Nex Group deal waved through

Shareholders have given the green light for financial-technology firm Nex Group to be taken over by US futures exchange giant CME in a £3.9 billion deal.

A total of 99.98 per cent of investors voted in favour of the deal at a general meeting yesterday. The tie-up, first announced in March, will see Nex’s London headquarters merged with CME’S, which is based in Chicago.