By: Ali Lyon

Chief reporter Ali Lyon is the chief reporter at CityAM, responsible for covering the full gamut of business, finance and wealth news. He has been at CityAM full-time since July 2024. Get in touch with tips via email: [email protected]. Follow Ali on X: @alilyon_94

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Peers warn ‘passive’ Treasury not aware of private credit risks

January 9, 2026

The Treasury is being too passive about the risks posed to the economy by the rapid growth of private credit in the UK, according to an influential group of peers who accused ministers of “handing out the donkey work” of overseeing the sector to regulators. In fresh report examining the systemic risk posed by private [...]
Ministers to offer business rates relief to pubs after backlash

January 8, 2026

Panicked ministers are poised to water down the business rates bombshell faced by pubs, after an aggressive backlash from the industry saw over a thousand landlords ban Labour MPs from their premises. The government is expected to announce an overhaul to the way it calculates business rates for pubs within days, which it says will [...]
Government concedes workers’ rights overhaul will spark surge in tribunal claims

January 8, 2026

The government’s flagship workers’ rights overhaul will spark a 17 per cent surge in employment tribunal cases, according to an official government analysis that claims the radical employment shake-up should reduce joblessness and boost growth. In a paper released on Wednesday, civil servants warned that measures in the act – including bolstering employees’ rights from [...]
Star stockpicker Nick Train buys more shares in his Finsbury Growth trust

January 8, 2026

Star fund manager Nick Train has ploughed over £200,000 into his struggling Finsbury Growth and Income Trust, in a further show of support for the 100-year-old trust’s investment strategy just weeks before a crunch continuation vote to mark its centenary. Train, who has managed the £1.3bn trust’s portfolio since 2000, bought 25,000 shares in the [...]
US investor dials up attacks on investment trust before crunch vote

January 7, 2026

The American hedge fund tycoon behind a campaign to shake up Britain’s investment trust sector has ramped up his attacks on a Baillie Gifford fund ahead of a pivotal shareholder vote, demanding answers over its decision to offload shares in Space X. Boaz Weinstein, the founder of Saba Capital, published an open letter to Edinburgh [...]
‘A load of rubbish’: Pubs round on Starmer’s licencing offer

January 7, 2026

Pub and hospitality bosses have rounded on Keir Starmer’s suggestion that relaxed licencing laws may compensate the industry for business rates bills having risen at the Budget, branding the proposal “a load of rubbish”. The Prime Minister confirmed his government was talking to industry leaders about “what further support” ministers could provide pubs and other [...]
Trump torpor: What explains markets’ muted response to Venezuela and Greenland?

January 7, 2026

It is understandable that of the dozens of 2026 market outlook papers published by banks and analysts last month, not one predicted that Venezuela’s autocratic leader, Nicolas Maduro, would be captured in a historic overnight raid just three days into the New Year. Even more forgivable, is the fact none foresaw the rapid escalation of [...]
Billionaire Hohn handed £60m dividend and ramps up philanthropy

January 6, 2026

Hedge fund billionaire Sir Chris Hohn gave himself a £60m dividend in 2025 and cemented his reputation as one of the world’s most generous philanthropists, dishing out nearly £600m of his investment firm’s profit to good causes. Hohn’s TCI Fund Management was bolstered by the strong performance of its flagship funds, which carried turnover at [...]
Non-doms made up two thirds of super-prime sellers in 2025

January 6, 2026

Wealthy foreigners fleeing the UK to escape the government’s crackdown on non-doms were behind two of every three super-prime property sales last year, leading prices at the top-end of London’s housing market to extend declines that now stretch over a decade. According to a fresh analysis of London property transactions above £15m, 65 per cent [...]
Future of Bank of England’s Venezuelan gold back in spotlight after Maduro capture

January 6, 2026

The foreign secretary has signalled the Bank of England will continue to withhold $4.8bn of Venezuelan gold being held in its vaults, despite the dramatic toppling of the country’s autocratic ruler potentially paving the way to the reserves being returned. Addressing lawmakers late on Monday, Yvette Cooper suggested the government would continue its refusal to [...]

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