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Posted at 29/1/2025 11:22 by johnwise Private equity investment in Japan reaches $17.9bn amid rising deal activityPrivate equity investment in Japan jumped 40.8% in 2024, reaching $17.9bn. This growth pushed Japan’s share of private equity and venture capital deals in the Asia-Pacific region to 15.6%, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Analysts expect momentum to continue in 2025 as competition among private equity firms intensifies and corporations face increasing pressure to improve capital efficiency. As a result, take-private and carve-out deals have surged, attracting global investors. Stable interest rates and low borrowing costs make Japan an appealing market. At the same time, succession challenges in family-owned businesses create additional investment opportunities. Foreign investors, who previously struggled to find quality assets, now see more companies exploring strategic sales. |
Posted at 24/1/2025 11:06 by johnwise UK capital markets too dependent on foreign equity investors: BarclaysInvesting.com -- Barclays (LON:BARC) strategists, including Matthew Joyce, have highlighted that the UK capital markets are underperforming, largely due to an over-reliance on non-domestic equity investors. This dependency on foreign investors is viewed as a significant vulnerability. The strategists suggest that boosting domestic demand could potentially mitigate this ongoing issue. They note that initial public offering (IPO) activity in the UK has been less robust compared to other regions, such as continental Europe and the United States. The UK's attractiveness as a listing destination appears to be diminishing, while the US is increasingly becoming the primary global capital market. The strategists express that this pattern is unlikely to change without some form of intervention. The strategists also observed a structural decline in UK valuations. This is primarily due to the dwindling ownership by pension funds and insurance companies. The absence of these traditionally stable investors has contributed to the current state of the UK capital markets. |
Posted at 15/1/2025 07:04 by johnwise American blow to Reeves: Losing the confidence of Wall Street will be a cruel blow, says ALEX BRUMMERIf Labour wants private investors to line up alongside its growth agenda, by supporting initiatives to boost output through AI, Great British Energy and a National Wealth Fund, it will need the US investors on side. Counting on China to fill the gap simply isn’t going to work, as the modest £600million return from Reeves’s showboating mission to Beijing and Shanghai at the weekend demonstrates. |
Posted at 08/1/2025 14:38 by johnwise Sterling slumps as the ‘perilous UK fiscal outlook’ spooks investorsUK government borrowing costs continued rising on Wednesday, and the value of sterling dropped as investors recalibrated their views on the UK economy. The yield on the benchmark 10-year gilt, which reflects the cost of borrowing, hit 4.78 per cent on Wednesday afternoon, a post-financial crisis high. It came after the yield on the 30-year gilt hit its highest level this century yesterday. The yield on the 30-year gilt continued rising on Wednesday afternoon, reaching 5.42 per cent. The pound also suffered, dropping 1.1 per cent against the dollar to trade at $2.134, its lowest level since April. “The way gilts are trading would suggest that participants are becoming increasingly concerned over the perilous UK fiscal outlook,” Michael Brown, strategist at Pepperstone, said. Kyle Ballinger, FX markets analyst at Ballinger Group, said sterling’s sell-off was driven by “heavy gilt supply, concerns about the UK government’s debt sustainability, and the inflationary impacts of extra fiscal spending”. What do rising gilt yields mean for the UK economy? |
Posted at 29/11/2024 10:06 by johnwise UK judgement bars passive investors seeking compensation from BarclaysA landmark judgement barring passive investors seeking compensation from a publicly-quoted company has been upheld in the UK’s High Court. Norwegian public-sector pension fund KLP and Swedish pensions and insurance group Folksam are among the claimants fighting British bank Barclays for compensation. In October a judge struck out claims by passive investors but let other claimants proceed. Yesterday’s appeal against the strike-out was rejected. The claims relate to wrongdoing dating back more than 10 years by a US division of Barclays for manipulating ‘dark pool’ trading systems. In 2016 Barclays paid hefty fines to both the New York Attorney General and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the violations. The current case in London was initiated after the conclusion of those investigations. More than 200 investors&n There are three categories of claimants but it is the passive investors or index trackers that have been forced to appeal. In justifying its position to the court, KLP, for example, had been clear that it relied on the movements in the share price of Barclays alone. The judge rejected this argument, known legally as Price/Market Relliance, while giving the other categories of claimants permission to proceed on the basis that they or their advisers had read or heard the misleading statements or publications by Barclays. |
