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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... activity and comments by US Federal Reserve head Ben Bernanke. Dealers said the major feature was news of the London Stock Exchange's tie-up with its Toronto counterpart which was trumped after the close by a possible Deutsche Boerse merger with the ...

ASX lodges defence for SGX pairing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... formed seven years ago through the merger of OM AB and the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Three years ago, the London Stock Exchange teamed up with the Borsa Italiana and in 2008, OMX was acquired by NASDAQ to form the NASDAQ OMX Group.

Singapore makes $8.4bn grab for ASX

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... Euronext Group. A year later, it's chief rival, the NASDAQ, responded by taking a 30 per cent stake in the London Stock Exchange as well as acquiring a number of Scandinavian bourses. The Financial Services Council, one of the largest proponents of the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... company's stock collapsed by almost nine per cent in mid-morning trading to plumb a low of 296 pence on the London Stock Exchange, hitting a level last seen in August 1996, as investors showed alarm over spiralling costs. Shares later pulled back slightly ...

Govt flags August for market supervision transfer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... significant reduction in trade execution fees," he said. "The evidence from overseas has also been compelling. The London Stock Exchange dropped fees in response to competition in 2008 and restructured its trading fees again last September."

UK pensions call for greater FM engagement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... referred to by Lord Myners, becomes a reality." UK institutional investors manage half the listed stocks on the London Stock Exchange, while 25 per cent is owned by long-term UK retail investors directly and 12 per cent is owned by local pension funds ...

E*Trade opens to overseas markets

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... Global Shares service allows customers to access 11 of the world's largest equity markets including the London Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ for just over $64 per trade. Users will be able to view their international holdings on the same screen as the ...

London exchange signs deal with FactSet

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
The London Stock Exchange has commenced a joint venture with tech firm FactSet Research Systems. The deal will see the exchange deliver FactSet's reference data via UnaVista, a web-based platform that provides validation, matching and reconciliation ...

Macquarie eyes Middle East with JV

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... launched initiatives with an aggregate value exceeding US$30 billion. Its shares are actively traded on the London Stock Exchange (GDR), the Kuwait Stock Exchange, the Bahrain Stock Exchange and the Dubai Financial Market.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 29.72 points, or 3.39 per cent, to 907.24. LONDON - The London Stock Exchange was closed on a public holiday. FRANKFURT - Germany's DAX climbed 2.79 per cent, or 133 points, to 4,902.45 points. PARIS ...