London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange and Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission have reached a deal allowing Hong Kong investors easier and cheaper access to UK-quoted companies than ever before.

A market for stockpickers

Shares in TSB Banking Group have soared after news emerged it is in takeover talks with Spanish bank Sabadell.

Equity investors today seem to have only two options: to invest in expensive companies or those with inherent financial risk attached, according to Simon Gergel, manager of the Merchants trust at Allianz Global Investors

Aberdeen Asset Management may be among the bidders for Russell Investment Management, the $260bn asset manager put on the block by London Stock Exchange Group, according to analysts at Numis.

Investors are calling for more control over ETF trades executed on fund platforms, many of which are incapable of hosting the vehicles or are currently unable to offer real time trading.

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has seen record ETF trading in October as investors turned to passive vehicles for tactical exposure.

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