The government has been laying the foundation throughout 2024 to encourage listings on the London Stock Exchange and pull equity investment into the economy — an initiative hampered by uncertainty and restrictions on financing caused by high interest rates.
The government has been laying the foundation throughout 2024 to encourage listings on the London Stock Exchange and pull equity investment into the economy — an initiative hampered by uncertainty and restrictions on financing caused by high interest rates.
Santander Bank has said that French international banking group Crédit Agricole SA will acquire full ownership of their jointly owned global asset servicing provider Caceis by buying out Santander's stake for an undisclosed sum.
Energy giant Shell said Friday its German unit's attempt to sell an oil refinery controlled by Russia's Rosneft to British energy conglomerate Prax had collapsed.
Shareholders in Boohoo Group PLC voted against the appointment of the retail tycoon Mike Ashley to the helm of the fast fashion retailer on Friday, a resolution that was pushed by shareholder Frasers Group PLC.
The Competition and Markets Authority warned on Friday that the $35 billion acquisition by Synopsys Inc. of another software firm, Ansys Inc., could harm competition for semiconductor chips in the U.K., forcing consumers to pay higher prices for laptops, smartphones and televisions.
A U.K.-based investment trust has bought the process agency business of Linklaters LLP, as the Magic Circle firm focuses on its strategic goals, the companies said Friday.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised Nordic Capital on Friday announced that it wrapped its second Evolution Fund after raising €2 billion ($2.1 billion) from investors in just four months.
Amcomri said Friday it has started trading on London's junior Alternative Investment Market, with the U.K. specialist engineering and manufacturing group bucking the recent trend of companies looking to float elsewhere.
Australian battery-recycling specialist Neometals Ltd. said on Friday that it plans to take its shares off the London Stock Exchange's junior Alternative Investment Market because it is failing to raise sufficient capital in the U.K.
The European Commission said Friday it has approved Nvidia Corp.'s reported $700 million bid for Israeli workload management software startup Run:ai Labs Ltd., after concluding the planned buyout will not hinder competition.
The finance watchdog approved on Friday a £191 million ($239 million) deal that will take British retailer N Brown Group PLC off of London's Alternative Investment Market after it has struggled with lower spending during the cost-of-living crisis.
A Louisiana lawyer's company has filed a £12 million ($15 million) claim against a company held by the owner of Reading Football Club for allegedly breaching legally binding provisions in a takeover deal.
This past week in London has seen the University of Southampton sue a drone-maker over the rights to an uncrewed aircraft patent, Importers Service Corp. and its subsidiary ISC Europe take action against a former director who allegedly owes the company over £1.1 million ($1.4 million), and DAC Beachcroft face a fraud claim by a "prolific litigant."
