London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is a leading global provider of financial markets infrastructure, data, analytics, news, and index products, serving over 44,000 customers in more than 170 countries. With a history spanning over three centuries, LSEG supports innovation, risk management, and job creation by partnering with clients throughout the trade lifecycle—from pre-trade decision-making to capital raising and clearing. The group employs over 26,000 people globally, including more than 3,300 employees across 18 EU Member States, operating key financial market infrastructures such as LCH S.A. and BeyonRatings in France, Turquoise Europe and Quantile in the Netherlands, and Refinitiv MTF and FXAll in Ireland. LSEG’s UK-based clearing house, LCH Ltd., is supervised by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). Its products and services, including FTSE Russell and Refinitiv, are widely used by EU financial market participants. LSEG’s main EU lobbying focus areas include the Savings and Investments Union, Capital Markets Union, Sustainable Finance regulations (such as the Taxonomy and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive), Digital Operational Resilience Act, AI Act, Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, Anti-Money Laundering framework, and others related to financial market infrastructure and regulation. The group engages extensively with EU institutions to influence policy and regulatory frameworks that affect capital markets and financial services across Europe
