Brookfield weighs up blockbuster listing for asset management business February 10, 2022 Toronto-based investment giant Brookfield Asset Management is looking to spin-off its asset management business in a blockbuster listing that could value the new firm at $75bn.
Klarna eyes up $60bn valuation with new funding round February 10, 2022 Buy now pay later (BNPL) giant Klarna is eyeing up a new funding round that could see its valuation jump to $60bn (£44bn) as it looks to fund an expansion.
Tech leaders push for UK listings overhaul as Arm heads toward New York float February 9, 2022 Tech leaders have called on government to ramp up efforts to overhaul listings rules after the owner of British chipmaker Arm indicated it would shun the London Stock Exchange in favour of a New York listing.
FCA warns banks of Russian cyber attacks as Ukraine tensions ripple through European finance February 9, 2022 The Financial Conduct Authority has warned UK banks to stress test their cyber defences as fears grow of Russian-sponsored cyber attacks amid tensions in Ukraine.
Dutch fintech Adyen reports surge in revenue as digital payments boom February 9, 2022 Dutch payments giant Adyen has reported a jump in revenues today and a 72 per cent surge in payments as merchants increasingly shift to digital payment methods.
Investing’s first principles and why the discounted cash flow model remains an absolute necessity February 9, 2022 | City Talk I couldn’t sleep. I knew something was wrong. The numbers just didn’t make sense. For years, pipeline energy analysts seemed to be adjusting their valuation models for pipeline master limited partnership (MLP) stocks in order to explain what was happening to the price. But why? Why adjust the models for one set of companies and [...]
Softbank readies to take Arm public as pressure builds for a London listing February 8, 2022 Japanese conglomerate Softbank is gearing up to take British chip manufacturer public after its blockbuster $40bn takeover by American rival Nvidia collapsed.
GoCardless closes $312m funding round to become UK’s latest fintech ‘unicorn’ February 8, 2022 London-based payments firm GoCardless has closed a $312m funding round to make it the UK’s latest fintech ‘unicorn’ with a valuation of $2.1bn.
Global Britain: £500bn Brexit boost and 5m jobs via supercharge of UK exports and new trade ties February 8, 2022 Supercharging UK exports may result in a £500bn Brexit boost and could create up to 5m new jobs, according to a group of business leaders. The Global Britain Commission, which was set up by former trade minister Liam Fox, has set out detail for a blueprint for Global Britain in a post-Brexit world. If Britain [...]
Female-focused investment programme launches to help close gender funding gap February 8, 2022 A new female-focused fundraising programme has launched today to aim to close the UK's gender funding gap and work with female founders to navigate unconscious bias in venture capital (VC) investing.