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Frankfurt, London seal US$30b trading tie-up to counter US threat
Published Wed, Mar 16, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Frankfurt
Deutsche Boerse and the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday agreed to press ahead with their planned US$30 billion merger to create one of the world's biggest exchanges, insisting the tie-up will succeed irrespective of the outcome of the looming Brexit vote on Britain's future in the EU.
The two operators said that they planned to proceed with their "merger of equals" under the key terms already drawn up.
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