‘This clearly shows the absurdity of UK stock market valuations’: Currys urged to accept offer that values it at over £1bn March 5, 2024 Currys should accept a takeover offer that would value the company at more than £1bn, according to one of its shareholders.
Monzo hits $5bn valuation with new funding round led by Alphabet’s CapitalG March 5, 2024 Monzo has secured a new $430m funding round led by Alphabet-owned fund CapitalG valuing the digital challenger bank at $5bn.
FTSE 100 today: London markets braces for cautious opening as U.S. and Asian markets slip March 5, 2024 Hong Kong and Chinese stocks fell as China set a 5% growth target. Meanwhile, Bitcoin surged past $68,000. Investors now await Fed Chair Jerome Powell's testimony for market insights.
China’s audacious aim: pursuing five per cent growth target amidst economists’ scepticism March 5, 2024 China has set its sights on achieving an economic growth target of approximately 5% for the current year, a goal that some economists consider ambitious.
UK strikes science deal with Saudi Arabia as the kingdom grows its tech industry March 4, 2024 The UK has struck a science and research deal with Saudi Arabia in a bid to get its foot in the door of the fast growing oil-rich nation.
China bounces back in February and dominates best performing funds March 4, 2024 The best performing funds throughout February were dominated by Chinese funds, while property and physical metal funds both lost out as the worst performers. Throughout last month, the best performing fund was Matthews China Small Companies, which returned 14.4 per cent, according to data from FE Fundinfo. Indeed, seven of the top 10 performing funds [...]
Moving markets: Five things shaping the FTSE 100 today March 4, 2024 Asian markets rallied as Japan's Nikkei surged, bitcoin hit a two-year peak, and oil prices rose. All eyes are on the UK Budget and the Annual Chinese Communist Party (CCP) meetings, set to influence market dynamics this week.
London Stock Exchange owner pledges ‘aggressive’ IPO push after ‘encouraging’ signs of revival February 29, 2024 The owner of the London Stock Exchange said it was seeing an “encouraging IPO pipeline” for the year ahead today as it looks to rebound from a historic slump in listings last year.
Octopus Energy chief Greg Jackson: The world isn’t ready for China’s clean energy tidal wave February 28, 2024 Greg Jackson said the UK could be "subsumed" by China's clean energy drive unless policymakers move quicker
Country Garden hit with winding up petition in latest threat to China’s real estate sector February 28, 2024 China's property crisis shows no sign of abating after the country's largest property developer was hit by a winding up petition from a creditor.