Labour lacks the ambition to boost the City’s potential Bim Afolami While Labour will raise businesses taxes, only the Conservatives understand that it’s entrepreneurs that create growth, wealth and opportunity, says Bim Afolami Elections are about a choice informed by a reflection on the past to make a crucial judgement about our future. Over the past 14 years, the UK, with London at its heart, has [...]
Anne Stevenson-Yang on China, audit reform and why she’s unsure about Yorkshire INTERVIEW City A.M. sits down with the co-founder of activist short-selling firm J Capital Research to discuss China, its companies and whether they require closer inspection
The Notebook: Jeremy Hunt’s fight with the FCA sets a dangerous precedent the notebook Lucy McNulty takes the Notebook pen to talk watchdog politics, election grandstanding, and what the FCA could learn from the PRA.
‘Not unnatural’ for veteran Tories like Gove to be quitting, City minister insists May 25, 2024 The exodus of prominent Tory MPs like Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom is “not unnatural”, the City minister has insisted, amid speculation that Conservatives are quitting Parliament in fear of imminent electoral defeat.
City minister denies Sunak ‘taking the day off’ May 25, 2024 A minister denied Rishi Sunak is “taking the day off” from campaigning for the July 4 General Election as the Prime Minister stayed close to his Yorkshire constituency on Saturday morning. Sunak completed a whistlestop two-day tour of the four nations on Friday and is understood to be attending an event in the north of [...]
The Notebook: The Tories’ parting gift to the City? A puffed up FCA they failed to control May 23, 2024 The Conservative Party's parting gift to the City? An overreaching regulator that they were too slow and tired to deal with.
Why the prospect of a Shein listing is dividing the City of London May 22, 2024 Shein's plans to reportedly float on the London Stock Exchange have been seen as a welcome boost in some quarters. But the Chinese founded fast-fashion giant is posing difficult questions for the City, writes Charlie Conchie
City minister Afolami rounds on regulators and calls to maintain ties with China May 20, 2024 The City minister has doubled down on the government’s collision course with regulators today as he laid out a choice between “high regulatory barriers” and making the Square Mile “competitive” on the global stage.
Why pension trustees need to embrace a ‘win-win’ and back British firms May 16, 2024 Pension trustees must embrace a “win-win” and begin backing Britain’s homegrown tech companies if younger Brits are to retire with comfortable pension pots, the founding chief of the British Business Bank has warned.
City minister: Pension funds need to start pumping cash into London’s stock market May 15, 2024 UK pension funds need to start pumping cash into London’s stock market “fast”, the City minister will say today, in another warning shot at the sector as government tries to channel a wave of cash into the City.