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London Stock Exchange to list bitcoin ETNs after FCA approval

US regulators approved bitcoin exchange traded funds earlier this year, with UK regulators also now softening stance

Move gives green light to institutional investors looking for new digital asset products

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The Toronto Stock Exchange

How international exchanges are stepping up in the fight for IPOs

Targeting early listings and smaller firms is helping international exchanges attract public offerings

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Find out why these trading titans made the shortlist

Trading & Tech Awards: The contenders for Exchange Group of the Year

Cboe Europe, Deutsche Börse, Euronext, the London Stock Exchange and SIX Swiss Exchange are battling it out for the crown

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Julia Hoggett said executive pay votes 'hampered' UK markets

Investors defend executive pay curbs after LSE chief’s criticism

Big investors beat off suggestions that voting against excessive executive remuneration is hurting the UK's ability to attract and retain talent

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Rolet will be the guest speaker at this year's black tie event

Xavier Rolet to headline FN’s Trading & Tech Awards

The former LSE boss will give a talk to the luminaries of the trading world next month as FN honours the cream of the profession

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A woman on the trading floor of the London Stock Exchange on 26 March 1973. Women were allowed on the floor that day for the first time in the 200 year history of the institution.

Celebrating 50 years of women on the London Stock Exchange, there’s still work to do

How far have women come in finance in the five decades since the LSE opened up to them?

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'Structural issues' still hold women back though, LSE boss Julia Hoggett says

Closing gender pay gap could unlock £147bn from women in finance

Women in finance's contribution has grown nearly threefold from a quarter of a century ago

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Efforts to woo Saudi Aramco failed, as the City continues to look for ways to bolster its status as a listings hub

London’s bid to attract IPOs with ‘Aramco’ listing category flops

Despite a push to get overseas giants to list in the UK, none have come forward

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Melding LSEG’s data and Microsoft’s tech represents the biggest threat yet to Bloomberg’s financial-data business

London Stock Exchange goes after Bloomberg’s data crown with Microsoft deal

Deal strengthens challenge to Bloomberg’s financial data business, analysts say

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Microsoft takes 4% stake in London Stock Exchange with cloud partnership deal

LSE says the 10-year deal with tech giant will significantly boost revenue

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Red tape must go, but the language of investing also needs to change, says London Stock Exchange chief Julia Hoggett

London Stock Exchange boss: ‘It shouldn’t be easier to invest in crypto than capital markets’

Rules on equity investment are “based in very analogue time” according to the LSE's boss

VTB Bank is Russia’s second-largest financial institution, owning nearly 20% of banking assets in Russia

London Stock Exchange halts trading by VTB Capital after Russia slapped with sanctions

'With immediate effect, the London Stock Exchange has suspended VTB Capital PLC‘s membership,' the UK benchmark exchange said

LSE suggests special market for private companies

The LSE said firms like Revolut, buy-now-pay-later giant Klarna and money-transfer startup Wise would benefit from the change

London Stock Exchange posts best IPO haul since 2007 amid Brexit pressure

London Stock Exchange remains bullish in the face of pressure from markets in America and Europe

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Xavier Rolet, the former CEO of the London Stock Exchange, muses on his days as a banker at Goldman Sachs

Xavier Rolet on his 130-hour weeks at Goldman: ‘Not sure what today’s generation is complaining about’

Pay at the bank was 'good for a broke kid from a Parisian sink estate', and the best Wall Street restaurants delivered lunch and dinner straight to their desks. 'Heaven to a Frenchman!'

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Refinitiv was part of Thomson Reuters until 2018

Reuters postpones plans for website paywall after spat with LSE

Financial News broke the news on 20 May that the plans had provoked a dispute between the LSE Group and Reuters

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Refinitiv boss to step down from London Stock Exchange data helm

David Craig will be replaced by Andrea Remyn Stone, LSEG’s chief product officer

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