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Borsa Italiana is now part of London Stock Exchange Group plc, Europe’s leading exchange group in cash equities with 48% of the FTSEurofirst 100 by market capitalisation and the most liquid order book by value and volume traded.

The Group operates a broad range of international equity, bond and derivatives markets, including London Stock Exchange; Borsa Italiana; MTS, Europe's leading fixed income market; and Turquoise, offering pan-European and US lit and dark equity trading. Through its markets, the Group offers international business unrivalled access to Europe’s capital markets.

The Group is a leading developer of high performance trading platforms and capital markets software and also offers its customers around the world an extensive range of real-time and reference data products and market-leading post-trade services. 

Headquartered in London, United Kingdom with significant operations in Italy and Sri Lanka, the Group employs around 1500 people.

For a general overview of the Company, please visit the Group Financial Results, Board of Directors and Management pages of the London Stock Exchange Group web site.

Main Group companies:

London Stock Exchange plc is the world’s most international stock exchange located at the heart of the world’s leading financial centre.

Borsa Italiana the Italian stock exchange, runs Italian equities and derivatives markets. Borsa Italiana organises and manages the Italian stock market with the participation of domestic and international brokers who operate in Italy or from abroad through remote membership, using a completely electronic trading system for the real-time execution of trades.It manages the Congress and Training Centre, which is available not only to the financial community but also to any Italian or international company seeking a state-of-the-art structure, with advanced AV facilities, and is ideal for the organization of events, seminars, congresses and training activities. It also provides facility and property management to guarantee the efficent operational management of Palazzo Mezzanotte, the historic location of the Exchange.

Moreover, it provides Information Technology consulting services to private and public operators, financial institutions and to the Exchange Industry.                                                                                      

BIt Market Services S.p.A - incorporated on January 1st, 2010 - is the result of the merger of six business units originally controlled by Borsa Italiana characterised by IT, logistic and advisory services dedicated to companies and intermediaries: Retail Data Vending, Application Service Provider, Events Management (Palazzo Mezzanotte), Academy, Web Advertising .

Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia S.p.A. (CC&G) has the purpose  of guaranteeing  market integrity. CC&G’s presence eliminates the counterparty risk, becoming the guarantor of the final settlement of the contracts. CC&G manages the Central Counterparty Guarantee System on MTA, MTF, ETF Plus and IDEM markets, all regulated and managed by Borsa Italiana, and on the markets regulated and managed by MTS S.p.A. and Broker Tec with exclusive reference to Italian Government Bonds.

FTSE International Limited is a world-leader in the creation and management of over 100,000 equity, bond and hedge fund indices. FTSE is an independent company owned by The Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange.

MillenniumIT is a premier technology solutions provider serving the global capital markets industry. The company’s products currently power exchanges, depositories, brokerages and regulatory bodies in the United States, Europe, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region

Monte Titoli S.p.A is the most efficient European provider of post-trading services and is the Italian Central Securities Depository for all Italian financial instruments currently centralised c/o the company, almost exclusively in dematerialised form. In support of the settlement services, Monte Titoli manages X-TRM, the daily matching service, and the Securities Lending Service.

Piazza Affari Gestione & Servizi S.p.A.  Starting form January 1st 2010 it merged with Borsa Italiana S.p.A.

Proquote Limited provides cost effective financial market software and real-time data services over the internet to a wide range of buy side, sell side, retail and private client market professionals.

Società per il Mercato dei Titoli di Stato S.p.A. (MTS) provides wholesale electronic trading of Italian government bonds and other types of fixed income securities. From its domestic roots in Italy, the group of MTS Companies has become the only genuine pan-European market for fixed income securities present in all eurozone.

Turquoise is an authorised investment firm, regulated by the Financial Services Authority providing pan-European lit and dark equity trading.  Since February 2010, Turquoise has been majority owned by London Stock Exchange Group. The Turquoise MTF comprises the Integrated Book and Midpoint Book, each covering some 2000 securities across 19 countries, including trading in 175 of the most liquid US equities, ADRs and ETFs.