Wise shareholders overwhelmingly approve plans to ditch UK primary listing July 28, 2025 UK fintech Wise has curbed a potential shareholder revolt to seal the transferal of its primary listing to the US despite an investor backlash over additional terms within the proposal. More than 90 per cent of Class A shareholders and 84.6 per cent of Class B shareholders approved the deal, which will see the firm [...]
Companies House reforms: 1 in 5 firms shift addresses July 16, 2025 More than one in five UK companies changed their registered address between January 2022 and February 2025, highlighting the extent of internal corporate changes taking place ahead of major Companies House reforms. Moody’s data, shared exclusively with City AM, also found that nearly 14 per cent of companies changed legal status during the same period. [...]
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 [...]
Canadian giant swoops for London-listed Ricardo June 11, 2025 London-listed engineering firm Ricardo has agreed to a £281m acquisition deal by Canadian consultancy giant WSP in the latest foreign takeover blow to the London Stock Exchange. Ricardo has accepted the 430p per share offer, a 28 per cent increase on the firm’s closing price on June 10 of 326p. It is a 69 per [...]
Tate & Lyle uses new listing rules to bypass vote on Kelco deal October 3, 2024 Tate & Lyle has taken advantage of the City regulator's new listing rules to forgo a shareholder vote to approve its agreed acquisition of CP Kelco, a US speciality ingredients maker.