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FTSE 100 closes whisker away from 10,000 after intraday high Markets The FTSE 100 was heading to a close a whisker away from the 10,000 mark on Friday after sealing an intraday high in the first day of trading in 2026. London’s blue-chip index climbed 0.3 per cent to finish the session near 9,962p. The index was boosted by an early morning rally as markets opened, [...]
The winners and losers of the FTSE 100’s record year Markets In what has been a record year for the FTSE 100, a number of London’s blue-chips missed out on the rally and were left in the dark. The FTSE 100 is poised to close 2025 just shy of the 10,000 mark after rising 20 per cent over the course of the year, led by strong [...]
Revolut and LSEG join growing list of OpenAI customers Banking Fintech juggernaut Revolut has joined a host of banking giants in leveraging OpenAI tech to beef up their financial crime protections. The digital bank is one of the latest to partner with the ChatGPT maker as it seeks to enhance its fincrime agent and customer services. The $75bn fintech is also using OpenAI’s large language [...]
JP Jenkins allows investment firm to take advantage of Pisces licence December 2, 2025 The new Pisces market today took a step closer to coming to fruition after prospective operator JP Jenkins unveiled a new partnership with Belfast based investment firm Sapphire Capital Partners, allowing it to take advantage of the trading venue. The online securities venue secured its licence from the Financial Conduct Authority in November, after London [...]
JP Jenkins secures Pisces licence as ‘discussions ongoing’ with rivals November 18, 2025 JP Jenkins has become the latest securities venue to secure a Pisces operator licence by the UK’s financial regulator as competition heats up to attract businesses to the new private market. The approval makes JP Jenkins the second company to have received a licence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after London Stock Exchange operator [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Economy grows 0.1 per cent; Rolls-Royce eyes profit jump November 13, 2025 Good morning from the City AM liveblog team. The FTSE 100 is inching a step closer to the magic 10,000 mark after almost a year of outperforming counterparts across the Atlantic. London’s blue-chip index managed to rally to a 0.12 per cent gain in yesterday’s session closing at 9,911.42p. In the afternoon, it inched to a [...]
City execs plot new junior market to rival AIM November 10, 2025 A group of City execs have laid out plans for a new small-cap market in a bid to rival the ailing AIM and rejuvenate London’s public markets. Former Boku boss Jon Prideaux and former AIM chief executive Martin Graham are understood to have approached investors over a £4m fundraising to launch the new exchange, known [...]
Will Big Tech earnings pop the AI bubble? October 28, 2025 This week, the world’s most powerful firms, Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet, Amazon and Apple, will announce their quarterly results, which could either propel Wall Street to new highs or puncture the AI so-called ‘bubble’. Together, these five firms make up a quarter of the S&P 500’s value, and have collectively added over $6tr (£4.5tr) to their [...]
Rachel Reeves hosts Scott Bessent and finance execs for investment talks September 16, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves hosted US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and top dogs from most of the world’s biggest finance firms in a warm-up event ahead of President Donald Trump’s UK arrival on Tuesday evening. City firms including Barclays, HSBC and Revolut sent representatives to Downing Street, where they were joined by bosses from top Wall [...]
London Stock Exchange boss: Fix underinvestment for growth September 5, 2025 The boss of the London Stock Exchange has urged the government to fix investment in capital markets to achieve economic growth. Dame Julia Hoggett, the chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, has backed the new ‘Tell Sid’-style campaign announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves this year in a bid to get Brits investing. Hoggett told [...]