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Celebrating Women in Trading and Investing

London Stock Exchange were delighted to host our International Women’s Day event in partnership with the The TRADE, celebrating women in trading and investment and welcoming back some of the first female traders to the London Stock Exchange.

It was an honour to be joined by female pioneers of trading on the 50th anniversary of women being allowed onto the London trading floor and to c

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Turquoise confirms it is world’s fastest trading platform

Average latency of 126 microseconds Twice as fast as nearest competitors Customers benefiting from consistent high performance 99.9% of all orders processed in under 400 microseconds

Turquoise confirmed today that it is now the fastest trading platform in the world. The average order entry latency on Turquoise’s new ultra-low latency trading system, developed by MillenniumIT, is 1

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Finding Liquidity With Minimal Slippage Costs

By Dr. Robert Barnes, Global Head of Primary Markets & CEO Turquoise, London Stock Exchange Group

Secondary market trading systems and venues must innovate to meet the demands of investors seeking higher returns.

Developed market demographics mean that people are getting older and living longer, but governments and companies offer few new final salary pensions,

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Russian IOB stock dividend futures launched on EDX London

First Russian stock dividends to be traded on Exchange LSE Group broadens its derivatives offering
 

Today EDX London, London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) international derivatives market has gone live with dividend futures on six Russian International Order Book (IOB) underlyings. This is the first time Russian dividend futures will be traded on exchange.

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One Year On - How Crypto ETNs are Gaining Momentum

Over a year has passed since the launch of Crypto ETNs on the London Stock Exchange, which began with two issuers on 28th May 2024. Since then, we’ve grown our Crypto issuer and product base, while gradually increasing average daily value traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) Order Book.

With the FCA recently announcing a consultation to enable retail access to Crypto ETNs1 traded

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Driving Increased Retail Participation with the London Stock Exchange's Retail Broker Order Book Trading Scheme

The Retail Broker Order Book Trading Scheme enables fee waived order book trading for qualifying retail orders across the following trading services: 
i.    Equities 
ii.   International Order Book 
iii.  ETFs/ETPs 

Subscribing retail brokers and retail

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25th anniversary of the first ETF listing on the London Stock Exchange

This month, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) marks a significant milestone: 25 years since the first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) was listed in the UK. The ETF market has grown tremendously since that pivotal moment in April 2000 when the iShares Core FTSE 100 UCITS ETF was listed. Over the past quarter-century, the landscape of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) has expanded dramatically,

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Turquoise and LeveL Markets partner to offer new block Manual Conditional Order Type to buy-side and broker members using Luminex interface

LSEG today announces the launch of a partnership between its pan-European trading platform Turquoise and US-based trading marketplace LeveL Markets, which operates the Luminex platform. Under the partnership, Turquoise will offer a new block Manual Conditional Order Type to buy-side and nominated broker members. The new order type will be accessible to buy-side trading desks through Luminex’s

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A New Era of Private Company Liquidity: Leveraging the Private Securities Market

Private companies face distinct challenges when managing liquidity, raising capital and planning for future growth. The London Stock Exchange’s Private Securities Market – making use of the government’s PISCES (Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System) framework – aims to help private companies tackle these difficulties throughout the different stages of their growth. 

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Counting down to the UK’s pioneering private markets initiative - PISCES

The UK is on the brink of delivering a fundamentally new approach for private companies to access capital markets. This summer, the government will introduce the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES), a ground-breaking framework for buying and selling private company shares.

In an era when many businesses are staying private for longer, private companies

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LSEG responds to “There’s No Market in Market Data” report from Market Structure Partners published on 4 February 2025

Market Structure Partners (MSP) published a report in February 2025 entitled “There’s No Market in Market Data”. The report contains assertions about the equity market data businesses of five European exchange groups selected for inclusion by MSP, including LSEG’s London Stock Exchange and Turquoise.

Turquoise is the only pan-European MTF included in this analysis. The other pan-

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LSEG’s Will Fenna on the untapped potential of the UK retail market

The TRADE sat down with Will Fenna, retail broker & digital wealth lead for equity markets, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to unpack the potential for increased retail participation, which asset classes are front of mind as development continues, and how the Group is working to facilitate increased access for the end user.

 

In what ways do you think increasing retail

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A deep dive into the ongoing UK capital markets reform agenda

Speaking with The TRADE, Charlie Walker, deputy chief executive officer at the London Stock Exchange, discusses the key aspects surrounding the UK Capital Markets reform agenda, the Exchange’s role in making it easier for companies to access capital and liquidity in the UK, as well as notable trends in the UK equities trading market.

 

What are the most interesting aspects

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Join us on the Main Market - Julia Hoggett, CEO, London Stock Exchange plc

Today we are celebrating a groundbreaking moment in the evolution of the UK’s capital markets. The launch of the new Main Market is the culmination of years of engagement with company founders, boards and their investors – representing companies large and small, industries new and old, and investors of different sizes and mandates.

The updated rules implemented include new ways for

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Data Centre migration: performance and market quality improvements

The London Stock Exchange reflects on performance and market quality improvements following its data centre migration and hardware upgrade

During February 2023, we completed a landmark data centre migration and hardware upgrade of the London Stock Exchange, Turquoise and TRADEcho services to a new dedicated facility in London.

The successful migration was thanks to the tireless

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Celebrating Women in Trading and Investing

London Stock Exchange were delighted to host our International Women’s Day event in partnership with the The TRADE, celebrating women in trading and investment and welcoming back some of the first female traders to the London Stock Exchange.

It was an honour to be joined by female pioneers of trading on the 50th anniversary of women being allowed onto the London trading floor and to

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Charting 50 years of change for women in the UK’s finance sector

The London Stock Exchange commissioned the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) to conduct analysis to consider the contribution of women in the finance sector to the UK economy over the last 50 years. The main analysis spans the period from 1971 to 2022, where the data is available combined with a review of the academic literature provides contextual information for the role of

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2022 - New pathways in sustainable innovation

Capital markets play a pivotal role in the global economy. They bring together providers and consumers of capital - converting risk capital to working capital - and enable positive economic growth that drives jobs, opportunities, and innovation.

The London Stock Exchange continues to be the world’s most international exchange, convening global capital for businesses and investors from

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Enabling innovation and collaboration

LSEG is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, LSEG is enabling greater efficiency, innovation and collaboration.

Scott Bradley, Securities Trading Head of Sales & Platform Distribution, discusses the big themes the organisation has been focusing on

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Turquoise, FlexTrade & OpenFin Collaboration

The recent collaboration between Turquoise, Flex Trade Systems and OpenFin has delivered a game-changing innovation which simplifies the workflow for buy-side traders.

Athina Trika, Senior Manager, Buyside & Business Development Securities Trading at LSEG, interviews Dr. Robert Barnes (Head of Security Trading and CEO of Turquoise, LSEG), Andy Mahoney (Managing Director, EMEA,

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Best execution for European retail brokers

European retail brokers are always looking to deliver the best outcomes for clients’ orders. Not only does this ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, but it builds trusted relationships between clients and brokers. So if you’re getting the best possible price, there is clearly no need to look elsewhere? But how do you know if you have delivered best execution?

European retail

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BIA: Quality science and talented people maintain the momentum of UK biotech, but will pension managers allow us all to benefit?

By Dr Martin Turner, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, UK BioIndustry Association (BIA)

It’s not an easy time for any company, with nervous markets, inflation hitting a 40-year high, and deep political uncertainty.

But amidst all this turbulence, the UK’s public and private life science and biotech companies have just enjoyed their best

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