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London Stock Exchange profits rise but investors kept waiting for new CEO

LSE is looking to move on from a bruising 2017, which included the collapse of its Deutsche Börse merger and a very public leadership spat

London Stock Exchange profits rise but investors kept waiting for new CEO
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The London Stock Exchange Group saw profits rise sharply in 2017 but investors are still waiting to find out who will be the next leader of the iconic British institution.

The LSE said it had made "good progress" in recruiting a successor to Xavier Rolet, who left last year after almost 10 years transforming the business, and had identified a "strong field of high quality candidates".

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