British brewery drafts plan to join Pisces platform Markets A British brewery has drawn up plans to become the inaugural member of Asset Match’s new private markets platform, granting it a major boost as it competes to lure over unlisted companies to its framework. The online private stock market has welcomed Wiltshire-based brewer and pub operator Wadworth to its Private Intermittent Securities and Capital [...]
LSEG boss hails ‘growing momentum’ of Pisces as profit soars Markets The boss of London Stock Exchange operator LSEG has hailed the “growing momentum” of its new Pisces venue as it reported a jump in profit. Chief executive David Schwimmer said the new private markets venue, which recently saw some of its first major transactions, was “opening up significant new market opportunities.” Earlier this month, autonomous [...]
Moneybox boosts London’s Pisces market in ‘milestone’ £45m sale Markets Moneybox has granted London’s novice private markets platform another major boost after confirming a £45m employee share sale. The move has been hailed a “milestone transaction” in the City’s efforts to keep tech firms from looking for opportunities abroad. The fintech will use the London Stock Exchange’s Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) [...]
Qplay’s JP Jenkins debut marks lacklustre launch for Pisces March 10, 2026 Roll the dice. Make your move. Prove you’re the smartest. But hurry – the clock’s ticking. That is the opening of a video ad for Outsmarted, a board game owned by Qplay, which is set to be the first company to list on London’s new Pisces private market. It might have also described the fierce [...]
London Stock Exchange confirms first firm on Pisces framework February 20, 2026 A vehicle containing shares in a £1.3bn venture capital firm that backs tech spin-outs from Oxford University will be the first organisation to use the new Pisces private stock market, the London Stock Exchange has said. The UK’s flagship capital markets operator confirmed that shares in Oxford Science Enterprises, an early-stage VC fund best known [...]
Exclusive: Octopus to swerve new private stock exchange February 19, 2026 Octopus Energy will not join the delayed Pisces private stock market when it launches, its boss Greg Jackson has said, in a sign the utilities giant is distancing itself from the project after attending an event for interested companies last summer. Jackson told Morning Wire that his multi-billion-pound firm had “no plans” to trade its [...]
Apex Group to act as intermediary for London Stock Exchange’s Pisces market December 4, 2025 The London Stock Exchange’s Pisces market has taken another step forward with financial services provider Apex Group securing a position as the trading venues intermediary. The group will act as the index’s registered auction agent (RAA) meaning it is responsible for ensuring all companies who wish to list are compliant with Pisces rules before becoming [...]
JP Jenkins allows investment firm to take advantage of Pisces licence December 2, 2025 The new Pisces market today took a step closer to coming to fruition after prospective operator JP Jenkins unveiled a new partnership with Belfast based investment firm Sapphire Capital Partners, allowing it to take advantage of the trading venue. The online securities venue secured its licence from the Financial Conduct Authority in November, after London [...]
JP Jenkins secures Pisces licence as ‘discussions ongoing’ with rivals November 18, 2025 JP Jenkins has become the latest securities venue to secure a Pisces operator licence by the UK’s financial regulator as competition heats up to attract businesses to the new private market. The approval makes JP Jenkins the second company to have received a licence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after London Stock Exchange operator [...]
Pisces rival claims LSE venue won’t give firms enough trading volume September 10, 2025 The London Stock Exchange’s plan to let private companies trade shares just twice a year on a new private stock market will not offer firms or investors enough trading volume, according to the boss of a rival platform that hopes to launch next month. Mike McCudden, chief executive of private shares platform JP Jenkins, told [...]