LSE gets green light for £20bn Refinitiv deal

Blockbuster £20bn takeover of data firm Refinitiv by the London Stock Exchange finally gets the green light The European Commission backed the deal yesterday The green light was the last major hurdle in a tie-up first announced in 2019  It is set to make the advisers and bankers who worked on it more than £830m … Read more

Advisers set for £835m fees windfall off LSE and Refinitiv mega-merger

Advisers set for £835m fees windfall from London Stock Exchange and data provider Refinitiv’s mega-merger By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 10 December 2020 Advisers working on the mega-merger between the London Stock Exchange and data provider Refinitiv are set to bag £835million in fees. … Read more

LSE soars 9.6% amid reports £20bn Refinitiv takeover will be approved 

London Stock Exchange soars 9.6% amid rising hopes £20bn Refinitiv takeover will be approved By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 2 December 2020 LSE jumped 9.6 per cent amid reports it is set to win approval for its takeover of Refinitiv Shares in the … Read more

LSE graduate, 24, screamed as she plunged 30ft to her death

A young law graduate screamed for help as she plunged 30ft to her death from a bridge after her car caught fire, an inquest heard today.   Azra Kemal, 24, escaped her Ford Focus after it burst into flames on the A21 in Tonbridge, Kent.  In a desperate attempt to flag down cars, she clambered over … Read more

LSE mulls trio of bids for Borsa Italiana stock exchange

LSE mulls trio of bids for Borsa Italiana stock exchange as targets £20bn merger with data firm Refinitiv By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:54 BST, 17 September 2020 | Updated: 21:54 BST, 17 September 2020 The London Stock Exchange is weighing up offers after a bidding war broke out for its Borsa … Read more

High-achieving LSE student, 19, is banned from roads after being caught twice the drink-drive limit

A high-achieving LSE student was banned from the roads after being caught over twice the drink-drive limit while grieving over the 10th anniversary of her father’s death.  Raphaelle Hoffman, 19, who previously studied at at the £12,786-a-year Withington Girls School in Manchester, drove her five-door hatchback through two no-entry signs during an evening out with … Read more

LSE may sell Italian arm in £21bn takeover of Refinitiv

London Stock Exchange may sell its Italian business to appease regulators over its £21bn takeover of Refinitiv By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 31 July 2020 The London Stock Exchange (LSE) may sell its Italian business in a bid to appease regulators over its … Read more

LSE law graduate, 24, begged ‘Don’t leave me here’ as she lay dying after falling 40ft from flyover

A 24-year-old LSE law graduate begged her friend ‘Don’t leave me here’ as she lay dying after she fled from a burning car and fell 40ft from a flyover.  Azra Kemal, 24, was on her way home from a night out with friends and was in the car with a 31-year-old male friend when the … Read more