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“Ronald Coase, the economist, famously be speaking to you for the first time given that ■ 2005 (October) – NYSE /
observed that private companies are dif- my firm has managed transactions over the past Archipelago close merger, thereby
ferent, because they are not the only year for every single delegate institution here jump-starting the consolidation of liquid-
place to do business. An alternative to today…” ity pools and electronic exchange tech-
costly and complex banks is an atom- nology after several years of stagnation in
ised market, where individuals and How did we get here? The transforma- the battle between old and new trading
institutions do business without a large tional hurricane of the past decade in methods.
financial intermediary. Banks may global financial services seems obvious in ■ 2006 (February) – JPMorgan
merge to survive this inevitable transi- hindsight but was brutal and unforeseen acquires Morgan Stanley, reuniting the
tion; but in the long run many of their by most in the sector as events unfolded. House of Morgan after more than 70