Years of hard work yield success for London’s first couple of wine September 13, 2009 WHEN wine-lover Xavier Rolet, the new CEO of the London Stock Exchange, first saw the house known as La Verriere in southwest France in 1992, he knew he liked it. What he didn’t know was that the 100 acres of old, neglected vineyards on the mountainous property would become the site of a full-blown, deeply [...]
Wolseley back in the FTSE 100 June 10, 2009 FTSE Group said yesterday that heating and plumbing distributor Wolseley, global private equity firm 3i Group and the London Stock Exchange Group will be joining the FTSE 100. In the rebalance, Drax Group, Whitbread and Amlin will all leave the UK’s blue chip benchmark. The changes to the indices take place following FTSE’s UK Index [...]
Plus Markets sees jump in May trading volumes June 10, 2009 STOCK exchange group Plus Markets saw trading volumes soar in May this year as it continues to push itself as a major competitor in the trading arena. Volumes rose 302 per cent to a total of 6.19bn compared to May 2008, while trade value rose by 142 per cent year-on-year to £6.14bn. Average daily trade [...]
Blue Oar, now Astaire, fined 225,000 by LSE for breaching Aim regulations June 22, 2009 STOCKBROKER Blue Oar Securities, which recently changed its name to Astaire, was yesterday hit with a £225,000 fine from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and publicly censured for breaching the Aim market rules. The LSE said Blue Oar failed in its duty as a nominated adviser (Nomad) to Worthington Nicholls, now called Managed Support Services, [...]
Detail on LSE chief’s pay plan June 4, 2009 City A.M. yesterday reported that the London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) new chief executive Xavier Rolet could earn £5.2m in his first year in the role. The LSE has subsequently pointed out that Rolet could earn up to £2.3m this year through his base salary, benefits and bonus, if targets are exceeded. Should he choose to [...]
LSE is still favourite for foreign equity trading June 15, 2009 LONDONA has maintained its edge in international equity trading despite last year’s economic turmoil, the International Financial Services London (ISFL) said yesterday. There were 681 foreign companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) at the end of 2008, outstripping peers like the NYSE, which boasts 415 foreign firms and the Nasdaq, which has 336. [...]
LMS set to join main market June 2, 2009 LMS Capital, which has benefited as larger private equity firms have been unable to snap up stricken small companies due to capital constraints, is joining its bigger rivals on the London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) main market. The group is leaving AIM for the Official List after runaway growth since its June 2006 listing, and will [...]
Hot weather to prove thirsty work and give pubs a boost July 12, 2009 The City has good reason to focus on the pub this week, with numbers from JD Wetherspoon, Enterprise Inns and Mitchells & Butlers all likely to be high on the agenda. The recent hot weather should have provided some welcome business for the hard-hit pubcos. But investors will also look for firms to further defend [...]
Hot weather to prove thirsty work and give pubs a boost July 12, 2009 The City has good reason to focus on the pub this week, with numbers from JD Wetherspoon, Enterprise Inns and Mitchells & Butlers all likely to be high on the agenda. The recent hot weather should have provided some welcome business for the hard-hit pubcos. But investors will also look for firms to further defend [...]
LSE axing 120 in restructure June 25, 2009 THE LONDON Stock Exchange Group (LSE) is negotiating the redundancy of up to 120 staff, with at least 60 London-based employees to be affected, as the new chief executive Xavier Rolet acts on his promise to make the group operate more cost effectively. The cuts, which began on Wednesday, will mostly involve marketing and customer [...]