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LSE says its first half is looking good

29.09.11
The London Stock Exchange says it expects to report a "good first-half set of results", with both share trading and capital raising well ahead of last year... more

London's position as financial centre under threat, says LSE boss

01.08.11
London's position as a global financial centre is under threat from the proposed merger of Deutsche Borse and NYSE Euronext, the chief executive of the London Stock Exchange has said... more

London Stock Exchange may get the chance of a second crack at Liffe

13.05.11
Xavier Rolet, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, is keeping a close eye on rival stock markets' urge to merge even as he pushes his own £4.2 billion deal with Canada's TMX Group forward... more

Disasters and political turmoil boost Icap

31.03.11
Michael Spencer's broking giant Icap enjoyed a strong final quarter to its financial year as political unrest and natural disasters led to highly volatile markets... more

Tesco on losing side in the battle for big retail players

10.02.11
Much has been made of Laura Wade-Gery's move from Tesco to Marks & Spencer to beef up its online offering. The stock market - that great arbiter of value - decided she was worth the equivalent of four Fernando Torres, adding £200 million to Marks' market value after her appointment was announced... more

LSE claims City will be winner in £4.5bn tie-up with Toronto

09.02.11
The London Stock Exchange and TMX Group, which operates the Toronto Stock Exchange, are to merge... more

London Stock Exchange chief hails income rise

27.01.11
Xavier Rolet, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, today said that it had a good third quarter with income rising 6% on a year earlier ... more

Listings spree brings fair share of smiles for the LSE

18.11.10
It wasn’t just France’s drubbing of England at Wembley last night that had Xavier Rolet, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, enthusing today... more

London Stock Exchange to challenge European rivals

18.11.10
The London Stock Exchange will take on Euronext NYSE Liffe and Deutsche Borse next spring when it launches its own equity derivatives market... more

City Spy: FSA watchdog is barking again...

01.11.10
JJB Sports is fined £455,000 by the Financial Services Authority, seemingly for not issuing a prfits warning when it should have done... more

A high-speed ride to share-trade disaster

28.09.10
City Comment: It is very difficult to believe that the capitalist system has been seriously improved by the arrival of computers able to trade in a microsecond... more

LSE ‘on the trail of new partnerships’

20.09.10
The head of the London Stock Exchange expects the firm would soon enter new partnerships amid talk it could tie up with overseas exchanges... more

Take a punt on the LSE to outstrip the spread-betters

06.07.10
Comment: Spread-betting firm IG Index's market capitalisation has overtaken that of the London Stock Exchange for the first time - but their positions will be reversed within a fortnight... more

London Stock Exchange boss sees 'much work ahead'

21.05.10
Xavier Rolet, chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, admits that after a year in the job he still has a long way to go... more

Missed targets on the compliance front

22.04.10
City Comment: Eruptions by Icelandic volcanoes might have proved more spectacular than anything offered by corporate governance in the past few days, but there is still a lot happening just below the surface... more

Share trading on London Stock Exchange plunges as rivals take business

25.03.10
Share trading on the London Stock Exchange plunged last year as it lost business to new rivals... more

LSE’s new boss stays upbeat despite punctured profits

25.11.09
The London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) profits took a battering in the last six months as it fought against new, cut-price competitors jumping in with cheaper, rival electronic share-trading platforms... more

London's new influentials

10.11.09
'The 1000' - the Standard's list of the capital's top movers and shakers - is out tomorrow. Here's a preview of 25 bright sparks who make this year's selection for the first time... more

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

Counting the cost a year after Lloyds' takeover of HBOS

17.09.09
One year ago today, the news broke that Lloyds TSB was going to take over HBOS in a £12.2 billion all-share deal. With the benefit of hindsight, it is still staggering to read the press release issued to the Stock Exchange the following morning, 18 September... more

LSE takes IT in-house

16.09.09
Xavier Rolet stamped his authority as new chief executive of the London Stock Exchange with an £18 million deal to bring the market's key trading technology back in-house... 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

Mixed picture at the London Stock Exchange

15.07.09
The London Stock Exchange posted a first-quarter revenue fall of 8% to £161.9 million as trading declined, but said there is light at the end of the tunnel with the latest figures up 5% on the preceding quarter ... 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

LSE set for Footsie return triumph

05.06.09
Next week’s FTSE reshuffle should mark a glorious start for Xavier Rolet, the new chief executive of the London Stock Exchange ... 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

City welcome for little-known Xavier

20.05.09
When Xavier Rolet was announced as Clara Furse's successor, the instant response from most people outside the equity market was "who?"... more

Rally fan Rolet in the driving seat at LSE

13.02.09
Finance: The London Stock Exchange has marked the end of an era when it named Xavier Rolet as its new chief executive to take over from Dame Clara Furse... more

Rally fan is lined up for LSE driving seat

06.02.09
Finance: The London Stock Exchange is set to switch its leadership from ice maiden to French rally driver... more


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