Dealmakers brace themselves for 2022 surge in UK M&A November 1, 2021 A survey of top dealmakers has revealed widespread conviction that the number of M&A deals in the UK will surge in the next 12 months, driven by an uptick in distressed deals as well as an expected flurry of activity in the TMT sector. After the number of mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies dipped [...]
Fraud convictions on the up as post-Covid-19 crackdown begins November 1, 2021 An increase in post-Covid-19 fraud checks by the Insolvency Service has seen the number of company directors convicted of fraud spike, according to new research. The number of directors convicted of criminal activity has increased to 122 in the year to the end of September, a 205 per cent hike on 2020 levels. Mazars, the [...]
Carlyle charts record earnings on pandemic recovery October 29, 2021 Global investment firm The Carlyle Group yesterday reported its third quarter earnings increased nearly fivefold, fuelled by record assets sales, predominantly from its private equity portfolio. Distributable earnings rose to a record $731m, up from $152m a year earlier. This brought distributable earnings for the year to date to $1.3bn – an increase of 155 [...]
Time Out’s ‘Time In’ strategy and new CEO provides optimism for the future October 29, 2021 Media group Time Out announces revenue decline due to ongoing tourism limitations, but is "optimistic" for post-pandemic growth as it appoints a new chief operating officer, Chris Ohlund.
Brexit: ‘We will see to it that our interests are respected and UK’s word is kept’, warns French PM October 29, 2021 The French embassy in the UK has highlighted comments by French prime minister Jean Castex, saying that while Paris would like “de-escalation” it was down to the British Government to keep its word. “I’d like nothing more than for there to be a de-escalation,” Castex said. “We are permanently open to discussions, but I want [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile today? October 29, 2021 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. GCA Altium Global investment bank GCA Altium has bolstered its London team with the appointment of a consumer mergers and acquisitions (M&A) expert as its new director. Joining the helm, Tom Barnard is set to work directly with managing director and [...]
Exclusive: ‘London needs to take a leaf out of Dorset’s book,’ argues veteran City lawyer October 28, 2021 As restrictions have eased, office doors reopened and professionals flock back into the City, life is once again teeming in London. However, as living priorities and sustainability targets have evolved post-pandemic, London must ensure that it remains attractive, liveable and sustainable in the long-run. A formula that has proven to create eco-friendly and community-focused residential [...]
Budget 2021: Sunak puts low tax conservatism to the sword October 28, 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak will heap extra financial pain on households across the UK as he puts low tax conservatism to the sword. Sunak’s wave of spending will lay the groundwork for a permanently more punitive tax regime that will intensify the cost living crisis, leaving Brits “worse off in the short term”, the Institute for [...]
Budget: Millions of Brits to face ‘real pain’ as rising cost of living and taxes will bite October 28, 2021 Rising costs and tax increases will leave tens of millions of Brits worse off, economists said today. Their warning comes as experts are ploughing through yesterday’s Budget. Rishi Sunak had claimed his Budget is a strategy to “usher in a new age of optimism”, but a leading economic think tank warned the public “may not [...]
Cream Finance hacked for $130m in latest DeFi attack October 28, 2021 Cream Finance, a lending protocol based on the Ethereum network, has lost $130m of assets in one of the biggest DeFi thefts to date. The team behind Cream Finance confirmed its lending markets had been targeted by a large flash loan transaction, a type of exploit which is frequently used by hackers to target vulnerabilities [...]