FCA: We’re moving at the ‘speed and precision’ of a Formula One team on London listing reform February 6, 2024 The FCA is delivering reforms to the UK's listing regime with the “speed and precision” of a Formula One team, a top FCA official has claimed
In The Style owners mull sale as founder returns to head fast fashion retailer December 8, 2022 A sale of fashion firm In The Style is being considered while the retailer’s founder will return to head the firm next year. Investment bankers at Lincoln International have been hired to assist with a strategic review of the firm, which may result in a sale of the firm or some of its assets. The [...]
War keeps BAE flying high as military orders flow November 13, 2023 BAE Systems has maintained its bumped-up annual earnings guidance as geopolitical tension keeps demand for military kits soaring.
Exclusive: City bosses eye up strong first quarter but warn of threats to UK competitiveness January 3, 2024 Financial services bosses are optimistic about their first-quarter results but say economic and regulatory pressures threaten Britain's competitiveness, according to a survey of 160 senior executives shared with City A.M., as London struggles with a dealmaking slump.
Rosebank’s approval sends oil shares soaring and triggers green backlash September 28, 2023 Plans to develop the UK’s largest untapped oil and gas field were approved by regulators yesterday – sending shares in its backers soaring and triggering a wave of green criticism.
City minister slams British investors ‘defunding’ UK defence giants like BAE August 7, 2023 City minister Andrew Griffith has slammed UK investors’ decision to move away from the country’s top defence firms such as BAE Systems. According to data from the London Stock Exchange, reported by the Financial Times, fund managers based in the UK have cut their holdings in defence firms, including BAE Systems and Qinetiq, by around [...]
Stock exchanges need robust defences from repeated tech errors October 23, 2023 Did anyone else get a sense of déjà vu at the sudden outage on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) last week? From Euronext in 2021 and Nasdaq’s Nordic markets in 2022, to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) cancelling trades after “technical glitches” with its opening auction triggered wild price swings earlier this year, all [...]
Pendragon: Car dealership to sell UK motor business to US firm Lithia for £250m September 18, 2023 Car dealership group Pendragon has agreed to a proposed sale of its UK motor business to US dealer giant Lithia Motors for £250 million. The deal, if approved by shareholders, will be valued at about 27.4p per share, against the 18.6p Pendragon shares were trading at on Friday. Investors will receive a 16.5p cash dividend [...]
Hunt must ‘roll out the red carpet’ for firms looking to IPO, City group warns February 19, 2024 The government needs to “roll out the red carpet” for companies mulling an IPO to solve the listings drought, a top City body has warned.
Funeral company Dignity one of the leading risers on London Stock Exchange amid coronavirus fears March 16, 2020 Funeral company Dignity was one of the leading risers on the London Stock Exchange this morning in a bleak pointer to who investors think could do well out of the coronavirus epidemic. Dignity was up 2.5 per cent at 333p this morning, amid a stock market rout that came despite a dramatic intervention by the [...]