Talk:London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange

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This article talked (and still does to an extent) mainly about technology. Hardly what you'd expect for a general article on an exchange. The name is of course now redundant - LIFFE as such doesn't exist anymore. Shouldn't this be moved to Euronext.liffe? There is no entry there yet. There's a case to be made to keep this entry seperate, but then it should only talk about LIFFE during its years of existence, i.e. until 2002. Also, what is needed is a bit more information about the market, its competitors (as an exchange, NOT as a software house), etc. DocendoDiscimus 09:49, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

My opinion is: to avoid confusion, a separate article should be created about Euronext.LIFFE to deal with the current incarnation, with information about it's competitors, market, products and services etc. The new article could have a link to this article - if the reader wants some historical information. This article should then become a historical feature which it essentially is. A note should be put at the top of this article indicating that it is now history, with a link to Euronext.LIFFE.

It's true that you would not expect an article about an exchange to talk about technology. But, this exchange is a special case since technology played a crucial part in its final years - hence a footnote on the technology is appropriate. A lot more could be written about the history of this exchange, since it played a significant part in the development of the market traded derivatives business. At times, some of its products were the most heavily traded in the world. More could be said about its effect on the London stock market (and other markets), e.g. its effect on the October 1987 crash among other things. What you have done is very appropriate - weaving technology into the historical context. By the way, thanks for your input. (Thobius 18:39, 13 September 2005 (UTC))


 * hi, I agree, it's best to have two pages. In fact, Euronext.liffe consists not just of LIFFE, but also of the derivative activities of the other constituent exchanges. Btw, I'm using Euronext's own spelling of Euronext.liffe (i.e. lower case liffe - must have been politics that they decided on that..). You're right re the technology. It should definitely stay, though when I first looked at it it looked like an ad written by someone who had programmed LIFFE CONNECT... I'll create the Euronext.liffe page later. But I think then others will have to take over from here, i.e. on LIFFE's effects on Global markets, etc. Thanks for the comments! DocendoDiscimus 20:08, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

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