London Stock Exchange Share News (LSEG)

Shorter stock settlement time in Europe offers slim savings - industry body

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Shortening the time it takes to finalise a share trade in Europe would save industry just 41 million euros ($44.80 million) and take up to two years to phase in, Europe's clearing house industry body said on Monday.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: SocGen cuts Centrica; Barclays raises Trainline

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:

JP Morgan lists London Stock Exchange among top financial picks

(Sharecast News) - JP Morgan has listed the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) as one of its top picks in the European diversified financials sector heading into 2024.

LONDON BRIEFING: Stocks called up slightly; US Fed's euphoria runs out

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open slightly higher on Friday, with the euphoria from the US Federal Reserve's slight policy pivot running out of speed.

UK watchdog urges ESG raters to adhere to new code ahead of possible rules

LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog urged companies that rate other businesses' sustainability efforts to sign up to a new voluntary code of conduct, ahead of possible regulations for an industry that channels hundreds of billions of dollars in investments.

Europe's stock exchanges face calls to reform fees to challenge Wall St

Simpler, more competitive fees could boost trading volumes

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Director dealings: Barclays chair invests, York Holdings settles LSEG call options

(Sharecast News) - Nigel Higgins, the group chairman of Barclays, was on the buying side of the ledger on Thursday.

Trading halted in hundreds of firms as LSE suffers outage

(Alliance News) - The London Stock Exchange saw trading halted on hundreds of stocks on Tuesday after another outage on the stock market.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: JPMorgan cuts Diageo to neutral from overweight

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and Tuesday:

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: UBS cuts Auto Trader; Bryan Garnier likes Sage

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and Wednesday:

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: RBC cuts HSBC; Liberum cuts Glencore

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and Tuesday:

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Goldman likes StanChart; RBC raises Currys

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning and Friday:

IN BRIEF: London Stock Exchange hires Publicis CFO to be own CFO

London Stock Exchange Group PLC - exchange operator and provider of post-trade services, financial data and stock indices - Hires Michel-Alain Proch to be chief financial officer, joining LSEG on February 26 and the board on March 1. Proch currently is CFO of Publicis Groupe SA, but the Paris-based advertising agency on Thursday last week said Loris Nold will move to group CFO from chief executive of Europe, Middle East & Africa operations in February. Proch has been CFO of Publicis since early 2021. At LSEG, he replaces Anna Manz, who will leave the company on February 29. Proch's "deep experience across global, financial infrastructure and IT data solutions firms will be invaluable as we deliver against the next stage of our strategic growth," says LSEG CEO David Schwimmer.

LONDON BRIEFING: Ashtead cuts guidance; BT eyes musicMagpie

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open slightly lower on Monday, as oil prices advance while the dollar falls back.

LSEG taps Michel-Alain Proch as its next finance chief

(Sharecast News) - London Stock Exchange Group announced the appointment of Michel-Alain Proch as its chief financial officer and a board member on Monday.