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LSEG should ditch exchange business, says Blue Whale fund manager Stephen Yiu

One of the UK’s best-known fund managers argues investors ‘don’t really care’ about LSEG’s exchange business

The London Stock Exchange Group has been undergoing a transformation under chief executive David Schwimmer
The London Stock Exchange Group has been undergoing a transformation under chief executive David Schwimmer Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images

The London Stock Exchange Group should offload its flagship bourse and rebrand as a technology business, according to a UK retail fund manager who is building a stake in the FTSE 100 firm.

Stephen Yiu, who manages the £1.3bn Blue Whale Growth fund, told Financial News that selling the 223-year-old exchange could make LSEG a more attractive investment and sharpen focus on its transformation into a financial data and analytics powerhouse.

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