LCH received shareholder approval for its planned merger with Clearnet, last week, after succeeding in keeping London Stock Exchange on board as a customer for at least the next year.
All of LCH's exchange shareholders and 91% of user shareholders approved the deal at an extraordinary general meeting on Thursday, with no votes cast against.
LCH managed to overcome resistance to the deal from LSE, which had threatened to move its clearing to Eurex. In the end, pressure from LSE's banking members and a 25% reduction in LCH clearing charges was enough to keep the full range of stock exchange business, including the recently-launched EDX derivatives unit, for the time being.
LSE made...