A requiem for UK equity capital markets December 14, 2024 London’s storied status as a global financial powerhouse is slipping away, and with every IPO that doesn’t materialise or company that decamps to the US, it becomes clearer that the City is in its death throes, says Owen Matthews As a former mid-cap ECM investment banker, I’ve watched with despair as the lights dim on [...]
2025 will be a year of green shoots for the City December 12, 2024 Changing mood music should gradually shift sentiment in London’s favour – and with the fire power of pension funds 2025 could be a better year than the City has seen in a while, says Steven Fine In New York, investors are in bullish form. I met one very well-known player recently who nearly knocked me [...]
The markets in 2025 December 9, 2024 Market forces are likely to continue to change into next year and dealmakers need to be ready, says Merlin Piscitelli With elevated wage costs and tax changes, business sentiment has sunk to an all-time low, following the Autumn Budget. But while confidence in growth under a Labour government appears weak, one industry that is booming is mergers [...]
London Stock Exchange boss: Britain needs to re-think ‘weird’ view of capital markets November 13, 2024 The UK needs to view London’s capital markets as a “driver of the domestic economy” rather just a venue for share trading, the boss of the London Stock Exchange said yesterday. At an event hosted by investment bank UBS, Julia Hoggett, who has led the exchange since 2021, called on pension funds to back British [...]
Strong governments must be prepared to upset the markets (a bit) November 12, 2024 The bond markets are a potent opposition, but governments must be prepared to take risks if they are ever to reap rewards, says Charles White-Thomson With a large majority and an election years away, the Prime Minister and Chancellor likely don’t feel the need to worry too much about what the electorate think. But one [...]
Marula Mining Plc November 1, 2024 | Sponsored Marula Mining Plc (AQSE: MARU A2X: MARU) is an African focused battery metals investment and exploration company and has interests in several high value mining operations and mine development projects in Africa: the Blesberg Lithium and Tantalum Mine, Northern Cape Lithium and Tungsten Project, Korridor Lithium Project and Kruisrivier Cobalt Mine, all in South Africa; [...]
Mendell Helium Plc November 1, 2024 | Sponsored Mendell Helium announced on 27 June 2024 that it has entered into an option agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of M3 Helium through the issue of 57,611,552 new ordinary shares in Mendell Helium to M3 Helium’s shareholders. The exercise of the option will constitute a reverse takeover pursuant to AQSE Rule 3.6 [...]
Invinity Energy Systems PLC November 1, 2024 | Sponsored Invinity Energy Systems is the leading global manufacturer of modular vanadium flow batteries, the most commercially proven alternative to lithium-ion, for utility-scale energy storage for businesses, industry and electricity networks around the world. The Company has 75 MWh of VFBs deployed at, or contracted for delivery to, 82 sites across 18 countries, more than any [...]
Valereum PLC November 1, 2024 | Sponsored Valereum (VLRM) Plc is building the future of finance by revolutionising financial markets. Its aim is to be the global market leader in the rapidly developing tokenised digital markets sector, through its exchange, marketplaces, and a groundbreaking suite of turn-key technology solutions. VLRM Markets VLRM Markets plans to establish and operate licensed and regulated public [...]
Ananda Developments PLC November 1, 2024 | Sponsored Ananda is dedicated to developing medicines to treat complex, chronic inflammatory pain conditions. With 28 million people in the UK alone dealing with chronic pain and the NHS spending over £5 billion annually on musculoskeletal pain, there is a pressing need for better, more effective treatments. In many conditions which exhibit complex, chronic inflammation and [...]