By: Maisie Grice

Investment Reporter Maisie Grice is City AM’s investment reporter. She completed the Financial Time’s newsroom apprenticeship, working on specialist magazine Investors’ Chronicle and the UK news desk before joining FT Money as a personal finance reporter. She also worked as a regional news reporter at the Manchester Evening News, covering live events, crime and local politics.

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Will the SpaceX IPO send retail investors into orbit?

Investing

SpaceX is preparing the largest retail allocation ever attempted in a megacap IPO in its anticipated listing later this month, with Elon Musk seeking to reserve as much as a quarter of the company’s $75bn float for individual investors. Musk reportedly wants ordinary investors cemented near the centre of the group’s ownership straight from blast [...]
William Hill owner Evoke shares rocket as it braces for £243m takeover from Bally’s Intralot

Merger/Acquisition

Betting group Evoke shares rocketed in early morning trading, after gambling firm Bally’s Intralot on the terms and conditions for a takeover, as UK businesses brace for an online gambling tax hike. Shares soared 16.2 per cent to 46.4 pence per share, with shares up 24.2 per cent since January. The Greek company’s board has [...]
Savvy the Squirrel and ‘simpler regulation’: New City minister reaffirms Labour’s investment push

Investing

The government’s new City minister has doubled down on the government’s commitment to overhaul the UK’s investment culture and encourage more Brits to enter the stock market, including its new squirrel-themed nationwide campaign. Economic Secretary to the Treasury Rachel Blake, who took over from Lucy Rigby three weeks ago, noted that “too many people have [...]

Partners Group suffers surge in withdrawal requests and braces to cap more funds

June 4, 2026

Partners Group warned that its flagship private equity fund had been hit by a flurry of requests from wealthy investors, raising concerns the Swiss firm would have to cap withdrawals, a day after doing so on a major European fund. Redemption requests at its $16bn private equity master fund reached roughly six per cent of [...]
Stockbroker boom down under boosts CMC Markets share price

June 4, 2026

CMC Markets shares rocketed in early trading after a rise in stockbroking activity in Australia coupled with its expanding institutional business partnerships boosted profits. Shares soared 12.7 per cent to 415p, with shares up 37.1 per cent since the start of the year. The trading platform operator recorded a 20 per cent hike in profit [...]
Gold prices glitter amid geopolitical uncertainty

June 4, 2026

Gold saw a significant price rally over the course of 2025, after geopolitical uncertainty and heightened central bank buying drove more people to the safe haven asset. Gold prices rallied 44 per cent last year, reaching $4,550 per ounce in December and recording 56 fresh record highs according to the latest report from Metals Focus. [...]
Cliff-edge warning: Fewer than 10 per cent of Brits to achieve a comfortable retirement

June 3, 2026

Large numbers of Brits are at risk of facing a retirement ‘cliff edge’ as people fail to save enough to achieve a moderate or comfortable retirement. For someone living on their own, a comfortable lifestyle would require an annual income of £45,400, a level only nine per cent of Brits are on track to hit, [...]
Investec shares rise amid takeover speculation

June 3, 2026

Investec shares jumped in early Wednesday trading after the South African financial giant became subject to takeover speculation. Shares rose as much as 4.6 per cent before settling at 1.4 per cent, trading at 669.5p, following reports from M&A blog site Betaville that the bank may have attracted takeover interest, with it citing “people following [...]
Space X bumps back to earth as analysts slash value

June 3, 2026

Morningstar analysts have valued Space X at $780bn (£579.9bn), a figure less than half of what the company is reportedly aiming for in its upcoming initial public offering. The valuation comes roughly 48 per cent below its private market valuation, with Elon Musk’s company looking for a valuation between $1.7 trillion and $2 trillion. The [...]
Delaying estate planning could cost affluent Brits over £12bn

June 3, 2026

Brits who are putting off dealing with their estate planning could lose over £12bn in preventable inheritance tax from April 2027, as more middle-income earners brace to be ensnared in the tax net. Families who are in the top decile of UK wealth who do not begin estate planning until they are 70 could fail [...]

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