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Topical articles on capital markets and investment

Read the latest on accessing global equity and debt, IPOs, infrastructure and project finance, and other aspects of capital markets and investment.
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Budget: Are capital markets-boosting measures effective?
  • Article
  • 01 Dec 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The Chancellor included two measures designed to encourage more UK listings and investment in UK public markets.
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Trendwatch: The professionals
  • Article
  • 10 Oct 2025
  • Jason Sinclair
UK financial services continue to attract investment. Jason Sinclair looks at the drivers behind private equity interest in one of the country’s strongest-performing sectors.
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Insights: In line online
  • Article
  • 10 Oct 2025
  • Nicholas Neveling
Cyber attacks targeting M&A processes can have financial, reputational and opportunity costs for vendors, buyers and advisers. Dealmakers cannot afford to ignore the risks. Nicholas Neveling reports.
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Insider dealing: MHA’s public listing
  • Article
  • 10 Jul 2025
  • Jo Russell
Despite private equity interest and consolidation in its sector, MHA has chosen another path for growth – raising £98m with a public listing on the AIM market.
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Long read: Mitigating supply chain risk
  • Article
  • 10 Jul 2025
  • David Prosser
Resilience and ESG in supply chains have long been a focus for acquirers, but the US tariffs and Middle East troubles have thrust complex issues into the spotlight. David Prosser looks at how firms are mitigating global supply-chain risk in choppy waters.
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Regulation: anti-money laundering
  • Article
  • 06 Jun 2025
  • Nicholas Neveling
Corporate finance advisory has not been the top priority area for UK regulators’ oversight of anti-money laundering controls and process, in no small part due to the diligence of corporate finance firms. But that is changing as policymakers clamp down on financial crime.
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Capital markets reform
  • Article
  • 14 May 2025
  • Corporate Finance Faculty
Find out how the Corporate Finance faculty and its members have been involved in the discussions and consultations that are aimed at making the UK a more attractive place for companies to list.
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Connections April 2025: legal advisory appointments and promotions
  • Article
  • 09 Apr 2025
  • ICAEW
Who’s on the move or been promoted in legal advisory.
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Insider dealing: Applied Nutrition’s London listing
  • Article
  • 10 Mar 2025
  • Nicholas Neveling
Applied Nutrition’s London listing has shown that investor appetite for high-quality companies is as healthy as ever, says Nicholas Neveling.
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Jon Moulton on the stock market decline
  • Article
  • 10 Feb 2025
  • Jon Moulton
Genuinely re-empowering shareholders is key to rejuvenating investor enthusiasm for UK public markets, says Jon Moulton.
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Insight: warranty and indemnity insurance
  • Article
  • 10 Feb 2025
  • ICAEW
M&A inherently has risks that investors want to mitigate through a deal process. It’s no surprise that warranty and indemnity insurance uptake is seeing an uptick.
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Trendwatch: utilities and resources M&A
  • Article
  • 10 Feb 2025
  • Jason Sinclair
From water to energy, there’s a perfect storm driving M&A in the utilities and resources sector. Jason Sinclair looks at what’s in the pipeline.
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Long read: women in corporate finance
  • Article
  • 10 Feb 2025
  • Marc Mullen
Around the deal table, female representation among corporate financiers has historically been poor. Retaining women and promoting them into senior M&A advisory roles is a long-term mission – and a journey firms are still on.
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Long read: powering up public offerings
  • Article
  • 10 Sep 2024
  • Marc Mullen
In the past two years, UK take-privates have outnumbered IPOs by significantly more than two to one in London. But the prospects are looking good. Marc Mullen reports.
EIS and VCT scheme extended by 10 years
  • Article
  • 09 Sep 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Shares issued before 6 April 2035 will qualify for relief under the enterprise investment scheme (EIS) and the venture capital trust (VCT) scheme if all other conditions are met.
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Understanding the connection between sustainability and finance
  • Article
  • 17 Jul 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Marie-Josée Privyk, founder of Fincomm Services, and David Wray, ICAEW member and co-creator of iEARTHS, examine this key factor in transitioning businesses and capital markets towards sustainability.
