Daily Mail said to be in cahoots with Qataris to splash over £500m on Telegraph group September 7, 2023 The Daily Mail is reportedly in talks with Qatari tycoons to table a bid for the Telegraph group, which could cost north of £500m. Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), owned by Lord Rothermere, is discussing additional equity to fund a bid for The Telegraph titles and The Spectator, which were put up for sale [...]
CAMSA-23 September 6, 2023 To submit an ENTRY to the AWARDS, send your nomination as a video of no more than five minutes to camsa23@cityam.com using WeTransfer.com/ Scroll down for awards categories and judges panel… The Crypto AM Awards Judges 2022 Dr Jane Thomason Summit Director Dr Jane is the Emeritus Chair of the World Metaverse Council, and on [...]
James Ashton: In the City with Huddersfield on my mind September 4, 2023 Today, the journalist and author and chief executive of the Quoted Companies Alliance, James Ashton, takes the City A.M. notebook pen
Why 2023 has been a year to forget for the London Stock Exchange and the capital’s equity markets September 2, 2023 Take-privates and secondary listings have damaged the reputation of the London Stock Exchange. How did we get here?
Why listed companies and the City are calling for a red tape revolution August 30, 2023 The watchdogs tasked with imposing governance and reporting standards on financial firms walk something of a tightrope across the Square Mile - but experts want reform.
Long-term Bitcoin holders gain ground as Worldcoin launches and SEC ponders XRP legal challenge July 31, 2023 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of the flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) moved mostly sideways throughout the past week.
Worldcoin falls under scrutiny of UK data watchdog July 28, 2023 The UK's data watchdog is set for a showdown with iris-scanning cryptocurrency platform Worldcoin over its launch in London.
Alison Rose: How the first woman to lead a major British bank ran Natwest July 26, 2023 Dame Alison – or just Ms Rose as she was at the time – made history in 2019 when she became the first woman to take the top job at one of the UK’s big four banks. She took over a bank from New Zealander Ross McEwan, which had stabilised after the financial crisis nearly [...]
New SFO director has ‘a massive mountain to climb’ as the anti-fraud agency looks to rebuild July 26, 2023 The new director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) faces a herculean task in rebuilding the agency’s reputation after a number of failures over the last few years, top City lawyers have warned. Earlier this month Nick Ephgrave, the former assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, was appointed as the next director of the agency [...]
The law is sufficiently clear for the UK to become a global leader in digital assets July 25, 2023 Bittrex Global CEO Oliver Linch discusses why the Law Commission's report on digital assets should spur the UK government into action.