Investing

‘I put my life savings in crypto’: how a generation of amateurs got hooked on high-risk trading

Online trading apps are drawing in novice investors willing to risk everything on volatile stocks. Do they really know what they’re doing?

Sirin Kale

19, Jun, 2021 @6:00 AM

Hipgnosis aims to raise £150m to buy more of ‘most influential songs of all time’

London-listed music investor will issue 124m new shares at a price of 121p a share

Joanna Partridge

16, Jun, 2021 @9:32 AM

Meatless Farm gives customers chance to put money where their mouth is

Yorkshire-based plant-burger and vegan sausage maker launches £5m crowdfunding drive

Zoe Wood

14, Jun, 2021 @5:01 AM

Leading investors urge governments to end support for fossil fuels

Group controlling $41tn in assets sign joint statement calling on world leaders to bolster net zero targets

Jasper Jolly

10, Jun, 2021 @4:01 AM

Aviva might benefit from an agitator but the risk is over-reach | Nils Pratley

Cevian’s call for more capital to be returned is beyond what most City analysts think possible

Nils Pratley

08, Jun, 2021 @6:27 PM

Investor presses Aviva to cut costs and return £5bn to shareholders

Activist Cevian Capital complains about bad strategic decisions after building 5% stake in insurer

Julia Kollewe

08, Jun, 2021 @3:19 PM

Hipgnosis hits the high notes on back of music streaming boom

Songs fund reports 66% revenue rise after buying 84 catalogues last year including 50 Cent and Barry Manilow

Mark Sweney

07, Jun, 2021 @1:54 PM

Cryptocurrency dealers face closure for failing UK money laundering test

Up to 50 companies dealing in digital assets such as bitcoin could be forced to stop trading immediately

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

03, Jun, 2021 @1:29 PM

AMC Entertainment shares soar in latest GameStop-style frenzy

US cinema cashes in shares, taking advantage of inflated equity price after pile-in by amateur traders

Rob Davies

03, Jun, 2021 @11:43 AM

UK investors urge G7 to force firms to reveal their climate change exposure

Investment Association also called on most developed economies to help firms meet Paris Agreement climate goals

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

31, May, 2021 @7:00 AM

Shares in alt-milk maker Oatly surge on US stock market debut

Swedish firm valued at $13bn as investors bet on soaring demand for plant-based food alternatives