Deutsche Börse is determined to become a dominant global exchange, according to chief executive Carsten Kengeter, who was making his first public remarks since a planned merger with London Stock Exchange Group was thrown off course.
The LSE earlier this week said that European antitrust regulators were unlikely to approve the merger with its German rival. The snag arose when the European Commission asked the LSE to sell its 60% stake in MTS, an Italian venue for trading European government bonds, as a condition of the merger.
