Deutsche Börse is in talks to take over the London Stock Exchange Group, in a megadeal that would create a European champion presiding over many of the world’s leading financial markets.
Shares in the 215-year-old institution located in the heart of the City of London rose more than 13 per cent as it confirmed the two groups were discussing what it claimed would be a “merger of equals”.
The move echoes previous efforts in the past two decades to fashion the two exchanges into a single entity. Under Xavier Rolet’s leadership during the past six years, the LSE has gone from defensive prey to challenging its counterpart for the crown as Europe’s largest market infrastructure provider by market capitalisation.
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