How Liverpool hopes to create 8,000 jobs and ‘save lives across the world’ March 12, 2024 Details of how Liverpool's Investment Zone will seek to create 8,000 jobs and 'save lives across the world' have been unveiled.
Impax posts rise in assets under management despite ESG exodus March 12, 2024 ESG-focused Impax Asset Management has reported an uptick in assets under management (AUM) as the wider sector grapples with higher outflows from sustainable funds.
Wise founder and Legal & General back £63m ‘inclusive’ London start-up venture fund March 12, 2024 Legal & General and the founder of fintech firm Wise are among a host of big name investors to back a new London venture fund looking to pump cash into “inclusive” start-ups.
‘The budget doesn’t f*cking matter’: Gary Stevenson on why Hunt’s fiscal plans are ‘deckchairs on the Titanic’ March 11, 2024 Gary Stevenson, former Citi trader, quit the City a decade ago to campaign against inequality. Charlie Conchie, sits down with him to ask why.
Etoro could snub London for New York IPO despite UK focus March 10, 2024 UK-focused stock trading platform Etoro is exploring a New York IPO at a valuation of more than $3.5bn (£2.7bn) despite doing most of its business in Europe.
Primarybid ditches UK consumer app to ramp up international expansion March 10, 2024 London-based retail investment platform PrimaryBid is preparing to cut its UK consumer app in order to increase spending on overseas expansion.
Will a British ISA really boost the London Stock Exchange? March 9, 2024 Jeremy Hunt confirmed much trailed plans for a British ISA in the budget on Wednesday in a bid to get cash flowing into London’s beleaguered stock market.
Yet another UK firm heads for private hands after £400m-plus deal March 8, 2024 Wealth manager Mattioli Woods is set to be snapped up by a London-based private equity outfit after waving through a £432m deal to its shareholders today.
Royal London plots bulk annuities push as profits rise March 8, 2024 Life insurer Royal London said it was looking to push further into the booming bulk purchase annuities market today as it posted a 19 per cent rise in profits for the year.
‘I would’ve thrown an egg at him’: Jeremy Hunt under fire for his London Stock Exchange push March 8, 2024 The boss of challenger stock exchange Aquis has launched a blistering attack on Jeremy Hunt today, claiming he wanted to throw an egg at the Chancellor for his "anti-competitive" push to turn the London Stock Exchange into the “Nasdaq of Europe”.