Posted at 10/11/2024 19:41 by johnwise www.express.co.ukPresident Trump will send stock markets wild - then Britain will go bust Republican voters weren't the only ones celebrating Donald Trump's landslide victory on Wednesday morning. Stock markets also went crazy. At least, they did in the US. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones enjoyed its best day in two years, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq broke fresh all-time highs. That's because US investors expect Trump to light a rocket under share prices once he enters the White House in January. He'll boost economic growth by slashing corporate taxes, red tape and government spending. Which is the exact opposite of what Labour is plotting under Keir Starmer. Instead of talking up the UK economy, Starmer has talked it down at every opportunity. He's destroyed business confidence by warning things will get worse. In last week's Budget, chancellor Rachel Reeves hiked taxes, red tape and government spending, while borrowing an extra £32billion. So how did that work out for us? While Wall Street booms, London has gone limp. Over the last six months, the S&P 500 has shot up 14.80%. The FTSE 100 has fallen 4.28%. Trump has US investors bouncing. British investors are a glum bunch. Most have given up and are pumping money into US shares instead. You can't blame them. If someone invested £10,000 into US shares a decade ago they'd have a thumping £42,248 today, AJ Bell calculates. The FTSE All-Share turned £10k into just £18,186. |
Posted at 31/10/2024 22:55 by johnwise CITYam.comGilts, sterling and FTSE 250 slump as markets digest Budget borrowing plans UK government borrowing costs have climbed to their highest level this year as investors digested the impact of the new government’s first Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that borrowing would be around £30bn a year higher to help fund an investment push, which the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) described as “one of the largest fiscal loosenings of any fiscal event”. The Debt Management Office said that gilt issuance was likely to reach £300bn in 2025, up from the previous estimate of £278bn and the second largest figure on record. The increase in investment is likely to push up inflation and slow the pace of interest rate cuts, the OBR said on Wednesday. Although traders initially seemed to take the Budget in their stride, yields on government debt have increased significantly over the past 24 hours or so. The yield on the benchmark 10-year gilt hit 4.55 per cent this afternoon, its highest level since October last year. The yield on the rate-sensitive two-year gilt hit its highest level since May as investors re-priced the short term path for UK interest rates. While other government bonds were also selling off on Thursday, the sell-off in UK government debt was more aggressive than elsewhere. Investors also sold the pound, which fell to its lowest level against the dollar since August. |
Posted at 11/10/2024 06:54 by johnwise Liontrust blames budget angst as investors continue to pull cashAsset manager Liontrust has blamed concerns about the Government's looming budget as investors continue to pull cash from its funds. Liontrust recorded net outflows of £1.1billion over the three months ended 30 September, helping to drag total assets under management and advice 4 per cent lower to £26billion. It follows net outflows of £900million in the previous three months after investors pulled more than £6billion in total over 2023, with Liontrust assets having down more than 20 per cent from around £33.5billion at the end of the firm's 2022 financial year. Chief executive John Ions told investors that 'speculation and uncertainty' on taxation ahead of the 30 October budget had 'impacted investor confidence and fund flows for the whole industry |
Posted at 12/9/2024 15:26 by johnwise CGT changes have major impact on investment decision, suggests US brokerChanges to capital gains tax rumoured to be one of the key planks of the Budget on 30 October are likely to have major implications for investors and potentially even send them towards capital lossmakers, says Stifel. “Any increase in CGT rates and reduction in ISA allowances would be unhelpful both for the investment companies sector and are likely to discourage savings and investments more generally,” says the US broker. That is likely to manifest itself in wider discounts and some tax-related selling of investment companies and other equities over the next few weeks ahead of the Budget. “We think any material selling may result in a widening of discounts on listed investment companies, as the market struggles to absorb any increased supply of shares from investors.” If CGT goes up significantly, this will have implications for longer-term stock market liquidity with investors put off shares once the change takes place to avoid a liability. |
Posted at 11/9/2024 07:05 by johnwise Barclays calls on UK to ‘break down barriers’ keeping £430bn from capital marketsBarclays has warned that UK capital markets are missing out on around £430bn in cash deposits as it called on authorities to create a “more balanced environment” for banks to empower potential investors. The bank said on Wednesday that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) should give a “badge” to identify entry-level investment products that meet certain diversification or asset allocation criteria to help less experienced investors select offerings potentially suited for their financial objectives. It added that to make investing in these “badged” products easier, the FCA should ensure a simpler sign-up process and reduce “current frictions” in declarations, risk warnings and product documentation for entry-level investors. The recommendations were published alongside data and analysis from the bank finding that roughly 13m UK adults hold £430bn of “possible investments” in cash deposits. MORE |
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