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20 unusual facts about London Stock Exchange


Ami'ad

The company, Amiad Water Systems Ltd. (previously Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd.) is listed on the London Stock Exchange and has operations in Europe, the United States, Brazil, India, China and Australia.

Asansol

The steel plant during the 60s and 70s made a name throughout the country and the shares of the company were quoted at London Stock Exchange.

Aton Capital

Among others ATON Capital Group has presence in New York, via Aton Securities Inc. which is registered with the SEC; and in Europe, through Aton International Ltd., Cyprus-based entity which is regulated by Cyprus Stock and Exchange Commission and is a member of the London Stock Exchange.

Axel Johnson Group

In addition, the Group has proprietary interests in the British company Spirent plc, listed on the London and New York Stock Exchanges, and in Nordstjernan, which in turn has major interests in other companies, including the listed company NCC.

Central Gilts Office

The CGO or Central Gilts Office, was established in 1986 by the Bank of England and the London Stock Exchange for the settlement of gilts and certain non-British government debt instruments.

Economy of the Falkland Islands

The largest company in the islands used to be the Falkland Islands Company (FIC), a publicly quoted company on the London Stock Exchange.

Emily Quihampton

In 1860 she married Tom Nickalls, a jobber on the London Stock Exchange with a particular expertise in investing in American railroads.

Flirtomatic

Azulai, the company chairman, previously founded iTouch, the London Stock Exchange-listed mobile entertainment business sold for £180 million ($284 million) in June 2005.

Grupo Clarín

Grupo Clarín was listed in the Buenos Aires and London Stock Exchanges in 2007, upon which a 20% share in the group was made available to stockholders (leaving 9% for Goldman Sachs, and 71% for its private shareholders).

Heart Berkshire

The original parent company, Radio Kennet had won the licence to broadcast as far back as 1974, but plans for the station to float on the London Stock Exchange as soon as it commenced broadcasting failed as it didn't raise enough cash.

Helmut Friedlaender

The 6-foot, 3-inch tall, 120-pound Friedlaender showed up for the interview wearing traditional attire for the London Stock Exchange, consisting of "striped pants, black jacket, gray tie, black bowler hat, dull black shoes and an umbrella that had never been unfurled".

Iofina

The Group successful completed its IPO and was admitted for trading on 9 May 2008 on the London Stock Exchange AIM market.

Kitty Byron

At about 1 pm she sent an express letter by post office messenger from the Lombard Street Post Office to Baker at the Stock Exchange where he worked.

Kofax

Kofax is a publicly traded company, listed on the NASDAQ and the London Stock Exchange.

Remisier

Historically, remisiers first appeared in the region during the colonial period in Malaya (the collective name comprising the Crown Colonies of Malacca, Penang and Singapore; the Federated Malay States; and the Unfederated Malay States), where they dealt primarily in rubber and tin-related companies that were listed on the London Stock Exchange, on behalf of Malaya-based clients.

Russian Industrial Leaders Index

Its constituents include Russian companies whose stocks or Global Depository Receipts are listed on global exchanges: New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, Nasdaq or AMEX.

Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto

Catto and Yule also formed Yule Catto & Company Ltd, which is now known as Yule Catto & Co plc and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Tokyo Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the TSE are developing jointly traded products and share technology, marking the latest cross-border deal among bourses as international competition heats up.

In July 2008 the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the TSE announced a new joint venture Tokyo-based market, which will be based on the LSE's Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

William Sams

He held the rank of Lieutenant and was a member of London Stock Exchange.


Borse Dubai

In September 2007, Borse Dubai secured 28% of the London Stock Exchange as part of a wider deal with the US-based Nasdaq designed to settle their long-running battle for control of the Stockholm-based exchanges and telecommunications operator OMX.

China Concepts Stock

Currently, there are China Concepts Stock listed in several major stock exchange around the globe, which includes: SEHK, SGX, NYSENASDAQAMEXLSEEuronextTSE.

Edward William Andrews

, a Congregationalist minister of Walworth, London, and started life as a merchant, eventually becoming a member of the London Stock Exchange.

ETF Securities

The platform is now available on five European exchanges including the London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Borse, Borsa Italiana, NYSE Euronext, and the ISE.

Hanson plc

Traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index for many years, the company was acquired by a division of German rival HeidelbergCement in August 2007.

Hop Exchange

There were many similar outcry floor exchanges across London, such as the Coal, Metal and Stock exchanges, but wartime bombing, fires, redevelopment and modernisation have left the Hop Exchange the only one still standing.

House of Fraser

In December 2013 talks to takeover House of Fraser were held by French department store Galeries Lafayette with House of Fraser also exploring a floating on the London Stock Exchange in Summer 2014 if the takeover is to be abandoned.

Ingenta

The company acquired US document delivery supplier UnCover in March 2000, and became publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange two months later, before going on to acquire Publishers Communication Group (in June) and Dynamic Diagrams (in September).

In 2007, Ingenta merged with VISTA, and Publishers Communication Group (PCG) to form a new company, Publishing Technology plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market.

Interesource

Interesource specializes in human centred design to create websites based on usability, their clients include notable companies such as Honda, BBC, London Stock Exchange, Edexcel and many others.

Invesco

In May 2007 the company changed their name to Invesco (initial cap only) PLC, moved its primary stock market listing from the London Stock Exchange to the NYSE and became domiciled in Bermuda, adopting the name Invesco Ltd.

IShares

The following stock exchanges list iShares funds: London Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, BATS Exchange, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange, Australian Securities Exchange and several European and Asian stock exchanges.

Magnet Kitchens

Magnet was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but is now part of Nobia UK, a division of the Nobia group which is listed on the Swedish Stock Exchange.' The Nobia division also includes brands such as Gower, Hygena and Norema.

National Instrument 43-101

Some of these companies may also have listings on stock exchanges outside Canada, such as Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Australian Securities Exchange and London Stock Exchange.

NBNK

The company was listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange on 20 August and has major advisers and investors on-board including Aviva, Invesco and F&C Asset Management.

Prediction market

Hollywood Stock Exchange creator Max Keiser suggests that not only are these markets no more predictive than their established counterparts such as the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, but that reducing the unpredictability of markets would mean reducing risk and, therefore, reducing the amount of speculative capital needed to keep markets open and liquid.

Scottish Radio Holdings

In 1991, when laws controlling the ownership of commercial stations were relaxed, the station merged with Radio Forth to form SRH and immediately floated on the London Stock Exchange.

ShareScope

ShareScope Pro has live tick-by-tick intraday data for the London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, NYSE, AMEX, FOREX, selected commodities such as Gold and Light Sweet Crude and major indices such as the FTSE 100, DAX, CAC 40, DJI/DOW 30, S&P 500, Hang Seng and the Nikkei.

ShareScope Plus includes delayed intraday data for the London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, selected commodities such as Gold and Light Sweet Crude and major indices such as the FTSE 100, DAX, CAC 40, DJI/DOW 30, S&P 500, Hang Seng and the Nikkei.

Sophie Chandauka

Since qualification, Chandauka has worked on a number of high profile transactions including the attempted hostile takeover of the London Stock Exchange Group by the Macquarie Group; the acquisition of the The Body Shop by L'Oréal; Nike, Inc.’s acquisition of Umbro; and the initial public offering (IPO) of Ferrexpo as the first Ukrainian company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange.