Intercontinental Exchange Inc. - ICE STOCK NEWS

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) has launched a new suite of indices for the Australian residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) market. These indices are designed to provide comprehensive and transparent benchmarks for tracking the performance of AUD-denominated RMBS. The suite includes five indices:

• ICE Australian RMBS Composite Index (ARMBS)
• ICE AAA Australian RMBS Index (ARMBSAAA)
• ICE BBB and Lower Australian RMBS Index (ARMBLOW)
• ICE AAA Prime Core Australian RMBS Index (ARMBSA3P)
• ICE AAA-AA Prime Australian RMBS Index (APRMBHI)

These market cap weighted indices are accessible through ICE's Custom Index Tool, enabling various applications such as research, benchmark construction, and designing new financial products. The launch aims to provide greater transparency and performance evaluation for the Australian RMBS market.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, has announced that its Chair and CEO, Jeffrey C. Sprecher, will be presenting at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia & Technology Conference. The presentation is scheduled for Monday, September 9 at 5:25 p.m. ET.

Investors and interested parties can access the live presentation and replay via webcast through the investor relations and media section of ICE's website at http://ir.theice.com/. This event provides an opportunity for stakeholders to gain insights into ICE's strategies and performance directly from its top executive.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) has announced a collaboration between ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) and Space Intelligence to launch the ICE Commodity Traceability Service (ICE CoT). This platform aims to facilitate trade compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) for cocoa and coffee imports. Key features include:

1. Automation of due diligence information submission and validation
2. Integration of Space Intelligence's geospatial mapping to identify deforested areas
3. Farm and physical flow validation methodologies
4. Pilot phase for validating farm geolocation data

ICE CoT is expected to launch by the end of 2024, supporting the world's largest cocoa and coffee trading markets on ICE's platform.

ICE's First Look at July 2024 mortgage performance shows a 12 basis point decrease in the national delinquency rate to 3.37%. Despite this overall improvement, Houston saw an increase due to Hurricane Beryl's impact. Key findings include:

- Serious delinquencies rose 1.1% but remain 7% lower year-over-year
- Foreclosure starts increased 30%, partly due to a multi-year low in the previous month
- Active foreclosure inventory remains 34% below pre-pandemic levels
- Prepayment activity reached its highest level since September 2022

The report also highlights state-specific data, with Mississippi leading in non-current and 90+ days delinquent percentages, while Colorado has the lowest non-current percentage.

Space Intelligence, a provider of high-accuracy nature mapping from satellite data, has secured Series A funding led by AzurX Space Ventures (ASV) with participation from Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE). The funding will expand Space Intelligence's global forest mapping catalog to support forest carbon projects and nature impact monitoring across corporate supply chains.

The company aims to address climate and biodiversity crises by providing accurate, independent data on land and forest cover. Space Intelligence's nature data catalog currently spans 640 million hectares across seven countries, offering information on land cover, deforestation, and regrowth. By Q2 2025, the dataset will expand to cover 35+ additional countries, becoming the largest audit-grade nature mapping dataset available.

ICE has announced significant enhancements to its Encompass digital mortgage lending platform. The updates aim to help lenders improve productivity, lower operational costs, and provide more value to homebuyers. Key features include:

1. Expanded capabilities for offering affordable lending solutions
2. Tools to determine borrower eligibility for HUD affordable loan programs
3. Streamlined document management and data integrity improvements
4. Automated disclosures generation
5. Simplified underwriting process through integration with ICE Data & Document Automation™ and ICE Mortgage Analyzers™

These updates are part of ICE's ongoing efforts to digitize the housing finance lifecycle and address current affordability challenges in the market.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) and OPEN have launched the NYSE® OPEN Venture Capital Unicorn® Index (NYSEOVC), a new benchmark tracking 50 large U.S.-based, privately held unicorn companies. This index represents a significant step in bridging public and private markets, offering enhanced transparency and insights into high-growth venture-backed private companies.

The index uses OPEN's innovative approach to valuing private companies and ICE's robust index calculation services. It aims to provide deeper insights into the performance and valuation dynamics of leading private venture capital companies, particularly those valued at over $1 billion. This collaboration between OPEN and ICE is designed to democratize access to private markets and empower investors with tools to monitor and participate in the growth potential of groundbreaking companies.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) has announced a registered exchange offer for its outstanding 3.625% Senior Notes due 2028. The offer allows holders of unregistered notes to exchange them for an equal principal amount of registered notes under the Securities Act of 1933. Key details include:

- Expiration date: September 9, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
- Expected settlement date: September 11, 2024
- Exchange Agent: Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
- The terms of the new notes are identical to the original ones, except for transfer restrictions and registration rights

The exchange offer is being made pursuant to a prospectus filed with the SEC on August 9, 2024. This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy securities.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) announced that Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE: TWO) has chosen ICE's Encompass digital mortgage platform to support their new direct-to-consumer recapture originations channel. This decision is part of Two Harbors' strategy to retain servicing customers when interest rates drop and borrowers refinance. Two Harbors, now the eighth largest servicer of conventional loans in the U.S. after acquiring RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing in 2023, selected Encompass for its configurability and rapid implementation.

Bill Greenberg, Two Harbors' President and CEO, highlighted the platform's efficiency, stating they were able to offer loans to RoundPoint customers within months of choosing Encompass. The partnership aims to leverage ICE's integrated technology ecosystem for enhanced capabilities and customer benefits.