The joy of giving
  • Article
  • 15 Apr 2024
  • Andrew Strickland
There have been several cases heard in the Tax Tribunal relating to the values to be ascribed to shares in small public companies that have been gifted to charity. These companies have normally been launched onto the AIM market or the Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX) relatively shortly before the gifts are made. Examples of such cases in the public domain include N Green and HMRC (Chartersea plc), J Netley and HMRC (Frenkel Topping Group plc), McArthur and Anor and HMRC (Baa Bar Group plc), Nice, Robinson and HMRC (Mount York) and Close, Nuttall and HMRC (Readybuy plc). These cases cover ...
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On my CV: Ed Westhead, Fieldfisher
  • Article
  • 09 Apr 2024
  • Corporate Finance Faculty
Effective collaboration with all advisers is critical to the ultimate success of complex deals, says Ed Westhead, equity capital markets partner at Fieldfisher.
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Tough times for fundraising
  • Article
  • 12 Feb 2024
  • Vicky Meek
Following a heady fundraising period, private equity now faces more tricky times. How are institutional investor appetites shifting? And how do firms raise capital in today’s market? Vicky Meek reports.
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The big infra challenge
  • Article
  • 06 Dec 2023
  • Andy Thomson
The sheer scale of energy transition projects means there will be no lack of demand for private capital to be deployed in infrastructure. In the UK, however, rising costs are creating a deliverability issue. Andy Thomson reports.
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Faculty news: November 2023
  • Article
  • 09 Nov 2023
The Faculty’s Earn-outs in Agreements guideline, David Petrie speaking at The Future of Capital Markets Regulation Summit 2023 last month, and news of The Corporate Finance Faculty Annual Reception on 9 November.
UK capital markets reform gathers pace
  • Article
  • 11 Oct 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Proposed changes to the regulation of the UK’s capital markets aim to increase London’s attractiveness as a place to list.
Tax news in brief 20 September 2023
  • Article
  • 20 Sep 2023
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 20 September 2023, including: mandatory disclosure regime guidance; EU taxation; stamp taxes on certain share issues and transfers; and VAT zero rate for patient group directions.
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Faculty news: September 2023
  • Article
  • 11 Sep 2023
  • ICAEW
The latest from ICAEW’s centre of professional expertise in corporate finance, including this year’s Annual Reception, the new ‘Earn-outs in Deals’ guideline, and the Future of UK Capital Markets Regulation Summit.
Supply chain human rights issues a huge challenge for CEOs
  • Article
  • 08 Aug 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Mid-market corporates’ concerns lead the field, posing broader implications for global trade, says latest Supply Chain Barometer from procurement specialists Proxima.
ESAP heralds open access to corporate sustainability data
  • Article
  • 04 Jul 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
A reserve of information to be made public by large and small European companies aims to inform investment decisions and pave the way for Capital Markets Union.
UK pensions superfund could halt pensions decline
  • Article
  • 26 Jun 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
The UK’s first “superfund” proposes to undo years of capital market decline through the creation of large pension funds.
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Roadshow: Middle East
  • Article
  • 09 Jun 2023
  • Andy Thompson
Private equity, which had been building its reputation in the Middle East, suffered a major setback with the collapse of Abraaj in 2018. But, as Andy Thomson reports, M&A is bearing up and IPOs in the region are leading the way.
Tech the challenge
  • Article
  • 26 Sep 2022
  • Simon Olsen
The UK still lags behind the US for tech IPOs. How can it become a more attractive base for tech firms looking to list? Deloitte corporate finance partner Simon Olsen explains
Exclusive Global dealmakers assess geopolitical and economic situation
  • Article
  • 02 Aug 2022
  • Corporate Finance Faculty
With inflation increasing and interest rates on the rise, Chatham Financial’s Jackie Bowie expects a period of taking stock for dealmakers
Exclusive Finding a successful exit strategy
  • Article
  • 29 Jun 2022
  • Jason Sinclair
Wall Street wags have updated the maxim ‘Markets hate uncertainty’ to ‘Bad certainty is better than uncertainty’ – and exits need some certainty to complete. Jason Sinclair talks to corporate finance advisers about preparing for the coming economic dip.
Exclusive What’s next for technology, media and telecommunications dealmaking?
