LONDON (Reuters) - Cboe Global Markets Inc said on Thursday it was expanding into Asia by acquiring share trading platforms in Australia and Japan to broaden its footprint in the increasingly competitive sector of financial market data. Cboe said the acquisition of Chi-X Asia Pacific Holdings, comb»»»

S&P Global is to buy IHS Markit for $44 billion in the largest takeover of the year so far. The proposed deal would create a $120 billion financial information powerhouse to rival Bloomberg and London Stock Exchange Group, which last year agreed to buy Refinitiv, the data provider formerly known as»»»