Market sources suggest that following the agreement of a deal between Borsa Italiana and London Stock Exchange (LSE), the Italian exchange could launch London equity options through an integrated platform, to complement LSE equity products.The mounting speculation was fuelled by recent comments from LSE chairman Chris Gibson-Smith at the announcement when he suggested that the deal was prompted by the exchange’s desire to create a more diversified market, which he described as the LSE’s “most important step yet”. “We share with Borsa Italiana a vision for how exchanges...