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DARK SECRETS: Peel hunt | Vintage Vibes

FTSE 100 hits record high as rate cut hopes rise

The index closed up 82.48 points, 0.8%, at 10,556.17.

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Stocks rise as inflation dips and oil price rebounds

The headline Consumer Prices Index rose 3.2% year-on-year in November, slowing from 3.6% in October.

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Is gen Z’s love of fried chicken pushing Britain to ‘peak pizza’?

Competition intensifies as former chief of Domino’s says days of ‘massive growth’ are over

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FTSE 100 hits record high after optimistic UK economic reports

For the week, the FTSE 100 rose 3.1%, the FTSE 250 advanced 3.4% and the AIM All-Share went up 0.7%.

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Peel Hunt to beat targets as it shrugs off ‘challenging’ market conditions

Shares in the company swung to their highest level so far this year as a result.

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Stocks slide and pound dives as bond yields spike

The FTSE 100 index closed down 79.65 points at 9,116.69.

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FTSE 100 edges down despite hopes of end to Russia-Ukraine war

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London is leaving the door wide open to private equity raiders

KKR’s acquisition of Spectris at 96% premium sums up the failings of the UK stock market in a nutshell

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Rachel Reeves can end the London exodus and unleash the City

In the latest in our London Unleashed series Peel Hunt’s Charles Hall outlines how the City can be revived

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Losses widen for City banker Peel Hunt amid dearth of UK stock market listings

The company said there were historically low levels of equity capital markets activity in the UK over the past year.

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Badenoch urges business leaders to ‘get on the pitch’ and support Tories

No-one apart from the Conservatives is making the argument for businesses, party leader Kemi Badenoch claimed.

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Peel Hunt set for smaller-than-expected loss despite challenging UK markets

The brokerage is among City firms to have faced pressure from a weak appetite for deal-making and geopolitical uncertainty.

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Raspberry Pi to muscle into chip market as results in focus after London IPO

The Cambridge-based business will publish its full-year financial results on Wednesday.

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JD Sports cuts profit forecast, blaming big fashion price cuts

Stores outperform online arm, in contrast to other listed fashion retailers, such as Marks & Spencer and Next

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Up to a third of Aim-listed firms ‘vulnerable to takeover’ in 2025

Peel Hunt warned there was a ‘wave of demand’ from private equity and foreign buyers looking to buy up small and mid-cap UK stocks.

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A third of all small and medium sized listed companies 'at risk of takeover' in 2025

The warning comes after 88 companies delisted or transferred their primary listing from London’s main market this year, the highest since the financial crisis.

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London markets inch higher as commodity gains offset BAE share slump

The FTSE 100 finished 6.08 points higher to end the day at 8,287.30.

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Investment bank Peel Hunt returns to profit as dealmaking in City recovers

The UK-focused investment banking group said it was able to capitalise on a stronger financial market over the latest half-year period.

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Direct Line shares surge after insurer rejects £3.3bn Aviva takeover tilt

Direct Line said the approach ‘substantially undervalued’ the company.

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FTSE 100 Live 06 November: Stocks and Bitcoin surge on Trump trade, M&S profits beat hopes

Bitcoin, the US dollar and stock markets have surged as traders position for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

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US dollar weakens as election polls shift away from Donald Trump – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as investors reassess bets after some polls suggest Kamala Harris has gained momentum

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Peel Hunt is latest major City name to back investment in "stable and growing" UK

It is the latest in a series of banks in the City and Wall Street to back the UK after years of being shunned by the world’s investment community since Brexit

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High stakes at Jackson Hole symposium as Powell surveys US’s rocky prospects

Presidential candidates, bankers and economists will all be keen to hear what the Fed chair foresees for interest rates

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WeWork rival IWG keeps switch to US accounting standards under review as it mulls New York listing

One of WeWork’s biggest rivals has said it continues to review a potential switch to US accounting standards in the latest sign that a listing in New York is on the cards.

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Does anyone believe in UK shares anymore? Even the King's bank Coutts is ditching them

City Comment: What hope is there for turning around the disinvestment flood that is draining London?

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