Gemfields’ shares sparkle after $37.8m emerald auction bonanza December 7, 2021 Gemfields enjoyed a $37.8m boost from its latest auction of rough emerald gemstones with shares up 7.55 per cent in a rebounding market.
CAB Payments chief: Why we’re listing in London June 29, 2023 Bhairav Trivedi, the chief of Sutton-based money transfer firm CAB Payments, tells Charlie Conchie why he's listing in London
Abrdn confirms talks underway for £1.5bn Interactive Investor acquisition November 8, 2021 FTSE 100 asset manager Abrdn has confirmed it is in talks to snap up Interactive Investor, the UK’s second-largest fund supermarket, in a £1.5bn deal that would represent its third major digital investment this year. In a move that would represent another push into UK adviser and consumer markets by CEO Stephen Bird, who took [...]
Multi-billion FTSE newcomer Haleon shows there is life after GSK September 20, 2022 The owner of popular health products such as Sensodyne and Panadol said this a.m. its revenues have jumped up by more than 13 per cent, to a record £5.2bn, during the first half of the year. Healthcare giant Haleon further reported a double-digit hike in profits in the group’s first-ever set of company results since [...]
Deliveroo to name Goldman as broker despite disastrous IPO debut November 28, 2021 Goldman Sachs and Barclays are close to being picked as Deliveroo’s joint brokers, Sky News reported today. A source close to Deliveroo said the London-listed food delivery app will finalise the appointments of the two US investment bank behemoths as joint corporate brokers – a key role for investment banks as they seek to advise [...]
Shares fly for THG as bidding war pushes online retailer’s value to £1.8bn May 20, 2022 Shares in the online retailer THG surge as much 25 per cent this afternoon as investors back the bidding war taking hold of the ecommerce firm. The online health and beauty retailer said that it had batted away a £2.07bn bid from two investment companies, Belerion Capital and King Street Capital Management last night. It [...]
What Wayve’s billion-dollar round says about the UK’s fundraising landscape May 12, 2024 Wayve's latest funding round was heralded as a watershed moment for UK tech, but also revealed a worrying trend about our fundraising landscape.
Spacetech fund reports buoyant growth with assets hitting £221m November 19, 2021 Defined as the world's first listed fund focused on spacetech, Seraphim Space Investment Trust reported a 26 per cent growth in net assets to £221m in its quarterly results this morning.
Pure Gym, Gym Group, Nuffield: Who owns Britain’s biggest gym chains? June 24, 2024 Following a forced shutdown during the pandemic, Brits have been heading back to the gym in droves helping many of the countries biggest chain to achieve bumper results over the past couple of years.
London to gain its first-ever firm with an all-female board after £150m solar IPO October 25, 2021 Renewables investment trust Atrato Onsite Energy has announced its intention to float with a £150m IPO in what is understood to be the first-ever listing from a company with an all-female board on the London Stock Exchange. Atrato Onsite Energy, which has been established to invest mainly in solar panels on the roofs of large [...]