 London Stock Exchange Group PLC increased its dividend 7 as it reported stronger income growth in the second quarter and good progress on the integration of its US27bn acquisition of financial data provider Refinitiv. Total income for the first half of 2021 was up 4.6 excluding the one-off deferred revenue accounting treatment relating to the Refinitiv deal, while underlying income of 2.97bn was almost three times the level of this time last year. 