London Stock Exchange boss: Britain needs to re-think ‘weird’ view of capital markets November 13, 2024 The UK needs to view London’s capital markets as a “driver of the domestic economy” rather just a venue for share trading, the boss of the London Stock Exchange said yesterday. At an event hosted by investment bank UBS, Julia Hoggett, who has led the exchange since 2021, called on pension funds to back British [...]
Exclusive: Reeves to reveal plans for ‘world first’ private stock market Pisces November 13, 2024 The government will set out its plans for a “world first” private stock market regime tomorrow in a bid to revive the UK’s flagging IPO pipeline, City AM can reveal. At her maiden Mansion House speech in the City, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves will reveal proposals to legislate in May next year for a regulated [...]
What the City of London wants from Reeves’s Mansion House speech November 12, 2024 Treasury officials have been hitting the phones to City firms over the past two weeks as Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver the government’s annual Mansion House speech to the financial services sector. The backdrop is a fractious one for the Chancellor. While the Labour party built cordial ties with the Square Mile in the run [...]
Reeves to lay out pensions overhaul in Mansion House speech November 3, 2024 Rachel Reeves will reportedly propose an overhaul of Britain's pension fund industry in her first Mansion House speech as the government tries to unlock billions of pounds worth of investment.
Pension giants risk snubbing smaller stock markets in Mansion House investment drive September 5, 2024 Top pension fund managers risk neglecting London's junior stock markets and have made only sluggish progress on a landmark pledge to inject some £75bn into growth companies by 2030, a London business body has said.
Could venture capital firms miss out on the great pension fund start-up splurge? September 3, 2024 The UK's top pension fund managers are poised to pump billions into the UK's start-ups - but venture capital investors keen for cash may play a smaller part than they had hoped, writes Charlie Conchie
Sir Nicholas Lyons to host secret pension summit in push to unlock £75bn investment July 9, 2024 Some of Britain’s biggest pension firms are set for a secret summit in the Square Mile this week to discuss how to pump billions of pounds of retirement cash into the country’s start-ups, City A.M. can reveal.
Top City investors unite in plan to unlock funding for British start-ups following Hunt’s Mansion House reforms February 13, 2024 A group of top pension and venture capital chiefs are drawing up plans to unlock a wave of cash from the pension industry into Britain’s start-ups, as the industry looks to implement a government-led commitment signed last year.