1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (657+ words) Silicon Valley has never been short of ways to raise money. London, meanwhile, has spent years trying to persuade fast-growing technology companies that its public markets are worth the trip. Shaires Holdings [LON:SHR] is taking the argument in the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (825+ words) Private equity has traditionally been a game for institutions and the very wealthy. But listed investment trusts have created a back door into the asset class – and Oakley Capital Investments LON:OCI is one of the more interesting ways for…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (477+ words) Shaires Holdings [LON:SHR] is offering retail investors the chance to invest in its portfolio of private technology and artificial intelligence companies after completing a $28.5mn institutional fundraising and assembling a portfolio valued at up to $86.7mn. The London-listed investment company is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (132+ words) There are times when a falling share price is telling investors something important. Then there are times when the market simply gets carried away. The distinction matters particularly in semiconductor stocks, where sentiment can swing violently between excitement about booming…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (407+ words) Leopold Aschenbrenner became one of the most talked-about names in finance almost overnight. A former OpenAI researcher, he first gained attention through his widely read essay Situational Awareness, which argued that artificial intelligence would reshape the global economy faster than…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (426+ words) The Financial Conduct Authority has scrapped two long-standing rules governing the publication of research during UK initial public offerings, marking its latest attempt to make London a more attractive destination for companies seeking to go public. The changes, announced on…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (138+ words) Interactive Brokers is extending its long-standing open-architecture approach into artificial intelligence. Clients can now connect their accounts to nearly any AI tool that supports the Model Context Protocol, moving beyond the certified marketplaces for ChatGPT, Claude and Grok. The expansion…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (563+ words) Shaires Holdings [LON:SHR] has taken a major step towards launching its investment strategy after successfully raising US$28.5 million from institutional investors, providing fresh capital to build its first portfolio of private technology and artificial intelligence companies. The AIM-listed investment…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (814+ words) When I started my career more than 30 years ago, information was far less accessible than it is today. Research meant spending hours reading annual reports, broker reports, financial newspapers, magazines and company financial statements (plus a reliable financial calculator), rather…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (235+ words) Publishers have spent years worrying that artificial intelligence would devour their content without payment. For Bloomsbury Publishing LON:BMY, the outcome of one prominent legal battle has delivered an unexpected payoff instead. Shares in Bloomsbury Publishing are already up over…...