Shareholder targeting & IDLondon listings: Teaching an old bourse new tricks Apr 05, 2022Garnet RoachLast year was a success for London in many ways . The London Stock Exchange (LSE) raised more equity capital than the Amsterdam and...Read more
Sell sideOpening bell: Trustpilot’s Derek Brown talks London IPO Apr 01, 2022Garnet RoachDid Brexit come into Trustpilot’s IPO plans at all? Not really, says Derek Brown, head of IR at the Copenhagen-founded company that...Read more
Corporate accessThe week in investor relations: Bankers back to desks, LSE’s hybrid plans and Larry Fink defends stakeholder capitalism as not ‘woke’ Jan 21, 2022Garnet Roach– Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Man Group are among the firms asking London staff to get back to their desks after the UK dropped its...Read more
ActivismActivism is back in the UK as campaigns double Oct 12, 2021Garnet RoachThe number of activist shareholder campaigns targeting UK companies has almost doubled in the past 12 months, according to research...Read more
ReportingLondon Stock Exchange eyes direct listings from India Sep 01, 2021Maria Ward-BrennanThe London Stock Exchange (LSE) has set its sights on Indian IPOs once the new direct overseas listing policy launches. Once...Read more
ReportingThe week in investor relations: BHP to delist from London, Ackman’s SPAC gets sued and family feud wipes $2 bn from pork producer Aug 20, 2021Garnet Roach– The UK’s blue-chip FTSE 100 index is set to lose one of its biggest companies after miner BHP said it would unify its dual-corporate...Read more
Sell sideIPOs: Half year in London sees more listings than all of 2020 Jul 05, 2021Garnet RoachForty-five companies went public in London in the first half of the year, with another six announcing their intention to list by the...Read more
Small capLondon sees best quarter for IPOs in 14 years Apr 12, 2021Garnet RoachThe UK saw a boom in listings in the first quarter of 2021, with more funds raised in the opening quarter of the year than in any...Read more
Small capUK regulator gives green light to medical cannabis listings Sep 21, 2020Tim HumanThe UK’s financial regulator has said medical cannabis companies based in the UK will be cleared to list on the London Stock Exchange...Read more
Small capMifid IIAim analyst coverage numbers near FTSE 250 levels May 14, 2019Garnet RoachLarger Aim stocks – those with a market cap above £600 mn ($775 mn) – have reached near parity with their FTSE 250 peers when it comes...Read more