London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange Issues Pre-Close Period Update

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:49:55 -0500

Unless otherwise stated, the following commentary refers to the 5 months ended 31 August 2008 and, where appropriate, to the corresponding period last year. Figures for Borsa Italiana refer to the same time periods although the business has only been part of London Stock Exchange Group plc since 1 October 2007.

London Stock Exchange Promotes Dual CCP

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:40:55 -0500

London Stock Exchange Group today confirmed plans to pursue a dual CCP competitive clearing model for the London market. Subject to final terms being agreed, X-Clear will join LCH.Clearnet as a provider of CCP services to the Group's London equity market offering.

TradElect Passes 100 Busiest Days Milestone In August

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:26:07 -0500

13 August 2008 marked a new milestone for TradElect, the Exchange’s electronic trading platform: all 100 of the busiest days ever on the London Stock Exchange have now taken place since the introduction of TradElect in June 2007.

London Exchange Creates Sub-Millisecond Access To Markets

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:13:37 -0500

The London Stock Exchange today announced the launch of Exchange Hosting – a service providing high frequency algorithmic trading firms with the fastest access to TradElect and Infolect, the Exchange’s trading and information systems.

Value Traded In UK Equities Up

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:34:18 -0500

Trading activity across the London Stock Exchange Group remained resilient during July 2008, driven by strong trading in UK equities. A total of 24.3 million equity trades were carried out across the Group, with a combined value of ?263.5 billion (€333.9 billion).

Nineteen New ETFs Launched On London Stock Exchange

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:41:09 -0500

The London Stock Exchange welcomed nineteen new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) onto its Main Market, the busiest ever day for new ETF admissions on the Exchange.

Kuwait ETF Launched On London Stock Exchange

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:02:45 -0500

The London Stock Exchange today welcomed the world’s first ETF to offer access to Kuwait. The Lyxor ETF Kuwait (FTSE Coast Kuwait 40) will trade on the Main Market and is the first ETF on the Exchange to focus exclusively on the Middle East, reflecting international investors’ growing interest in the region.

Tokyo And London Stock Exchanges Outline New Growth Market

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:07:57 -0500

London Stock Exchange Group plc and Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc. (the TSE) today published an outline framework for their new Tokyo-based market for growing companies. The proposed market structure has been developed following extensive discussion with market participants, and will take advantage of the opportunity created by the revised Financial Instruments and Exchange Act passed in June 2008, which enables the establishment of Exchange-regulated markets.

London Stock Exchange Announces New Equity Price List

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:20:52 -0500

London Stock Exchange has today outlined its new price list for trading services. It will take effect from 1 September 2008 and applies to all trading clients. The new pricing structure is designed to:

London Stock Exchange Launches UnaVista Broker Matching Utility

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:08:17 -0500

The London Stock Exchange today announced the launch of the UnaVista Broker Matching Utility (BMU), a new service for the central matching of post-trade data across prime brokers, executing brokers and hedge funds. The BMU service runs on UnaVista, the London Stock Exchange’s web-based matching, reconciliation and data integration service hosted at the Exchange’s data centre.

London Stock Exchange Strengthens Position

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:50:34 -0500

Global MENA Financial Assets today became the latest in a line of Middle Eastern companies to join the London Stock Exchange. Earlier this month Commercial Bank of Qatar conducted the first Qatari listing on the Exchange’s Main Market for ten years and on May 22 Global Investment House became the first Kuwaiti company to join the Main Market.

Russian Derivatives Trading Drives Record Month On EDX London

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:37:00 -0500

Trading on EDX London reached record levels in June 2008, with 5.7 million contracts traded during the month, an average of 286,161 trades per day.