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Every now and again the London Stock Exchange and its German rival Deutsche Börse like to announce that they are merging – and last week it happened again.
This time Deutsche Börse shareholders are expected to receive 54.4% of the combined company, which, as the latest deal is being spun in Brexit-obsessed Britain as a “merger of equals”, presumably means that LSE investors will get the same.
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The London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse pick their moments. The duo’s first set of merger talks, way back in 2000, created a storm when both parties appeared to suggest that share prices in London would soon be quoted in freshly-minted euros.
This time, the negotiations come at the start of the UK referendum campaign in which the prime minister has claimed the City of London will be safe from continental meddlers. Cue, almost certainly, wails of anguish from some quarters about the potential loss of a great British institution. No wonder LSE and Deutsche tried to invoke visions of happy European harmony with their talk of “a merger of equals.”
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