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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FTSE 100 Live: Fresh London IPOs, L&G in £2bn plan

October 20, 2025

Good morning from the City AM liveblog team. Markets have opened, and here are some of the movements so far on the London Stock Exchange: As Rachel Reeves does her maths ahead of the 26 November Budget, she will hope that Labour’s policies have delivered enough growth to limit the number of tax hikes needed [...]
Sadiq Khan to blame for slump in London housing starts, think tank says

October 17, 2025

Sadiq Khan is to blame for a dearth in housebuilding in London, a leading think tank has warned, as new construction projects slumped to their lowest level seen in years. A perfect storm of challenging macroeconomic conditions, needlessly stringent regulation and a sluggish planning process has helped push construction rates down to just 4,170 housing [...]
London shopping centre to be demolished for major development

October 17, 2025

A huge redevelopment proposal for Lewisham shopping centre was given the green light last night, paving the way for hundreds of new homes to be built. Lewisham Council officials voted to approve plans to redevelop the 1970s complex, in a move that will see it turned into 1,700 new homes, 660 student beds and 445 [...]
FTSE 100 Live: BBVA Sabadell bid falls through, tax rises in focus

October 17, 2025

Good morning from the City AM liveblog team. Rachel Reeves isn’t going to introduce a Wealth Tax, but she is going to tax the wealthy. She isn’t going to impose austerity, but she is going to get spending under control. Confused? Speculation over the contents of next month’s Budget has reached fever pitch, and it’s [...]
British chipmaker Ensilica becomes latest victim of Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack

October 16, 2025

British chipmaker Ensilica is thought to have become the latest supplier to Jaguar Land Rover to take a hit from the carmaker’s cyberattack, as the firm cut its supply expectations for the forthcoming year. The Oxford-based business saw its shares tumble on Thursday after it revised down its revenue expectations to £28-30m for the year [...]
FTSE 100 Live: GDP ‘stumbles’ to end of year, Premier Inn owner’s earnings dip

October 16, 2025

Good morning from the City AM liveblog team. Amid all the doom and gloom, it was a moment to cheer for bankers in the Square Mile yesterday. Rules governing bonuses are getting relaxed, which could lead to a tastier payout come the new year. The new rules will allow part-payment of bonuses for the most [...]
Should we be worried about AI market concentration?

October 16, 2025

An interesting statistic caught my eye this week on reading the IMF’s report into global financial stability. The report cited a decades-old measure known as the Herfindahl-Hirschman index. While hardly catchy, the Herfindahl-Hirschman index is a simple tool for assessing the dominance of certain players within the market. The higher the number, the greater the [...]
Banker bonus rules are getting watered down. Will anyone shed a tear?

October 16, 2025

When the European Banking Authority published its guidelines on executive pay in 2015, the report pronounced on 126 separate rules spread across 173 pages. Any banker able to get through the whole rulebook without falling asleep surely deserved every penny of the eyewatering bonus they received – provided it met the guidelines. The EBA’s voluminous [...]
Bankers to get bonuses much sooner as PRA relaxes rules

October 15, 2025

Bankers will be able to collect their bonuses much sooner under a relaxation of remuneration rules unveiled by the UK’s prudential regulator. The new rules will allow part-payment of bonuses for the most senior bankers from year one, rather than year three under previous rules. The amount of time that senior bankers must now wait [...]
Royal Mail slapped with £21m Ofcom fine for late deliveries

October 15, 2025

Royal Mail has once again been hit with a huge fine for failing to meet its delivery targets. Regulator Ofcom has handed Britain’s postal service a £21m fine after only 77 per cent of first class and 92.5 per cent of second class mail was delivered on time, well short of the 93 per cent [...]

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