  • Article
  • 23 Jun 2022
  • ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty
TMT M&A activity has been falling since the turn of the year, due to what appears to be a substantial stock-market correction in the sector. However, advisers remain bullish about the sector generating strong transaction flow as both corporates and private equity look to invest in drivers of change. Nicholas Neveling reports.
Exclusive 116 Cardamon Limited and MacAlister
  • Article
  • 04 May 2022
  • Andrew Strickland
Claimed breaches of warranties in share purchase agreement - the case of 116 Cardamon Limited and MacAlister
Exclusive British biotech success boosts the UKs capital markets
  • Article
  • 21 Apr 2022
  • Jason Sinclair
While global tech stocks have been taking a hit, Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ £3.5bn IPO last year was something of a coup for the London Stock Exchange. Jason Sinclair looks at a British biotech success story that’s shown faith in the UK’s capital markets.
Preparation is paramount for companies going public
  • Article
  • 08 Dec 2021
  • The Business Finance Guide
Taking a company public can raise capital for growth, boost an organisation’s brand profile and provide attractive incentives for staff. Diane Craig, head of capital markets at RSM UK, outlines the importance of preparation, early advice and a management team that embraces the process.
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Darktrace IPO
  • Article
  • 22 Nov 2021
  • Corporate Finance Faculty
Darktrace is a cutting-edge start-up that has used artificial intelligence and machine learning to stay one step ahead of cybercrime. How has it arrived on the LSE’s Main Market?
UK’s public-to-private deal boom mirrors global trend
  • Article
  • 27 Sep 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
A global boom in deals where private equity-backed consortia and managers make takeover bids for listed companies reflects a buoyant M&A market, ICAEW’s head of corporate finance says.
Venture capitalists ready to support high-growth businesses
  • Article
  • 13 Aug 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
Dr Keith Arundale, Senior Visiting Fellow at the International Capital Market Association Centre and Non-Executive Director of Henley Business Angels, considers the prospects for venture capital firms
FCA examines UK listings rule change
  • Article
  • 07 Jul 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation into reforms designed to increase the attractiveness of London as a place for high-growth tech companies to raise equity capital via an Initial Public Offering.
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Modernising London's listing rules
  • Article
  • 06 Jul 2021
  • Nicholas Neveling
The recent review of the UK Listings Regime by Lord Hill proposed a number of major changes that might increase the attractiveness of London listings. Nicholas Neveling spoke to expert Corporate Finance Faculty members about the potential new rules.
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The key to navigating a hard market
  • Article
  • 05 Jul 2021
  • Jason Sinclair
The hard market is here to stay. But new opportunities are still available – here’s how industry veterans spotted the potential for an insurance start-up, raising $1.1bn on the London Stock Exchange in December.
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Exclusive Song rights a billion pound business
  • Article
  • 18 Mar 2021
  • Corporate Finance Faculty
“These songs are as valuable as gold.” Since it was launched in 2018, music investment company Hipgnosis has raised more than £1bn based on the intellectual property value and management of successful albums and songwriters’ back catalogues.
GameStop: Redditors give Wall Street a run for its money
  • Article
  • 01 Feb 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
2 February 2021: The financial markets were stormed by an online army last week, which targeted the stocks of a struggling gaming retailer, boosting its share price by 700% in just a week.
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How Fonix Mobile completed an AIM IPO during the global pandemic
  • Article
  • 29 Dec 2020
  • David Prosser
Starting and completing an AIM IPO during COVID-19 is no mean feat. David Prosser examines to the debut of Fonix Mobile, a technology and telecoms group, who did exactly that
Exploring FRC Ethical Standard in context of corporate finance
  • Article
  • 15 Sep 2020
  • Corporate Finance Faculty
The UK Financial Reporting Council’s Revised Ethical Standard came into effect for accounting periods starting after 15 March. Its aims were to strengthen auditor independence, prevent conflicts of interest and, laudably, improve audit quality.
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Making sure your IT delivers
  • Article
  • 24 Mar 2020
  • Az Ajam-Hassani
For companies looking to list or those listed that are undertaking major acquisitions and divestments, ensuring IT will deliver on the increasing requirements for financial position and prospects procedures is a crucial consideration.
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