key organizational risks.
Competition
Market Services
We face intense competition in North America and Europe in
businesses that comprise our Market Services segment. We seek
to provide market participants with greater functionality,
trading system stability, speed of execution, high levels of
customer service, and efficient pricing. In both North America
and Europe, our competitors include other exchange operators,
operators of non-exchange (less-heavily regulated) trading
systems and banks and brokerages that operate their own
internal trading pools and platforms.
Examples of registered exchanges that compete with our
options markets in the U.S. include: Bats BZX Exchange, Inc.,
or Bats BZX; Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc., or Bats EDGX; BOX
Options Exchange LLC; Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated, or CBOE; C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated;
Miami International Securities Exchange; MIAX Pearl, LLC,
or MIAX Pearl; NYSE Arca, Inc., or NYSE Arca; and NYSE
MKT, which operates the NYSE Amex options business.
Examples of registered exchanges competing with our cash
equities markets in the U.S. include: Bats BYX Exchange, Inc.,
or Bats BYX; Bats BZX; Bats EDGA Exchange, Inc., or Bats
EDGA; Bats EDGX; NYSE; NYSE Arca; NYSE MKT; and
The Investors Exchange LLC. In addition to competition from
these exchanges, we face competition from ATSs and other less-
heavily regulated broker-owned systems, some of which are
also known as “dark pools,” and from other types of OTC
trading.
Registered exchanges that compete with our cash equities
markets in Europe include: BATS Trading Limited; Euronext
N.V.; Deutsche Börse A.G.; and London Stock Exchange Group
plc, or LSE. We also intensely compete with MTFs, such as that
operated by Turquoise Global Holdings Limited. Examples of
our competitors in the trading and clearing of options and
futures on European equities include: the Eurex Group
companies operated by Deutsche Börse A.G., or Eurex; ICE
Futures Europe; and the MTF operated by Turquoise Global
Holdings Limited. Competition among exchanges for trading
European equity derivatives tends to occur where there is
competition in the trading of the underlying equities. In addition
to exchange-based competition, we face competition from OTC
derivative markets.
The implementation of MiFID II and MiFIR over the next
several years is expected to lead to further competitive pressure
on our European trading business. MTFs are already attracting
a significant share of electronically matched volume. With the
regulatory environment likely to become more favorable to
alternative trading venues, we expect such venues to compete
aggressively for the trading of equity securities listed on our
Nordic exchanges. Electronic trading systems pursuing block
business will also remain active in Europe. In responding to
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