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Collapsing Deutsche Börse deal increases home focus at LSE

The LSE has homegrown answers to the gaps in its business if its deal with Deutsche Börse falls through

Wednesday, 8 March 2017 at 12:42

Collapsing Deutsche Börse deal increases home focus at LSE
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London Stock Exchange Group - whose €29 billion merger with Deutsche Börse is on the brink of collapse - could focus on expanding two nascent areas of its business to fill in missing gaps instead.

Xavier Rolet, chief executive of the LSE since 2009, told analysts on March 3 that the company has two "homegrown" solutions to build listed futures and global collateral management businesses which are currently "missing capability of size".