The London Stock Exchange Group has outlined expansive plans to take its expertise into emerging markets through a range of partnerships, technology deals, clearing services and new indices, after reporting its profits increased by nearly a third last year.

Xavier Rolet, the LSE chief executive, who was speaking to Financial News after publication of the exchange's full year results, said that global partnerships were at "the core of the group's strategy", as it neared completion of a deal to acquire Anglo-French clearing house LCH.Clearnet.