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
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
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
One of my favourite City lunch companions is a true gentleman, but by his second glass of white burgundy he has barely a civil word to say about Clara Furse. She's destroyed half the City, she's marched the London Stock Exchange up to the top of the hill and down again and she doesn't listen to the very stockbrokers she's meant to work for, he decries. ... more
Lord Levene, chairman of Lloyd’s of London, is wont to say that he represents one area of the financial services industry not dragged down by the financial crisis ... more
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
Dame Clara Furse bows out as chief executive of the London Stock Exchange on the back of a stronger set of figures than analysts had expected and a promise that the capital will be at the centre of the global economic recovery ... more
The London Stock Exchange said trading volumes have risen but values have fallen as it feels the pain from the market crash and the emergence of rivals... more
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
Merrill Lynch’s Bob Wigley seems firmly established as bookies’ favourite to take over from Dame Clara Furse as chief executive of the London Stock Exchange later this year... more
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
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
Markets: The rally in world stock markets petered out as oil prices continued to slide ever closer to $100, and on reports that talks about a Korean-funded bailout for troubled investment Lehman Brothers had ended... more
A report yesterday claimed the number of women in top jobs had fallen. But Antonia Cox argues not all women want to enter the corporate battlefield... more
London Stock Exchange chief Clara Furse suffered a serious setback as Gulf state Qatar signed a $1 billion deal with her arch-rival NYSE Euronext to create a leading financial market in its capital Doha... more
London Stock Exchange boss Clara Furse unveils a record set of results, bolstered by the merger with Borsa Italiana and the introduction of new trading gizmos... more
Morning:
6°c
