London Stock Exchange Group boss: IPOs will return (when the world calms down) November 10, 2023 London’s sluggish IPO market will bounce back as a rapid rate hiking cycle begins to slow and global jitters over inflation and political instability settle, the boss of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has said. New flotations have fallen off a cliff this year as firms shelve plans to shift on the public markets [...]
London’s exchanges are losing companies again. It needs to stop. November 2, 2023 Even by recent standards, this has not been a banner week for London's stock exchanges.
City watchdog urges firms to link pay to consumer outcomes as bonus cap is lifted October 31, 2023 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has called for firms to link executive pay to consumer outcomes as the City prepares to lift the cap on bonuses.
Soon-to-sell sofa chain ScS finds little comfort in cost of living Britain October 25, 2023 Sofa chain ScS has swung to a loss according to its preliminary results, with the soon-to-be acquired sofa chain blaming a challenging economic climate for the dip.
“You’ve got one job”: Investors wants answer on London Stock Exchange outage October 20, 2023 Investors are looking for a “quick answer” today after the London Stock Exchange was hit by a technical incident which halted trading in hundreds of smaller stocks on Thursday. Normal trading has resumed on the bourse this morning after trading at the smaller end of the market was curbed by the incident yesterday, although bigger [...]
Schroders: Assets slide as volatile markets weigh on investor appetite October 19, 2023 Schroders revealed a slump in its managed assets today as investors fled the market amid sustained volatility over the summer.
London Stock Exchange: Why it’s not all doom and gloom for the City’s embattled bourse October 12, 2023 The London Stock Exchange has shown signs of life as new figures showed the capital topped European rivals in terms of cash raised by listed companies.
FCA exec: We’ve got to talk about London’s appetite for risk October 5, 2023 A senior figure at the City watchdog has said the UK needs a debate over its “appetite to risk” if London’s stock exchanges are to bounce back from a miserable twelve months. The capital has seen a dearth of IPOs over recent months, with plans in place to reform listing regimes and the research environment [...]
London floats sink again – but analysts eye buoyant times ahead October 4, 2023 The amount of cash raised on the London Stock Exchange sank again over the past three months as the global IPO market remained hobbled by soaring inflation and roiled public markets.
Government’s London Stock Exchange boosterism is anti-competitive, claims rival boss October 4, 2023 The government’s drive to boost the appeal of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has been slammed as anti-competitive by rival exchange Aquis, which claimed ministers have been unfairly promoting the LSE in their efforts to breathe life into the City’s IPO market this year. The London Stock Exchange’s main market and smaller Alternative Investment Market [...]