Cavendish shares eye year high after rejecting deals unit takeover June 24, 2025 Shares in investment bank Cavendish spiked on Tuesday as the firm confirmed it had rejected takeover interest in its deals unit after facing private equity-backed interest. Cavendish had been approached regarding a deal that would break up the London-listed investment bank by Smith and Williamson (S&W). The value of the offer remains unclear, Sky News [...]
AIM turns 30: Delistings, doubt and a dose of optimism June 19, 2025 AIM turns 30 today, but birthday celebrations are bound to be overshadowed by swathes of bleak data on the market’s performance. London’s junior stock market has had a woeful period, with projections indicating the index will shrink by a fifth as a result of delisting plans. The number of companies listed on the City’s Alternative [...]
AIM boss: Inheritance tax sums don’t add up June 19, 2025 As AIM celebrates its 30th anniversary the market’s boss is eying a crucial birthday present from the Treasury: tax clarity. AIM shareholders were thrust into the tax spotlight last month after a leaked memo revealed Angela Rayner proposed Chancellor Rachel Reeves slap a series of taxes savers. Scrapping the inheritance tax exemption for AIM shares [...]
AIM to shed billions as market projected to shrink by a fifth May 28, 2025 London’s junior stock market is set to deepen its listing crisis as it heads towards its 30th birthday. The alternative investment market (AIM) is projected to have £12.3bn of market capitalisation, after 61 companies announced plans to ditch their listing. A combination of mergers, private equity takeovers, delistings in favour of private securities venues and [...]
FD Technologies shares surge on US takeover offer May 7, 2025 Shares in Newry-based tech firm FD Technologies rocketed on Wednesday as its odds of a US takeover increased. The AIM-listed company’s board of directors issued a statement on Wednesday addressing offers of a takeover from US private equity firm TA Associates. The most recent proposal from TA related to “a possible cash offer” of 2,450p [...]
AI avatar of CEO delivers annual results in first for London Stock Exchange May 7, 2025 The AI avatar of an AIM-listed firm’s chief executive has delivered the company’s full-year results in a first for the London Stock Exchange. CT Automotive boss Simon Philips outlined the car interior firm’s higher profit, alongside the impact of recent US tariffs, in a short interview on RNS on Wednesday. But the video of Philips [...]
Argentex shares crash as firm fights to survive May 6, 2025 Argentex shares plummeted nearly 90 per cent in early Tuesday deals as the firm resumed trading on London’s AIM. The embattled currency firm suspended its shares from trading on April 22 after it said its liquidity had significantly worsened as the US dollar weakened. The company then agreed to a takeover from rival IFX on [...]
Jet2 shares soar on £250m buyback and higher summer bookings April 29, 2025 Shares in Jet2 soared more than 15 per cent on Tuesday as the leisure travel firm reported healthy profit growth and unveiled a £250m share buyback programme. Group profit before foreign exchange revaluation and taxation is expected to come in at between £565m and £570m, an increase of around nine per cent year-on-year. Jet2 said [...]
Argentex agrees to IFX takeover as boss steps down April 25, 2025 Currency management firm Argentex confirmed on Friday it had agreed to a takeover by IFX Payments just hours after its chief executive exited the company. IFX will pay 2.49 pence per share in the takeover deal, which values Argentex at near £3m. The company will also provide the AIM-listed firm with secured bridge funding of [...]
All eyes on MHA as accountancy firm rings London Stock Exchange bell April 15, 2025 Accountancy firm MHA's long-awaited £271m IPO went live this morning, a minor win for both the company and the London Stock Exchange