London Stock Exchange

512 results about this entity

Period: 01 Nov 2004 - 12 Nov 2024

Furse calls for regulators to intervene on vertical silos

London Stock Exchange (LSE) chief executive Clara Furse has called on the UK's regulators to act to prevent a "domino effect" of spreading anti-competitive behaviour in the exchange clearing business.

European securities depositories to launch settlement venture

A group of seven European central securities depositories (CSDs) are gearing up to launch a joint venture aimed at cutting settlement costs across the region in accordance with the European Commission's voluntary code of conduct.

Liffe confirms clearing house plan

London-based derivatives exchange Liffe has confirmed plans to establish its own clearing house and says it will renegotiate contract terms with its current supplier LCH.Clearnet.

Rainbow in talks with LSE over EDX

Rainbow - the European exchange being set up by investment banks - has approached the London Stock Exchange about taking over the bourse's EDX derivatives business and making it the basis of its new trading platform.

LCH.Clearnet backs down on SIS x-clear access

LCH.Clearnet has backed down in its stand-off with Swiss central counterparty SIS x-clear over free access to the London Stock Exchange's equity business as required under the EC's voluntary code of conduct but has attacked European rivals for failing to cooperate.

Domestic exchanges squeezed as post-MiFID fragmentation hits - Reuters

Equity trading data collected by Reuters since the introduction of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) in November indicates "considerable fragmentation" of the European equity market, with new entrant MarkitBoat making substantial inroads into the publication of trades once carried by domestic exchanges.

Turquoise hires former LSE compliance manager Werner

Bank-backed equities trading venue Turquoise has added Ian Werner - a former compliance and investigations manager at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) - to its senior management team.

LCH.Clearnet blocks SIS x-clear

Swiss central counterparty SIS x-clear has been forced to delay the launch of its UK equity clearing service after LCH.Clearnet refused to allow it free access to the London Stock Exchange's equity business as required under the EC's voluntary code of conduct.

TowerGroup names five to survive exchange consolidation

By 2012, the exchange-trading business will be dominated by five global powerhouses marketing a range of services to the securities industry, according to forecasts from TowerGroup.

LCH.Clearnet licenses IT&e risk management technology

European clearing house LCH.Clearnet is implementing risk management technology supplied by Sydney-based IT&e Limited.

Infolect glitch hits LSE trading

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) was forced to extend trading by over an hour yesterday after a technical issue with its real-time data delivery application Infolect threw the market into confusion.

Dubai and Qatar mulling LSE/OMX share swap deal - reports

In a move that could secure the future of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), Borse Dubai and the Qatari Investment Authority (QIA) are reported to be in talks regarding a possible swap deal involving their respective shareholdings in LSE and OMX.