London Metal Exchange

37 results about this entity

Period: 05 Feb 2008 - 30 Apr 2025

LME to spend £1m on tech facelift for open-outcry trading floor

The London Metal Exchange is to spend £1 million on new technology to reinvigorate trading on its 137-year old open-outcry dealing floor.

LME terminates lucrative Xchanging contract

Xchanging has lost a £25 million per annum infrastructure servicing contract with the London Metal Exchange as the LME's new owners call time on a profitable eight-year relationship for the BPO provider.

London Metal Exchange signs for new surveillance software

The London Metal Exchange has signed a deal with the London Stock Exchange's tech subsidiary Millennium IT to install new surveillance software for real-time detection of abnormal trading patterns.

Cinnober wins LME clearing contract

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has selected Cinnober, the Swedish software house, as the core technology provider for its new clearing house, LME Clear.

Hong Kong Exchange wins LME bid battle

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEx) has won the race to acquire the London Metal Exchange (LME), beating out rival shortlisted contender IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) with a £1.39 billion offer.

ICE and HKEx go head-to-head in battle for LME

IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing (HKEx) are set to go head-to-head in the race to acquire the London Metal Exchange (LME) after the Chicago Mercantile Exchange followed Nyse Euronext in being eliminated from the bidding for the 140-year old metals market.

Calypso and Cinnober shortlisted for LME Clear

Calypso and Cinnober will go head-to-head in a battle to win the contract to build a new clearing house for the London Metal Exchange.

Nyse Euronext and CME Group make LME bids - Bloomberg

Nyse Euronext and CME Group have both submitted bids for the London Metals Exchange (LME), according to Bloomberg.

LME appoints Spanner MD, post-trade services

The London Metal Exchange has appointed former EuroCCP COO Trevor Spanner managing director of post-trade services.

LSE and SGX team on LME bid - Reuters

The London Stock Exchange and Singapore Exchange have teamed up on a joint bid for the London Metals Exchange, according to Reuters.

LME ponders takeover approaches

The London Metal Exchange (LME) says it has received "several expressions of interest" that could lead to a takeover. CME Group, IntercontinentalExchange and SGX are all said to be in the running.

LME proposal for self-clearing jolts LCH.Clearnet

The London Metal Exchange has announced proposals to consider building its own clearing house, jolting its current supplier LCH.Clearnet.