By: Simon Hunt

City Editor Simon Hunt is City editor at City AM, covering the economy and financial markets. He was previously business correspondent for the Evening Standard and a reporter for Bloomberg News.

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Are the wheels falling off the Bitcoin treasury play?

June 26, 2025

What do a London-listed web designer, a spinal health researcher and a metals miner all have in common? Hint: They also have this in common with an AI-powered business consultancy and a Utah-based oil and gas producer. Figured it out? The answer: In the past few days, they have all adopted what they call a [...]
Liontrust profit slides after billions more outflows

June 25, 2025

Profit at Liontrust slid by more than a quarter after the fund manager suffered billions more in outflows. The London-based business reported an adjusted pre-tax profit of £48.3m for the year to end March 2025, a drop of 28 per cent compared to last year. Liontrust saw nearly £5bn in outflows over the period, though [...]
Tritax Big Box makes £485m swoop for Warehouse REIT after Blackstone snub

June 25, 2025

Tritax Big Box has reached a £485m deal to acquire rival Warehouse REIT, fending off a previous offer from US private equity giant Blackstone. The cash and shares offer, which has been recommended by the Warehouse board, values the company at £485m. Warehouse has withdrawn its recommendation that shareholders approve an earlier Blackstone offer as [...]
Amazing AI becomes latest Aquis-listed firm to adopt Bitcoin reserve policy

June 24, 2025

Amazing AI has seen its stock rocket after the fintech firm became the latest Aquis-listed business to adopt a Bitcoin treasury policy. The US firm, which offers consumer loans, said it will “strategically allocate” capital generated from its business operations and future fundraisings, with the aim of maintaining a treasury consisting of both traditional cash [...]
FCA vows to take action faster amid jump in whistleblower reports

June 24, 2025

The UK’s financial regulator has said it is “closing reports faster” after receiving more whistleblower reports than ever during its latest financial year. The Financial Conduct Authority said it had received 1,131 reports in the 12 months to end March, a small increase on last year and a jump of 8 per cent on five [...]
Exclusive: Euroclear expands Crest functionality in private markets in bid to widen investor pool

June 24, 2025

Euroclear has expanded its Crest functionality in private markets in a bid to open them up to a wider pool of investors, City AM can reveal. The securities depository system, most frequently used for the settling of stocks and bonds in public markets, will have greater escrow options to address the needs of private companies [...]
Industrial Strategy: Labour to turn City into ‘most innovative financial centre’

June 23, 2025

Labour has vowed to turn the Square Mile into “the world’s most innovative full-service financial centre” as the government laid out the key pillars of its much-anticipated industrial strategy. The policy document said the government would achieve the milestone by 2035, but was unclear about what the criteria were for hitting it or how it [...]
PPHE unveils £90m plan to turn lap dancing club into luxury London hotel

June 23, 2025

Hotel giant PPHE has unveiled plans to turn an east London lap dancing club into a huge new hotel as it continues its expansion in the capital. The London-listed firm today unveiled a £90m proposal to construct a 21-story tower on Leman Street in Whitechapel, which will feature 182 rooms, a restaurant, bar, gym and [...]
Smarter Web Company becomes tech unicorn after stock surges six-fold in two weeks

June 20, 2025

Smarter Web Company has become the UK’s latest tech unicorn, achieving a valuation of more than £1bn after its stock saw a six-fold increase in just two weeks. The web design and online marketing company saw its stock climb 18.3 per cent by the end of the day’s trading session on Friday to 500p, ending [...]
CMA won’t look back in anger over dynamic pricing practices

June 20, 2025

Dynamic pricing can deliver “good outcomes for consumers”, the UK’s competition watchdog has said, after concluding a probe into the practice sparked by a consumer backlash over soaring prices at Oasis concerts. The strategy, in which the same products are sold to different consumers at different prices based on levels of demand, attracted furore last [...]

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