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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Legal & General shares slide after profit disappoints

March 11, 2026

Legal & General share price tumbled in early morning trading, after the asset management and insurance giant’s reshape was overshadowed by lower-than-expected profit. Shares fell 5.5 per cent to 244p on Wednesday, after core operating profit of £1.62bn fell short of analyst’s £1.65bn expectation, creating a “source of disappointment for investors”, despite it rising six [...]
Odey described as a ‘sex pest’ by former hedge fund chief executive, court told

March 10, 2026

Disgraced hedge fund manager Crispin Odey was called a “sex pest” and a “sociopath” by former Odey Asset Management chief executive, a court was told on Tuesday. Tim Pearey said in an interview with the Financial Conduct Authority: “I think he’s a sex pest I’m afraid… I think he’s got a real problem. “I think [...]
Edinburgh Worldwide seeks to end Saba standoff with tender offer

March 10, 2026

The board of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust has offered shareholders an exit plan in its bid to bring an end to its 16-month battle with Saba Capital. It is proposing a tender offer for up to 100 per cent of its share capital after the Board said it had “exhausted every reasonable and equitable solution [...]
Sportl: the pay-as-you-go gym app sprinting into the capital

March 10, 2026

When they worked at the Bank of England, Matthew Austin and Ryan Lovelock understood the frustration of finding time for the gym. Sneaking out for a lunchtime sesh or scrambling to leave work on time for an evening class is a familiar challenge for fitness-focused city workers. Austin said: “We were kind of here, there [...]
Oil importing markets’ share prices slide amid Iran energy crisis

March 9, 2026

Oil importing markets across Asia and Europe suffered a sharp stock sell-off in early morning trading, after crude oil prices rocketed to their highest levels in four years amid the US-Israel war with Iran. The price of oil breached the $100 (£74.90) mark for the first time since the 2022 energy crisis, which was triggered [...]
G7 ministers to discuss joint release of emergency oil reserves

March 9, 2026

G7 finance ministers are set to discuss a possible joint release of petroleum from reserves coordinated by the International Energy Agency in an emergency meeting on Monday, as they look to tackle surging oil prices amid the conflict in the Gulf. Ministers will hold a call with International Energy Agency’s (IEA) executive director Faith Birol [...]
FTSE 100 Live: US stocks sink on open; Iran warns oil price could hit $200

March 9, 2026

Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. The chaos in global markets of last following the breakout of conflict in the Middle East is poised to continue as tensions in the Gulf showed no sign of slowing down over the weekend. The price of oil notched its highest gains in a single [...]
Removing UK’s tariff exemption could hurt small businesses, trade body warns

March 8, 2026

Removing the UK’s tariff exemption for low value imports could risk pushing up prices, reduce trade intensity and damage small businesses, a leading trade body has warned. The British Chambers of Commerce’s (BCC) warning comes amid the government considering the move after the US removed its ‘de minimis’ exemption for certain commercial shipments. The EU [...]
Monzo slammed for ‘shaming’ end of year reviews

March 7, 2026

Digital bank Monzo has been accused of overstepping the mark by using data it holds on customers to call out their spending habits and lifestlye choices. The bank used data to tell one customer with a past eating disorder that she eats a lot of fast food, spends “more than most” on Just Eat takeaways, [...]
Trump promises to hit Iran very hard, after president vows to never surrender

March 7, 2026

US president Donald Trump has vowed to continue hitting the country, after Iran’s president has said his country will never surrender to the US and Israel, but apologised to neighbouring countries for launching strikes on them. Presidnet Masoud Pezeshkian said in a state TV speech broadcast on Saturday: “The enemies must take their wish for [...]

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