Brexit threatens the merger London – Frankfurt Stock Exchange

While polls see the lead again Remain faction in referundum on Brexit next June 23, the fears about the exit of Britain European Union weigh on merger between Deutsche Boerse and the London Stock Exchange. The alarm is launched by the Wall Street Journal, according to which, even if the British were to choose "remain", the merger, which would create a colossus with $ 30 billion of market capitalization, is winning widespread skepticism in the German political world.
According to insiders, the Brexit would lead to severe obstacles to closing the agreement, due to expected pressures on the political front, an even stricter regulatory scrutiny and decided a change in the valuation of both companies.

Still on the subject of mergers and acquisitions, the volume target with English collapsed so far this year by 70% over the same period of 2015. This was reported by the Financial Times by coming to terms on the impact of the uncertainty linked to Brexit.

The figure of 57.6 billion dollars in mergers and acquisitions, recorded by Great Britain, represents only 4% of the global total.