Blackstone-Thomson Reuters set to offload $2b LSE Group stake

Blackstone-Thomson Reuters set to offload $2b LSE Group stake

London Stock Exchange. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg

An investor consortium including Blackstone and Thomson Reuters, the parent company of Reuters News, is selling 1.7 billion pounds ($2.01 billion) worth of shares in the London Stock Exchange Group to trim its joint stake.