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ICAP plc is a UK-based voice and electronic dealer broker and provider of post trade risk services, the largest in the world carrying out transactions for financial institutions rather than private individuals. ICAP is an abbreviation for ''Intercapital'', a name by which the business was previously known. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. ==History== The company developed from a merger between ''Garban plc'' and ''Intercapital plc'' which created ''Garban-Intercapital plc'' in 1999. ''Intercapital plc'' was originally founded by Michael Spencer in 1986 as ''Intercapital Private Group Limited'' ('IPGL'); in 1998 it was acquired by Exco plc in a reverse takeover and the enlarged business was renamed ''Intercapital plc''. ''Garban plc'' was originally established in the 1970s as the financial services division of ''MAI plc''. Several takeovers followed, starting in 1977 when ''MAI plc'' acquired ''Harlow, Meyer and Co''. ''Mallon & Dorney'' and ''Garvin GuyButler'' were both acquired by 1982 and in 1983, ''Garban LLC'' was acquired giving ''MAI plc'' significant broking interests in the UK and overseas. In 1996, ''MAI plc'' was merged into United News & Media plc: its financial services division was then de-merged and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1998 as ''Garban plc''.〔 The company changed its name from ''Garban-Intercapital plc'' to ''ICAP plc'' in 2001.〔 In 2006 it bought EBS, a major trading platform for foreign exchange.〔(ICAP Agrees to Buy Electronic Currency Broker EBS ), Hamish Risk and Andrew Reierson, Bloomberg, 2006-04-21〕 On 5 December 2007, ICAP acquired Traiana, Inc. for $247 million (£121 million). Traiana is a provider of post-trade processing, client servicing, and trading partner integration solutions for financial institutions. The company is headquartered in London and has a development centre in Tel Aviv, Israel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=425789 )〕 In June 2012 ICAP acquired Plus Stock Exchange plc and relaunched it as the ICAP Securities and Derivatives Exchange (ISDX), one of only six Regulated Investment Exchanges (RIE) in the United Kingdom, the others being the London Stock Exchange (LSE), the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE), the London Metal Exchange (LME), the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and BATS Chi-X Europe. In September 2013, ICAP settled allegations that they had manipulated the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The United States Department of Justice charged three former employees, and ICAP paid $65 million to the U.S.'s Commodity Futures Trading Commission and £14 million ($22 million) to Britain's Financial Conduct Authority. In October 2014, ICAP's in-house legal team was awarded the Legal 500 2014 UK In-House Team Winner in the Litigation category.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.legal500.com/assets/pages/awards/uk/2014/2014-winners-inhouse_announced.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ICAP (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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