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\t\tAutonomous driving startup Wayve became one of the first companies to use LSEG’s Pisces venue for its employee secondary share sale\t<\/p>\n\t\t\tThursday 30 July 2026 7:56 am\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tAutonomous driving startup Wayve became one of the first companies to use LSEG’s Pisces venue for its employee secondary share sale\t<\/p>\n
The boss of London Stock Exchange operator LSEG has hailed the \u201cgrowing momentum\u201d of its new Pisces venue as it reported a jump in profit.<\/p>\n
Chief executive David Schwimmer said the new private markets venue, which recently saw some of its first major transactions, was \u201copening up significant new market opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, autonomous driving startup Wayve became one of the first companies<\/a> to use the venue for its employee secondary share sale, followed by another from London fintech Moneybox.<\/p>\n LSEG reported a 6.9 per cent rise in turnover to \u00a34.8bn for the first six months of the year, while pre-tax profit soared by almost a third to \u00a31.3bn.<\/p>\n Alongside Pisces, LSEG is also gearing up to launch its new round-the-clock securities venue, dubbed LSE 24<\/a>, in a bid to boost liquidity and lure retail investors away from other 24-hour venues like crypto exchanges.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are combining all of this innovation with a material improvement to margins and exceptional cash flow growth,\u201d Schwimmer said.<\/p>\n The FTSE 100 firm completed a record \u00a32.1bn share buyback in the first half of the year, with another \u00a31.4bn to come in 2026. LSEG upped its dividend by 17 per cent to 55p.<\/p>\n Earlier in the year, LSEG was one of a number of London tech and data stocks that suffered a sharp sell-off amid investor fears their margins would be eroded by the rise of the major AI firms.<\/p>\n But the firm has since doubled down on its profitability and use of AI, with the stock up by around five per cent since the start of the year.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/p>\n