New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/08/2011 -- As reported by the Financial Times, some of the largest electronic trading companies have given a qualified welcome to the proposed combination of Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext, warning that while it could “create market efficiencies” regulators had to “mitigate its increased market power”. Their response to the deal, which would create the world’s largest exchange by market capitalization and number of company listings, highlights divisions among market participants over the merits of the combination.

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The European Principal Traders Association, a lobby group made up of 17 such companies, said: “While [we support] the proposed merger ... we believe the competition and regulatory authorities need to mitigate, where possible, the increased market power of the merged entity.”

The EPTA includes the European arms of Getco and Citadel Securities, two Chicago-based market-making firms, and Optiver, IMC and Flow Traders, three Amsterdam-based companies that are among the largest market makers in Europe. The views of the EPTA, set up under the auspices of the US Futures Industry Association, come as exchanges, banks and financial industry associations have been responding to a questionnaire distributed weeks ago by Brussels antitrust authorities probing the proposed deal.

The EPTA said that while a merged Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext clearing businesses would “result in substantial margin efficiencies for market participants”, the combination would still leave them with “little choice as to where their trades are cleared”.

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