The London Stock Exchange has seen a number of take-privates as equity markets fail to deliver capital for listed firms The London Stock Exchange expects to complete its $27bn acquisition of data analystics firm Refinitiv in the first quarter of next year, LSE said this morning. ...
The deal is part of the puzzle in LSE Group’s quest to acquire Refinitiv, one of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, serving over 40,000 institutions in approximately 190 countries. If the acquisition is successful, ...
One of the biggest challenges HKEX's Li would face is from LSE's recent $27 billion deal to acquire financial data services firm Refinitiv, Hong said. "One would expect that the price tag could go up as negotiation progresses," he said. ...
The Hong Kong bourse operator said its deal would only go ahead on condition that the Refinitiv merger does not proceed. But if successful, it would mark HKEX's second overseas acquisition following its takeover of the London Metal Exchange in 2012. "Bringing HKEX and LSEG together will rede...
the group despite LSE committing to a merger with Deutsche Börse. On that occasion the board rebuffed ICE. Our initial expectation is that LSE will do the same here, opting to continue to pursue the near-term earnings-accretion and long-term strategic logic of the deal with Refinitiv.”...