Will the world economy avoid an inflationary bust? March 23, 2022 | City Talk Today’s high inflation is being compared to the 1970s. However, robust consumer spending, fuelled by pandemic savings, makes for a different set of circumstances. Memories of the 1970s were evoked as the price of Brent crude oil temporarily climbed above $139 a barrel in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That was a period [...]
What’s behind market volatility in China? March 23, 2022 | City Talk It’s been a rollercoaster week for Chinese stock markets. We explain why and get the views of Schroders’ experts Robin Parbrook, Maggie Zheng and David Rees. In the last week, equity markets in mainland China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region have experienced a rout, and a subsequent rally in the past two days. At [...]
London shunned for IPOs as firms head abroad March 23, 2022 London is headed for its weakest quarter for IPOs in thirteen years as market turbulence gives investors the jitters and UK firms shun the capital following a series of high profile flops.
London Metal Exchange says it has no plans to shut out Russian metals March 22, 2022 The London Metal Exchange said it has no plans to block trading metals from Russian producers despite pressure to clampdown.
London fintech Jeeves gets Tencent backing in $180m funding round March 22, 2022 London corporate card fintech Jeeves has won the backing of Chinese tech giant Tencent in a fresh $180m funding round announced today.
Prologis launches bid to snap up Blackstone’s €21bn warehouse portfolio March 22, 2022 The world’s biggest warehouse owner Prologis has made a bid to snap up the warehouse portfolio of investment giant Blackstone, as firms scramble to secure logistics capacity and investment continues to pour into the space.
Six strategies for your retirement income March 22, 2022 | City Talk What surprises me most about my wife’s catering business is how much food is usually left over. I often ask: ‘Is there a better way to manage food costs?’. Her answer is always the same: ‘Better to have food left over than fall short.’ She has the exceptional ability to estimate how much each person [...]
S&P Global withdraws all ratings on Russian entities as US giant shuts down operations in Moscow March 22, 2022 US credit rating giant S&P Global Ratings said earlier this morning it will suspend all of its commercial operations in Russia. The company said that following the sanctions announced by the EU on March 15, which included a ban on providing credit ratings to legal persons, entities, or bodies established in Russia, it decided to [...]
London-based fintech for farmers bags funding injection March 22, 2022 A London-based fintech for farmers has bagged £12m funding today as it looks to accelerate the roll out of its livestock data platform into the US and Australia.
London-listed Pantheon Infrastructure pumps £36m into logistics firm in maiden investment March 21, 2022 London-listed investment vehicle Pantheon Infrastructure has announced its maiden investment today with €43m (£36m) pumped into a European transport and logistics firm.