By: Maisie Grice

Investment Reporter Maisie Grice is CityAM’s investment reporter. She completed the Financial Time’s newsroom apprenticeship, working on specialist magazine Investors’ Chronicle and the UK news desk before joining FT Money as a personal finance reporter. She also worked as a regional news reporter at the Manchester Evening News, covering live events, crime and local politics.

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FCA seeks injunction against Neil Woodford over ‘unauthorised’ investment advice

June 8, 2026

The financial watchdog has launched civil proceedings against former star fund manager Neil Woodford and his comeback venture over allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has started civil proceedings against Woodford and W Four Point Zero FZE, which trades as W4.0. The FCA alleges that Woodford and W4.0, which is registered [...]
Does trouble lie ahead for South Korea’s star tech stocks?

June 8, 2026

Over the past 18 months, South Korea’s main stock market has burst back onto the global investment scene, led by a staggering recovery for the Kospi index. The country’s blue chip index had been plagued by the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol and companies trading at significantly lower valuations compared to emerging market peers [...]
Blackstone looks to shed $2bn of stakes in private investment funds

June 8, 2026

Blackstone is looking to offload over $2bn of stakes held in private investment funds, presenting a test of investors’ appetite for ageing private equity vehicles. The firm is promoting a so-called collateralised fund obligation (CFO), which will bundle more than $2bn (£1.5bn) of stakes in leveraged buyout funds into bonds to sell to investors and [...]
‘Unnecessary bureaucratic hoops’: Pension savers fall victim to outdated scam safeguards

June 8, 2026

The government’s pension scam safeguards have been called into question after only a minority of transfers flagged as potential scams were found to be genuinely high-risk, slowing savers’ transfer process. Of the 51,417 amber flags on pensions since November 2021, just 18 per cent were found to relate to high-risk investments or other flagged categories, [...]
Nvidia chief brushes off tech sell-off as a buying opportunity

June 8, 2026

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang brushed off a significant market wobble stoked by growing concerns surrounding AI, hailing the widespread sell-off as a buying opportunity for investors in a technology which is just “beginning”. Huang’s intervention came as Asian markets tumbled during Monday trading, following the Nasdaq’s 4.2 per cent plunge on Friday – its [...]
Food inflation: First signs of energy cost surge feed through to supermarket shelves as discounts fail to stem price growth

June 8, 2026

Supermarket food inflation has risen significantly for the first time this year, a CityAM analysis has found, flashing an early warning sign that the surge in energy and freight costs triggered by war in Iran is reaching shelf prices in the UK. CityAM reporters gather data on around 200 prices of products across [...]
Will the SpaceX IPO send retail investors into orbit?

June 5, 2026

SpaceX is preparing the largest retail allocation ever attempted in a megacap IPO in its anticipated listing later this month, with Elon Musk seeking to reserve as much as a quarter of the company’s $75bn float for individual investors. Musk reportedly wants ordinary investors cemented near the centre of the group’s ownership straight from blast [...]
William Hill owner Evoke shares rocket as it braces for £243m takeover from Bally’s Intralot

June 5, 2026

Betting group Evoke shares rocketed in early morning trading, after gambling firm Bally’s Intralot on the terms and conditions for a takeover, as UK businesses brace for an online gambling tax hike. Shares soared 16.2 per cent to 46.4 pence per share, with shares up 24.2 per cent since January. The Greek company’s board has [...]
Savvy the Squirrel and ‘simpler regulation’: New City minister reaffirms Labour’s investment push

June 4, 2026

The government’s new City minister has doubled down on the government’s commitment to overhaul the UK’s investment culture and encourage more Brits to enter the stock market, including its new squirrel-themed nationwide campaign. Economic Secretary to the Treasury Rachel Blake, who took over from Lucy Rigby three weeks ago, noted that “too many people have [...]
Partners Group suffers surge in withdrawal requests and braces to cap more funds

June 4, 2026

Partners Group warned that its flagship private equity fund had been hit by a flurry of requests from wealthy investors, raising concerns the Swiss firm would have to cap withdrawals, a day after doing so on a major European fund. Redemption requests at its $16bn private equity master fund reached roughly six per cent of [...]

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