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Trading venues on guard for derivatives lunge

Equities-focused platforms are in search of new streams of income

When Xavier Rolet stood up at a derivatives conference in June last year and announced that the London Stock Exchange was building a pan-European derivatives platform, he was met with a few raised eyebrows.

The LSE chief executive's subsequent claim that the LSE's derivatives business would be fully operational within nine months elicited more audible doubts among delegates.

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