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Meltdown blamed for disrupting junior market
A London exchange that caters to small companies has attacked Monday’s system failure at the LSE for leaving companies unable to trade many of the most liquid Aim securities
On London: Scant comfort to be found in the pound’s current decline
This week, UK markets fell along with sterling, breaking a long-lasting strong relationship, writes Neil Hume
On London: Is the arrival of M&A predators a sign of better times to come?
the recent flurry of mergers and acquisitions looks set to continue but does it represent a turning point for equity markets?
On London: Hope on the horizon for stores
Retailers are among the first victims in a downturn, but among the first to recover, says Tom Braithwaite
On London: The Big One's disruption could be more than a blip
Like Humpty Dumpty, the commodities/financials pair trade looks incapable of being put back together again
Lex: Sterling
The pound has fallen for the past eleven days against the US currency – its longest slide in 37 years. How much lower might it go?
On London: Subsidence in the property market is now quite apparent
The saving grace for investors in property companies has been that rental income has generally increased
On London: Telecom stocks can’t live up to comparisons to utilities
There is little reason why telcos should command the same rating as utility companies, which operate in less competitive markets
On London: It is still too early to talk of recovery
The best performers during bear market rallies are the sectors that were weakest before the bounce
Lex: FTSE100 CEOs
Forty per cent of the largest 100 companies listed in the UK have non-British chief executives, according to Credit Suisse, reflecting a huge cultural shift