By: Julia Hoggett - CEO, London Stock Exchange plc

I always say that capital markets exist to bring together those who have capital with those who need capital in service of an objective. There can be no more pressing objective in our lifetimes than the just transition to net zero. To mobilise the financing needed to get there, we cannot

The London Stock Exchange has partnered with TreasurySpring to offer issuers an opportunity to access sustainable short term funding in addition to the range of funding options offered by our listing business.

The London Stock Exchange continues to further its vision of serving customers across the funding continuum, encouraging innovation and reaffirming its

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The London Stock Exchange is pleased to share its Q1 2022 Debt Capital Markets Update. The report provides an overview of global DCM activity and highlights from the London Stock Exchange, including key transactions and initiatives within the

Listed in February 2021

Market: Premium Segment of Main Market

Strategy: Investment in sustainable energy infrastructure

For Anthony Catachanas, Founding Partner and CEO at Victory Hill Capital Advisord LLP, investment adviser to VH Global Sustainable Energy Opoortunities plc, London’s listed investment funds market is uniquely suited to enable

Listed in November 2021

Market: AIM

Strategy: Investment in Life Sciences Property

For more than 150 years, investors have looked to London’s investment funds market as a rich source of innovative growth and income opportunities. Last year, Life Science REIT became the first real estate investment trust focused on UK life science properties to list on the London Stock

Listed in March 2021

Market: Specialist Fund Segment of Main Market

Strategy: Investment in digital infrastructure assets

London’s investment funds market is creating new opportunities for investors while funding a new wave of innovation. In March 2021, Digital 9 Infrastructure listed on the Specialist Funds Segment and has raised £845m in total

The London Stock Exchange announces partnership with Floww - creating strong network effects through quality data, driving efficient access to primary capital and liquidity in the private markets.

The London Stock Exchange and Floww will be collaborating in several key areas:

Through its Green Economy Mark and Sustainable Bond Market, the London Stock Exchange has already been playing a key role in channelling capital to the green economy. It is now looking to extend that to the voluntary carbon market.

The London Stock Exchange is pivoting squarely towards the green economy. Its Green Economy Mark, launched in 2019, helps investors identify companies that

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The London Stock Exchange is pleased to share its 2021 Debt Capital Markets Review. The report provides an overview of global DCM activity and highlights from the London Stock Exchange, including key transactions and initiatives within

2021 was a year that saw strong growth in the London Stock Exchange’s ETP range. Overall, there were 311 new ETPs across the year, divided into 181 ETFs and 130 other types of ETPs. This compares with 193 ETPs listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2020.

Lida Eslami, Head of Business Development, ETP and IOB, London Stock Exchange Group explains that the

Whilst 2020 was a year of resilience, 2021 was a year of opportunity.

The landscape changed and the markets were buoyant. We were at the heart of the action - helping our clients uncover new opportunities and growth; supporting issuers in raising capital to fund innovation and sustainability initiatives and supporting our trading clients in tapping into global liquidity.

2021 has been something of a landmark year for the London Stock Exchange and its Exchange Traded Products (ETPs).

Hetal Patel, Manager, Exchange Traded Products, London Stock Exchange, explains that on 3 February 2021, trading in ETPs accounted for 23 per cent of the total London Stock Exchange order book turnover.

The first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF

 The London Stock Exchange is developing a new market solution to accelerate the availability of financing for projects that will support a just transition to a low-carbon economy.  The goal is to address two major challenges: access to capital at scale for the development of new climate projects worldwide; and primary market access to a long-term supply of high-quality carbon credits for

Oxford Nanopore’s co-founder and CEO Dr Gordon Sanghera describes why the company’s IPO was both “timely and natural” and supports the company’s ambitious growth plans.

ESG data and disclosure: a new tool for issuers

The number and scale of investors demanding greater disclosure of ESG-related data and integrating ESG into their capital allocation decision making continues to gather pace around the world.

The BlackRock Global Client Sustainable Investing Survey[1] indicated that investors

The landscape of IPO opportunities for ambitious, growth-hungry Indian companies is set to change dramatically once India’s forthcoming Direct Overseas Listing Policy is introduced.

This new policy will allow Indian incorporated companies to list on select overseas stock exchanges by issuing their common equity shares to overseas

For more than 150 years, investors have looked to London’s investment funds market as a rich source of innovative and non-correlated income opportunities. Since 2018, one such source has been music royalties when Hipgnosis became the first music royalty fund to list on London Stock Exchange.

Offering investors a pure-play exposure

Not every listing on the public markets has the aim of raising fresh capital. For fast-growing international technology company Wise, its Direct Listing on the Main Market of London Stock Exchange provides a way to broaden its ownership while remaining focused on its mission. Co-founder and CEO Kristo Käärmann explains their novel thinking and approach.