London Stock Exchange Group

London Stock Exchange Group plc
Public limited company
Traded as LSE: LSE
FTSE 100 Component
Industry Financial services
Founded 2007 (2007)
Headquarters Paternoster Square
London, EC4
United Kingdom
Key people
Donald Brydon (Chairman)
Xavier Rolet (CEO)
Products Stock exchanges
Revenue £ 1,657.1 million (2016)[1]
£ 685.8 million (2016)[1]
£ 192.9 million (2016)[1]
Divisions Borsa Italiana
London Stock Exchange
Website LSEG.com
The London Stock Exchange, Capel Court, in use from 1802 to 1972
Former LSE premises in Threadneedle Street, in use from 1972 to 2004
Paternoster Square. The London Stock Exchange has occupied the building that takes up much of the right side of this picture since 2004

The London Stock Exchange Group plc is a British-based stock exchange and financial information company. It is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It owns the Borsa Italiana, MillenniumIT,[2] Russell Investments, FTSE International, Exactpro, majority stake in LCH, majority stake in MTS and the London Stock Exchange.

History

The London Stock Exchange was founded in Sweeting's Alley in London in 1801.[3] It moved to Capel Court the following year.[3]

In 1972 the Exchange moved to a new purpose-built building and trading floor in Threadneedle Street. Deregulation, sometimes known as "big bang", came in 1986 and external ownership of member firms was allowed for the first time.[3] In 1995 the Alternative Investment Market was launched and in 2004 the Exchange moved again, this time to Paternoster Square.[3]

Nasdaq built up a stake of over 30% in the Exchange in 2007 in a failed attempt to acquire it. It has since sold its investment.[4]

In 2007 the Exchange acquired the Milan-based Borsa Italiana for 1.6bn euro (£1.1bn; $2bn) to form the London Stock Exchange Group plc. The combination was intended to diversify the LSE's product offering and customer base. The all-share deal diluted the stakes of existing LSE shareholders, with Borsa Italiana shareholders receiving new shares representing 28 per cent of the enlarged register.[5]

On 16 September 2009, the London Stock Exchange Group agreed to acquire Millennium Information Technologies, Ltd., a Sri Lankan-based software company specialising in trading systems, for US$30m (£18m). The acquisition was completed on 19 October 2009.[6]

On 9 February 2011 TMX Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange agreed to join forces with the London Stock Exchange Group in a deal described by TMX head Tom Kloet as a 'merger of equals' (though 8/15 board members of the combined entity will be appointed by LSE, 7/15 by TMX).[7] The deal, subject to government approval would create the world's largest exchange operator for mining stocks.[8] In the UK the LSE Group first announced it as a takeover, however in Canada the deal was reported as a merger.[9] The provisional name for the combined group would be LTMX Group plc.[10] On 13 June 2011, a rival, and hostile bid from the Maple Group of Canadian interests, was unveiled for the TMX Group. This was a cash and stock bid of $3.7 billion CAD, launched in the hope of blocking the LSE Group's takeover of TMX. The group was composed of the leading banks and financial institutions of Canada.[11] The London Stock Exchange however announced it was terminating the merger with TMX on 29 June 2011 citing that "LSEG and TMX Group believe that the merger is highly unlikely to achieve the required two-thirds majority approval at the TMX Group shareholder meeting".[12]

In July 2012, the LSE bought a 5% stake in Delhi Stock Exchange.[13]

On 2 June 2014, the LSE became the 10th stock exchange to join the United Nation's Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative.[14][15][16]

On 26 June 2014, the LSE announced it had agreed to buy Frank Russell Co., making it one of the largest providers of index services.[17]

In January 2015, Reuters reported that the London Stock Exchange Group planned to put Russell Investments up for sale, and estimates the sale will produce $1.4 billion per unit.[18]

In March 2016, the company announced it had reached an agreement with Deutsche Börse to merge. The companies will be brought under a new holding company, UK TopCo, and will retain both headquarters in London and Frankfurt.[19] On 25 February 2017, the London Stock Exchange Group PLC stated it wouldn't sell its fixed-income trading platform in Italy to Deutsche Börse AG, to appease anti-trust concerns. The planned merger between the two exchanges, which was estimated to create the largest exchange in Europe, was subsequently described as "at risk" by the Wall Street Journal.[20] The merger attempt was blocked by EU Competition Regulator on 29 March 2017 stating that "The Commission's investigation concluded the merger would have created a de facto monopoly in the markets for clearing fixed income instruments".[21]

Principal subsidiaries

Principal subsidiaries areas follows:[22]

Principal activity Country of

incorporation

% equity and

votes held

Held directly by the Company:
London Stock Exchange Recognised investment exchange UK 100
Held indirectly by the Company:
BIt Market Services Retail information services and market technology Italy 99.99
Borsa Italiana Recognised investment exchange Italy 99.99
Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia CCP clearing services Italy 99.99
Exactpro Quality assurance provider Russia 100
FTSE International Market indices provider UK 100
LCH.Clearnet Group CCP clearing services UK 57.80
Monte Titoli Pre-settlement, settlement and centralised custody Italy 98.86
MillenniumIT IT solutions provider Sri Lanka 100
MTS Wholesale fixed income bonds Italy 60.36
Turquoise Global Holdings Multi-lateral trading facility UK 51.36
Frank Russell Company Global asset manager and index business USA 100

Operations

Following the merger with Borsa Italiana, the group is Europe's leading equities business, with 48% of the FTSEurofirst 100 by market capitalisation and with the most liquid order book by value and volume traded.[23] Its activities include:

See also

References

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  11. Reuters, "Maple Group goes hostile for TMX", Solarina Ho
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  18. "Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions". Reuters. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  19. "London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse agree merger". BBC News. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  20. Dummett, Ben (27 February 2017). "London Stock Exchange Merger With Deutsche Börse at Risk Over Antitrust Issues". The Wall Street Journal. New York City. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  21. "European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Mergers: Commission blocks proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and London Stock Exchange". europa.eu. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
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  29. London bourse outlines framework for Tokyo JV
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  32. "LSEG launches new FTSE Russell brand". London Stock Exchange Group. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  33. "London Stock Exchange acquires Exactpro Systems » Banking Technology". www.bankingtech.com. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  34. "London Stock Exchange adds to data service with Mergent takeover". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
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