Petershill Partners tops estimates in maiden results April 20, 2022 Investment outfit Petershill Partners sailed past estimates in its maiden set of results today as profits after tax hit $248m.
Quilter assets slide as Ukraine crisis hits investor confidence April 20, 2022 Wealth manager Quilter reported a dip in assets under management in the past three months as investor jitters spread in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Buyout giants rule out backing Musk bid as takeover interest heats up April 20, 2022 A host of buyout giants have ruled themselves out of backing Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of twitter over concerns the tech giant cannot boost its profitability.
Apollo chief warns peers ‘ignore blockchain at your peril’ April 19, 2022 The billionaire chief of investment giant Apollo has warned the private equity industry to ignore “blockchain at [its] peril” after the firm has thrown its weight behind the technology in recent months.
African startups get record funding as analysts warn UK investors are missing out April 19, 2022 African startups received record funding last year as international venture capital poured into the continent’s booming tech sector - but analysts have warned UK investors are not pulling their weight.
Putin stamps out foreign listings for Russian firms April 19, 2022 Russia is set to stamp out foreign listings for homegrown firms as Putin looks to close ranks in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.
Alternative investments: predictable uncertainty in private markets April 19, 2022 | City Talk With experience, investment professionals acquire a better understanding of markets, become more confident of their abilities and conclude that they can interpret the world more precisely. The philosopher Karl Popper offered his take on the main issue with such determinism during a 1965 lecture titled ‘Of Clouds and Clocks: An Approach to the Problem of Rationality [...]
London anti-fraud firm bags £72m as online scams boom April 19, 2022 London anti-fraud firm SEON has bagged a $94m (£69m) cash injection today as firms look to fight off a wave of online fraud brought on by a shift to digital platforms through the pandemic.
Made in Britain: As Brexit and Covid dismantle supply chains, boom in ‘reshoring’ leads to renaissance in UK manufacturing April 18, 2022 sAs the government admitted last week that there are ‘significant challenges’ to UK stock levels because of Brexit and Covid, is reshoring then perhaps the answer? Last week’s government report, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), revealed the full extent of tumbling stock levels and broken global supply chains in the wake of Brexit and [...]
UK needs nuclear investment at speed and at scale April 14, 2022 | Sponsored Tom Greatrex, CEO Nuclear Industry Association The UK faces the triple challenge of ensuring our energy security, decarbonising our economy, and creating good jobs in all parts of the country. Gas is our leading source of home heating and electricity generation, and half of that is imported at spiralling prices. Fossil fuels still account for [...]