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Tom Selby, director of public policy at AJ Bell, questioned the technical details of a GB ISA and highlighted research that suggested the proposed product could potentially fall foul of the regulator's new Consumer Duty rules. Quilter calls for simplification as Labour backs GB ISA proposals «Independent research commissioned by AJ Bell shows that, when presented with the choice of a British ISA and a Stocks and Shares ISA for their first subscription of the tax year, more people chose the British ISA (35%) than the Stocks and Shares ISA (26%),» Selby said. «Given investors could acce...

Stock market bloodbath: Amid a heavy sell-off on Dalal Street, most Indian indices are trading red with heavy intraday losses. However, the Nifty FMCG index ended up being around one percent higher. FMCG major Britannia share price touched a new lifetime peak of ₹5,414.40 per share on NSE.

US-based ETF provider Global X has temporarily eliminated fees for two physically backed cryptocurrency exchange-traded products in Europe.

In a stock exchange notice on Monday (3 June), Brookfield responded to press speculation around its interest in EBOX and said it was assessing a possible cash offer for the entire trust. Private markets giants Brookfield and Oaktree roll out fund platform for UK wealth market It added that there was «no certainty» that an offer of any kind would be made and that no terms had yet been agreed. In accordance with the Takeover Panel's code, Brookfield is now required by no later than 5pm on 1 July 2024, to either announce a firm intention to make an offer for the EBOX or to not make on...

Continuum Green Energy, a renewable energy generator, is seeking to raise about $650 million in bonds for seven years to refinance its existing debt, said people with knowledge of the matter. The company is likely to appoint Deutsche Bank, HSBC, JPMorgan, and Standard Chartered Bank as arrangers. The fundraise is likely to refinance $561 million in bonds raised by its subsidiary, Continuum Energy Levanter Pte Ltd, which were raised at 4.5% and due in February 2027. However, the all-in cost of the bond is almost double the 4.5%,prompting the company to refinance the earlier tranche, a person cited above said.

Star Trek: Prodigy" season 2 is all set to be released on Netflix. The first season was premiered on Christmas Day and now the second season will premier on July 1 this year, as per a report on WhatsOnNetflix.

India has begun discussions with the UK on mapping of skill gaps and mutual recognition of skills between the two countries looking to tap international job opportunities for its young and growing workforce. To begin with, India is exploring the possibility of linking its National Career Service (NCS) portal with the UK government's job portal to get a sense of demand for skilled workers in the UK, while facilitating industry-specific exchange and migration of workers in labour-intensive sectors, such as textiles, under the India-UK Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement (MMPA).

Iran's foreign ministry has summoned the Chinese ambassador in Tehran to protest about a China-UAE statement related to Iran's sovereignty over three Islands also claimed by the UAE. During Sunday's meeting with the Chinese ambassador in Tehran, Mohammad AliBek, an aide to the foreign minister and the director general of the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Persian Gulf Department, recalled the special ties between the two sides and noted that respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the countries is one of the renowned and fundamental principles in international relations.

singer Sonu Nigam, who was in the UK for a concert series, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by a leading Indian diaspora students' organisation for his worldwide impact in the field of music. The National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) UK conferred Nigam with the Fellowship during his packed performance at Wembley Arena in London last weekend. It was presented on stage by veteran British Indian Labour MP Virendra Sharma and Professor Rachel Dwyer, Emeritus Professor of Indian Culture at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).

Richard Wilson, CEO of interactive investor, argued the duty was a «pernicious tax that penalises listed companies that help put the ‘great' in British business and UK investors seeking to back them». Citing its own research, ii found that 82% of polled clients claimed removing stamp duty on UK shares would encourage greater investment in UK listed companies, while 57% of the cohort said it would «make them think twice» about investing in the UK in the future. General Election 2024 Blog: Rachel Reeves rules out additional tax rises Wilson said higher transaction costs due to stamp ...

Miami-based private investment firm 777 Partners has failed to conclude a deal for the purchase of Everton

World shares have started June mostly higher, though gains in some markets were whittled back later in the day

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who is 93, has married for the fifth time

₹130.15 crore.Vadodara-based Kronox is a manufacturer of speciality fine chemicals. Many sectors, including biotech, pharmaceutical formulations, active pharmaceutical components, metallurgy, agrochemicals, animal health, and scientific research and testing, employ its products for a variety of purposes.Also Read: Kronox Lab Sciences IPO: GMP, review, subscription status, other details.

Mint on the sidelines of the recently-concluded advertising festival GoaFest 2024.“Unlike competitors, we began investing heavily in research and technology back in 2017 when we started; we are using a lot of AI (artificial intelligence) now. This is because there are a number of playbooks available for best practices for television advertising, but none for ads for digital mediums. In a way, we are now writing textbooks on how to use data for better digital advertising in our data greenrooms.

BBC reported on 3 June.The Chinese ministry, in a post on its official WeChat channel, stated that MI6 operatives turned a Chinese man identified only by his surname Wang and his wife surnamed Zhou against Beijing, the report said, adding the duo worked in 'core confidential' departments in a Chinese state agency.ALSO READ: US and allies clash with China and Russia over North Korea's launches and threats to use nukesAccording to the report, the Chinese ministry also alleged the UK's Secret Intelligence Service began cultivating Wang in 2015 when he went to the UK for his studies under a Sino-British exchange programme."Wang was initially hesitant but could not resist [the operatives'] repeated persuasion, enticement and even coercion, and eventually agreed," BBC quoted the ministry said in a statement on WeChat, that added, "Under Wang's strong instigation, Zhou agreed to collect intelligence... and he and his wife became British spies."Adding more, China said that UK took 'special care' of Wang and invited him to dinners.

Astrotalk, which provides digital astrology consulting services, has raised $9.4 million in an ongoing funding round from existing investor Left Lane Capital and new investor Elev8 Venture Partners, as per documents sourced from the Registrar of Companies.

Golden Goose Group is seeking to list in Milan in an initial public offer (IPO) that could value the maker of $500 distressed sneakers at about €3 billion ($3.2 billion) including net debt. The company, the vast majority of which was bought by private equity group Permira for about €1.3 billion in 2020, is wooing investors as a luxury brand. But it looks more like Dr Martens, in that it’s reliant on a signature shoe style that risks falling out of fashion.

PARIS — Dutch digital bank Bunq is hoping it will manage to secure a banking license from U.K. financial regulators later this year or early next year, the firm's CEO and founder Ali Niknam told CNBC.

British Secret Intelligence Service MI6 turned two staff members of unnamed Chinese central state organs into spies for the British government, its State Security Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

₹6,600 crore was better than expected, albeit lower year-on-year (y-o-y) by 8.6%, mainly due to the partial shutdown of its Netherlands facilities. Notably, losses from European operations declined sequentially. Still, the shares have been down 4% over the past two trading sessions since the results.