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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FTSE 100 Live: Unilever demerger; House prices hit record high

December 5, 2025

Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. The Autumn Budget started nearly an hour earlier than expected on 26 November after the fiscal watchdog leaked its forecasts for the UK and with it all the Labour government’s economic policy for the next year. But start as you mean to end rings true [...]
AJ Bell: Revenue jumps as customer numbers surge

December 4, 2025

Investment platform giant AJ Bell has reported a record financial performance after the group attracted thousands of new customers. Group revenue rose by 18 per cent over its financial year to the end of September to £317.8m, up from £269.4m the 12 months before. Profit before tax increased by 22 per cent to £137.8m, up [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Budget to send borrowing costs soaring; New AIM IPO

December 4, 2025

Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Sir Keir Starmer has asked the British public to judge his premiership on the government’s ability to “make people feel better off”. Well, in the capital the Prime Minister shouldn’t be expecting a warm reception from young Brits, who are feeling the pinch of the [...]
Apex Group to act as intermediary for London Stock Exchange’s Pisces market

December 4, 2025

The London Stock Exchange’s Pisces market has taken another step forward with financial services provider Apex Group securing a position as the trading venues intermediary. The group will act as the index’s registered auction agent (RAA) meaning it is responsible for ensuring all companies who wish to list are compliant with Pisces rules before becoming [...]
Young Brits complain of older co-workers stereotyping Gen Z

December 4, 2025

Gen Z officer workers have reported experiencing criticism from older colleagues due to negative stereotypes linked to their generation. According to the latest report from workforce engagement platform Kahoot, nearly 50 per cent of young Brits have reported being criticised in the workplace, leading to increased stress and tension. Among those who have been subjected [...]
Smiths Group strikes deal to offload detection business for £2bn

December 3, 2025

London listed Smiths Group is set to offload another of its businesses, as it works to streamline its operations after bowing to increasing investor pressure. The FTSE 100 company has agreed to sell its Smiths Detection division to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners in a £2bn deal. The business manufactures threat detection technology, including [...]
FTSE 100 Live: HSBC names new chair; Bloomsbury and Google tie-up

December 3, 2025

Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Are we on the verge of another financial crisis? It’s quite the eerie question but it was one of many posed to the Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey following the latest financial stability report on Tuesday. The head of the central Bank [...]
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 [...]
Don’t overlook UK stocks in 2026

December 1, 2025

The UK stock market has long been shunned by retail investors, as the AI boom, inflation woes and gloomy economic conditions spark the search for greater returns in overseas markets, particularly the US. While this narrative has held back many investors from tapping into the UK, the London index has bounced back in 2025, with [...]
UK and US agree to zero tariff deal on pharmaceuticals

December 1, 2025

The government has agreed to a major deal with Washington that will see the UK become the only country to secure zero import tariffs on pharmaceutical products into the US for at least three years. The deal follows months of negotiations between the government and the Trump administration, after the June trade deal left the [...]

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