A sale of the London Metal Exchange, host of London’s last open outcry trading floor, will result in a multimillion pound pay day for more than 30 of its members.
The biggest winner would be metals trading firm Metdist, owned by the family of Lord Bagri, a former chairman of the LME, according to the latest Companies House filings. Assuming that the exchange is sold for £1bn, then Metdist, which has an 8.7% stake in it, would take away £87m.