Labour candidate’s collapsed FX firm set to leave customers £13m out of pocket Insolvency Customers of the collapsed payments firm owned by Labour candidate Rajesh Agrawal are set to recover as little as ten per cent of the £15m they lost when it folded into administration last year, administrators have revealed.
Sajid Javid set to join $42bn investment firm Centricus Business Sajid Javid is set to join asset management and private equity giant Centricus as a partner next week as he exits parliament after the election, the company has announced.
‘This is nonsense’: M&S hits back at shareholder group over digital AGM concerns retail Marks & Spencer has hit back at a top shareholder group today after it claimed the company was restricting the voice of investors by holding a “digital first” annual meeting for a second year running.
‘The jack is out of the box’: London-listed firms picked off as UK dealmaking springs to life July 1, 2024 A raid on London listed firms has accelerated in the opening months of the year as cashed up corporate buyers take advantage of a perceived valuation gap on London’s markets, new figures have revealed.
Labour candidate’s failed FX firm held £2.7m for company embroiled in bribery scandal June 27, 2024 The collapsed foreign exchange (FX) firm owned by Labour candidate and former deputy mayor of London, Rajesh Agrawal, was holding millions of pounds in cash for a Maltese company linked with a bribery scheme, City A.M. can reveal.
FCA under pressure to block Shein listing over forced labour concerns June 26, 2024 The Financial Conduct Authority is under pressure to block the listing of fast-fashion giant Shein due to concerns over the company’s alleged use of forced labour in its supply chains.
Labour is still ‘ambivalent’ towards the City – we need celebration, says Federated Hermes chief June 25, 2024 Labour is still “ambivalent” towards the City and neither of the major parties have done enough to “celebrate” its achievements, according to the UK chief of Federated Hermes.
City rounds on pension schemes over attempt to derail FCA listing changes June 25, 2024 City figures have rounded on a group of top pension schemes after they mounted a last ditch attempt to derail the Financial Conduct Authority’s shake-up of listing rules last week.
ABN Amro charm offensive drove London Tunnels to ditch the City June 24, 2024 City tourism company London Tunnels decided to snub the capital for its listing after a lack of interest from UK investment banks and a charm offensive from Dutch adviser ABN Amro.
Top pension funds: FCA listing overhaul will make life harder for UK firms June 21, 2024 A group of the UK’s top pension funds have sounded the alarm on planned changes to the UK’s listing rules today in a bid to derail efforts to strip back regulation from the City.