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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Moneybox boosts London’s Pisces market in ‘milestone’ £45m sale

July 13, 2026

Moneybox has granted London’s novice private markets platform another major boost after confirming a £45m employee share sale. The move has been hailed a “milestone transaction” in the City’s efforts to keep tech firms from looking for opportunities abroad. The fintech will use the London Stock Exchange’s Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) [...]
Fresh tech sell-off fears as investor chip frenzy cools

July 13, 2026

Chipmaking stocks plunged in Seoul and New York on Monday as investors opted to cash out of SK Hynix following a blistering share price rally following its Nasdaq debut last week. The Kospi, Seoul’s blue-chip index, tumbled 8.9 per cent to 6,806.9 points, dragging it further from the 9,000 mark it was touching just under [...]
Plus500 revenue surges as US prediction markets drive growth

July 13, 2026

Plus500 reported a rise in revenue after the trading platform pushed into the surging US prediction markets. Revenue reached a three year record high, increasing 12 per cent year on year to $462.9m (£346m). The firm also pinned the performance on “heightened market volatility”. Earnings before tax remained flat at $187.5m, after growth was offset [...]
Europe has made a ‘major mistake’ on slow electrification, IEA chief warns

July 11, 2026

The head of the International Energy Agency has warned Europe made a “major mistake” by failing to end its economy reliance on imported fossil fuels quickly enough since the 2022 energy crunch. Fatih Birol said Europe’s low electrification rate, electricity’s share of the energy consumed in the EU, of roughly 23 per cent is holding [...]
Sadiq Khan lobbies Burnham to appoint Miliband as Chancellor

July 11, 2026

London mayor Sadiq Khan has weighed into the debate over who should be the next chancellor, lobbying Andy Burnham to select Ed Miliband for the job. In a private discussion with Burnham, Khan argued that Miliband had both the political skills and economic expertise to deliver Burnham’s agenda, including devolving powers to city regions, people [...]
Apple sues Open AI accusing them of stealing ‘trade secrets’

July 11, 2026

Apple has accused Open AI and two of its former employees of stealing top secret information as the two biggest names in Silicon Valley prepare to compete in the consumer electronics market. The iPhone maker said in a lawsuit filed on Friday in a California federal court that the theft of its trade secrets was [...]
‘One-two punch’ – Families face huge capital gains death tax under Burnham

July 9, 2026

Bereaved families could face a huge tax bill under an Andy Burnham premiership if the likely next Prime Minister presses ahead with a policy to hike capital gains tax on assets of the deceased. Supporters of Burnham, including the former health secretary Wes Streeting and ex-transport minister Louise Haigh, have said previously they believe wealth [...]
State-backed pension scheme plans to pump £1bn into start-ups

July 8, 2026

The UK’s largest state backed pension scheme is planning to invest up to £1bn in venture capital by the end of the decade in a bid to boost returns for its members and fuel economic growth. The National Employment Savings Trust, dubbed Nest, said its plans to expand into high-growth private companies will begin with [...]
Top Tory slams ‘ivory tower’ financial regulators as takeover bids blight London Stock Exchange

July 8, 2026

The shadow business secretary has hit out at “ivory tower financial regulators”, accusing them of failing to spend enough time dealing with the problems facing London’s capital markets and hampering UK competitiveness. Conservative MP Andrew Griffith blamed watchdogs like the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for the state of the London Stock Exchange, which was blighted [...]
Government ‘mis-sold student loans’ to teenagers, MPs say

July 7, 2026

A group of MPs have accused the government of knowingly mis-selling student loans for years to unsuspecting teenagers, after using adverts comparing repayments to mobile phone contracts and failing to properly inform them of certain conditions. The Department for Education (DfE) used a bundle of promotional materials comparing monthly student loans repayments to low-cost monthly items, [...]

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