Category: London Stock Exchange

Will bond vigilantes punish Rachel Reeves with a Truss-style market meltdown?

10-year gilt yields have risen in the past month but are within the range of other pre-budget periodsUK government borrowing costs have risen ahead of Rachel Reeves’s budget on Wednesday.Some City investors say the...

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London’s Aim shrinks to smallest since 2001 amid fears of tax relief changes

UHY Hacker Young says 92 companies have delisted and only 10 floated on junior stock market in past yearThe UK’s Alternative Investment Market (Aim) has shrunk to its smallest size in 23 years as business owners and...

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Stop Shein listing on the FTSE, workers’ rights campaigners urge

Groups issue call to next government amid criticism of online fashion retailer’s labour practices and accusations of copyingWorkers rights campaigners have called for the UK’s next government to oppose the online...

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Jeremy Hunt may launch ‘British Isa’ investing in UK company shares

Chancellor hints at tax-free plan for budget as part of efforts to revive country’s stock marketThe chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has hinted at plans to launch a tax-free “British Isa” investing in UK company shares...

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Brexit a major cause of UK’s return to austerity, says senior economist

Former Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders says leaving EU has ‘permanently damaged’ economyBrexit is the ultimate reason why the UK now faces a fresh round of austerity, a former interest rate-setter at the...

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Truss and Kwarteng in fresh push to persuade SoftBank to list Arm in UK

Cambridge-based chip designer’s owner prefers US to London but PM and chancellor aim to revive talksLiz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng are preparing a fresh attempt to persuade Japan’s SoftBank to list Cambridge-based chip...

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Lib Dems propose ban on new listings of fossil fuel companies on LSE

Exclusive: proposal part of party’s plan to give City of London a lead role in helping UK tackle climate crisisNew listings of fossil fuel companies would be immediately banned on the London Stock Exchange as part of a...

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