10-02-2017 18:50 via news.yahoo.com

Deutsche Boerse boss faces new insider trading questions

Insider trading suspicions against Deutsche Boerse chief Carsten Kengeter took a new turn Friday after a German media report that he discussed merger plans with the London Stock Exchange with a government official shortly before a large share purchase. Der Spiegel news weekly reported that Kengeter told Lars-Hendrik Roeller -- an economic advisor to Chancellor Angela Merkel -- in November 2015 that he was "basically in agreement" with the LSE over a planned merger.
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