P&O and DFDS to address competition concerns following CMA investigation June 13, 2022 Ferry operators P&O and DFDS will address concerns over their capacity-sharing agreement after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation. Under the agreement signed in May 2021, cargo customers on the Dover to Calais route can board the next available ship, regardless of who operates it. After it launched an inquiry in November [...]
1 Minute Market Rundown – 13th June 2022 June 13, 2022 ETH Break Key SupportBTC Under Pressure There are days when I write this piece and hope I am wrong. Friday was one of those where sadly I was right and the world turned ugly. With risk already on the back foot Friday saw a huge CPI upside print and the rest is history. Global stocks [...]
Kwarteng orders review of petrol retail market to ensure fuel duty cuts are passed on to consumers June 12, 2022 Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has ordered the market watchdog to conduct an "urgent review" of the petrol market.
Klarna boss questions Apple competitive practices after buy-now pay-later move June 12, 2022 The boss of fintech giant Klarna has questioned the competitive practices of Apple after the tech behemoth announced it would push into the buy-now pay-later space this week.
Morrisons mulls sale of warehouses and fisheries in £600m deal June 12, 2022 Morrisons’ private equity owner is scouting for a buyer for its estate of warehouses, fisheries and food manufacturing hubs in a sale worth more than £600m. The New York private equity titan is mulling a sale-and-leaseback transaction in an endeavour to power returns from its £7bn takeover of the British grocer, according to a report [...]
Watchdog CMA zooms in on mobile ecosystem dominance: ‘Apple and Google hold all the cards’ June 10, 2022 The UK’s competition watchdog said today it is planning to launch an investigation into the “effective duopoly” that Apple and Google hold over the mobile ecosystem. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was consulting on the launch of a market investigation into the power of the two firms following its publication of a [...]
ASA crypto crackdown – is it regulation by the back door? June 10, 2022 Geraint Lloyd Taylor of Lewis Silkin examines why the ASA is turning its searchlights onto cryptocurrency advertising.
1 Minute Market Rundown – 10th June 2022 June 10, 2022 Trade the ExtremesCrypto Needs to Bounce SoonWhen to Buy the Dip? Yesterday saw a lesson on how not to act like a Central Bank from the ECB. In over 25 years of trading I have rarely seen a less impressive performance at a press conference than we got from Lagarde. The plan was clear. Tell [...]
Morrisons’ private equity owner clears final regulatory hurdle for £7bn supermarket sweep June 9, 2022 The competition watchdog has given the green light to Morrisons’ private equity owner, meaning the deal has now cleared regulatory checks. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had provisionally accepted Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s offer to sell 87 petrol stations in order to address competition concerns. Now, the watchdog said it has accepted the undertakings [...]
1 Minute Market Rundown – 9th June 2022 June 9, 2022 Trade the ExtremesCrypto Needs to Bounce Soon A pretty quiet day yesterday, Euro was the biggest mover gaining against most currencies ahead of the ECB. Today marks the start of a big 48 hours for the broader risk markets with CPI tomorrow out of the USA preceded by the ECB rate decision at 12.45 and [...]