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LSE poised to snap up challenger Turquoise

01.10.09
The London Stock Exchange is set to take over Turquoise, the share trading platform set up by nine big investment banks to challenge the Exchange’s dominance in the UK equity market ... more

Redundancies reach Stock Exchange as 133 jobs cut

24.09.09
The spectre of rising unemployment stalking the City struck at its very heart today as the London Stock Exchange said it is making job cuts, hitting one in eight of its staff, or 133 people ... more

A tough call for LSE on dealing with its rivals

10.09.09
When Xavier Rolet took over from the redoubtable Clara Furse as London Stock Exchange chief executive in late spring, the question most observers expected him to tackle first — apart from the need to take cost out of the organisation — was how to compete with the growing number of alternative trading venues such as Chi-X, Turquoise and BATS ... more

Turquoise trading system up for sale

18.08.09
Turquoise, the European share trading system which rivals the London Stock Exchange and was founded by nine investment banks, has been put up for sale ... more

New LSE chief cheers City by slowing revenues drop

15.07.09
Xavier Rolet presented his first update as chief executive of the London Stock Exchange today and it was broadly welcomed by the City... more

Stock market slaps fine on broker for client's 'layering'

29.06.09
The London Stock Exchange has fined an unnamed stockbroking firm £35,000 for allowing a client to rig the market through what is known as "layering" the electronic order book... more

Troubled Charter takes a 17% dive

10.06.09
If there really are green shoots in the global economy, engineering group Charter International certainly isn’t seeing them... more

Exchange’s new chief acts quickly to settle Plus row

29.05.09
Xavier Rolet has been chief executive of the London Stock Exchange for barely a week but he has already cleared a major legal dispute from his in-tray... more

Dame Clara’s LSE swansong sees revenues surge

20.05.09
Dame Clara Furse began her last day as chief executive at the London Stock Exchange by posting results that show share trading levels are improving, in another sign of green shoots in the economy ... more

Regent Inns could quit stock market

24.04.09
Bar owner Regent Inns said it was considering leaving the stock market as it battles to cut costs... more

Flood of firms ditch their listing on AIM

09.04.09
The number of AIM flotations has dived — and the number of companies rushing to delist has soared... more

Crunch turns screw on Macquarie Bank

05.02.09
Banking: One-time London Stock Exchange suitor Macquarie Bank says its profit this year will halve as investment values crash and trading losses mount... more

Turquoise cuts fees for trading again

26.01.09
Finance: Company said the cuts, which come in today, make it “the lowest cost destination for European equity trading”... more

Market report: 3i shares at lowest since floating as deals dry up

16.12.08
Shares in private-equity giant 3i hit the skids for the second day in a row, tumbling to their lowest since floating 14 years ago... more

Turquoise launches drive for new funds

01.12.08
Finance: Turquoise, the rival trading platform to the London Stock Exchange set up by a group of investment banks, is bidding to raise capital through "strategic investment"... more

Balancing game for the LSE

01.12.08
Since the rivals to the London Stock Exchange - the likes of Chi-X, Turquoise and more recently Nasdaq and BATs - launched their attack on the London market the air has been filled with claim and counterclaim about their level of success... more

LSE pulls plug on £500m buyback as shares nosedive

13.11.08
Credit crunch: Shares in the London Stock Exchange (LSE) slumped more than 10% as it halted a £500 million share buy-back and warned of "more difficult and uncertain market conditions ahead"... more

'No sector spared' is the grim warning from Caz

24.10.08
The collateral damage to shares caused by the banking crisis has been laid bare for stock-market investors by Cazenove in its latest UK strategy briefing. It makes grim reading, and shows little scope for short-term improvement.... more

Anger at ban on short-selling as shares rocket up

19.09.08
Markets: Confusion reigned in the City after an emergency move to ban short-selling was launched by the Financial Services Authority last night... more

Footsie fall rivals other gloomy days

15.09.08
The FTSE 100 plunged in one of its worst-ever falls as banks and financials were ravaged on the London Stock Exchange... more

LSE fixes software glitch

09.09.08
Markets: The London Stock Exchange said yesterday's breakdown was down to a software fault rather than high trading volumes as it returned to business as usual... more

I won’t be joining the Mumtrepreneurs

09.09.08
Isn't it exhausting being a working mother?... more

City traders miss out on jackpot

08.09.08
A computer crash has robbed the London Stock Exchange of massive gains... more

Rivals fail to save the day as LSE is hit by a glitch

08.09.08
The London Stock Exchange computer crash brought trading in shares to a halt despite the existence of new rivals... more

Price-setting focus is shifting

18.07.08
Earlier this week Chi-X, the trading platform set up last year as an alternative to the London Stock Exchange, accounted for more than half the trading in Sage, the FTSE 100 software company... more

LSE rival Turquoise sets a date to go live

04.06.08
Share-trading platform set up by nine investment banks will go live in just three months... more

Silver miners Fresnillo's London float fails to shine

09.05.08
Mexican silver mine company Fresnillo floated on the London Stock Exchange at 555p a share valuing the company just short of £4 billion.... more

Waiting for the market tumble

08.04.08
It should be a cause of concern to equity investors that while share markets have been enjoying a rally, debt markets look as sick as ever... more

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