HKEX's Li says bid for LSE is all about 'thinking big'

LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing's (HKEX) bid to take over the London Stock Exchange is about "thinking big" and not about cost savings, HKEX's Chief Executive Charles Li said on Tuesday.

"Now is the time to think big, when the world is polarising to the east and west, it is time to become global," Li told the Sibos conference.

"Together we can unlock the last frontier."

(Reporting by Huw Jones and Clara Denina; editing by Jason Neely)