New year, new record: S&P 500 hitting new high on first day of 2022 is sign investors remain bullish about stocks Global markets in 2022 The new year start off with a bang for global markets as Wall Street recorded record highs for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and the Dow finished 0.7% higher. Both indexes eclipsed the record highs they set last Wednesday. The Nasdaq composite rose 1.2%. Technology stocks [...]
City winners: This year’s most popular funds and shares, which include BP, Rolls Royce, Tesla and Argo Blockchain Square Mile favourites DIY fund buyers didn’t get the memo that value investing is back in fashion, instead largely plumping for growth strategies over the course of 2021. “Success breeds success they say, and retail investors clearly have a high conviction that these funds will continue to prosper,” Laith Khalaf at AJ Bell told City A.M. as he [...]
London Stock Exchange raises nearly £17bn in highest IPO funding since 2007 London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange (LSE) companies have raised the most IPO funding in one year than in the last 14 years. Combined the 122 companies listed on the LSE raised over £16.8bn in 2021 – beating competition from the top exchange in Europe and raising the most equity outside of the US and China. The LSE’s [...]
Graft Polymer to list on London Stock Exchange December 22, 2021 Graft Polymer has announced its intention to list on the London Stock Exchange, where it will look to trade on the main market for listed securities.
London Stock Exchange shares jump on news it will acquire Quantile for £274m December 6, 2021 Shares in London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) rose 1.3 per cent this morning, after the bourse said it has agreed to buy Quantile Group, in a bid to strengthen the risk management solutions it offers traders. In a statement released today, the UK’s stock exchange said it would pay as much as £274m for Quantile, [...]
Powered by Darktrace and Wise: IPOs in UK jump 310 per cent in a year with 113 companies listing in London November 29, 2021 The number of initial public offerings (IPOs) on the UK stock market has jumped over 310 per cent in a year, with 113 companies listing in 2020/21 compared to just 36 in the previous 12 months, according to new data shared with City A.M. this morning. The market value of the companies listing has also [...]
Oil, gas and mining ride the commodities boom as fundraising tops £1bn November 29, 2021 Oil, gas and mining companies have raised over £1bn in fundraising on the London Stock Exchange this year, amid a commodity price boom.
Exclusive: LSE’s AIM sub-market sees its biggest growth in 15 years November 15, 2021 The AIM market has grown by a net 13 companies in since last year, its largest increase in 15 years with 62 new companies listing on the junior market, according to data that was exclusively shared with City A.M. this morning. Currently, there are 750 companies listed on AIM, which experienced an overall 8 per [...]
Private equity and UK tech powering £8.4bn M&A tsunami on LSE’s AIM as deals jump 155 per cent November 8, 2021 The value of M&A deals on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) has jumped 155 per cent to £8.4bn in 2020/21, compared to £3.3bn in 2019/20, according to new research shared with City A.M. this morning. The large rise in the value of AIM M&A deals this year is due in large part to a number [...]
LSE boss: London likely to keep EU clearing role long-term November 3, 2021 The chief executive officer of the London Stock Exchange has said he expects the EU will permit its banks to carry on clearing trades through London. David Schwimmer said the LSE is negotiating with the bloc and clients to resolve the issue of what clearing arrangements should look like in the long-term post-Brexit – one [...]