Oxford and Cambridge take the top two places, with four other UK universities also in the global top ten: the London School of Economics (LSE), Durham, University College London (UCL) and Manchester.
That has not stopped Nasdaq from eyeing the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
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Tower blocks are not intrinsically bad places to live, reckons Anne Power of the London School of Economics (LSE).
Prof Mike Redmayne, a criminal law expert at the London School of Economics (LSE), told BBC News that "trying a dead person would make as much sense as trying a horse".
The LSE Group owns the London Stock Exchange and several trading platforms.
London based universities Imperial, UCL and LSE improved their positions as did Edinburgh University while Manchester University made it to 47th place.
Nasdaq began sniffing for acquisitions in Europe as early as 2000 and spent several years accumulating 31% of LSE, operator of the London Stock Exchange.
One British newspaper suggests RobertGreifeldRobert Greifeld, Nasdaq's chief executive, will also discuss a listing in the U.K. with key LSE shareholders when he arrives in London this week.
Max Nathan, a researcher at the LSE who has surveyed 7, 400 companies in London, has found that firms set up or managed by migrants are more innovative.
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange was No. 2 in capital raised, beat out by the London Stock Exchange thanks to Swiss commodities exporter Glencore International (LSE: GLEN).
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The market seems to be betting that with a stronger position in Europe and its 30% holding in the LSE still intact, Nasdaq's bid prospects for the London exchange now look all the more compelling.
LSE's efforts in Latin America and also highlights the extent to which London now dominates mining finance.
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But Nasdaq already has servers humming in London, and Greifeld has exported Nasdaq's pay-to-play strategy to compete with the LSE.
Overall Cambridge was in the top 10 for 27 subjects, Oxford for 15 subjects, Imperial for 10, LSE for seven, UCL for three and Edinburgh and Manchester for two each and Lancaster, Durham and London's Institute of Education for one subject each.
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