Capital markets experts are urging the chancellor to scrap "restrictive" taxes on investors to help boost the global competitiveness of the London Stock Exchange as Andy Burnham's government prepares to deliver its first Budget.
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Chancellor Urged To Cut Taxes On Investors To Revive LSE

By Najiyya Budaly

Capital markets experts are urging the chancellor to scrap "restrictive" taxes on investors to help boost the global competitiveness of the London Stock Exchange as Andy Burnham's government prepares to deliver its first Budget.

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CMA Probes FirstCash's £232M Buy Of Financial Services Biz

By Irene Madongo

Britain's antitrust regulator said Monday that it has launched a probe into the proposed £232 million ($317 million) take-private acquisition of financial services provider Ramsdens by FirstCash, a U.S. pawnshop company.

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Osborne Clarke Advises Investment Biz On £104M Asset Sale

By Irene Madongo

Investment company Foresight Environmental Infrastructure said Monday it has sold its remaining 49% stake in a portfolio of six industrial facilities to a partner, Future Biogas, for £104 million ($139 million).

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M&A

Bredin Prat Guides Wakam's Sale To AmTrust Unit

By Martin Croucher

Insurance giant AmTrust said Monday it has bought Wakam, in a deal guided by Bredin Prat, after French authorities temporarily blocked the troubled European insurer from writing more business because of its solvency woes.

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Marine Infrastructure Biz To Buy Steel Contractor For $13M

By Dawood Fakhir

Marine infrastructure company Endúr ASA said Monday that its subsidiary BMO Entreprenør AS has agreed to acquire steel products fabricator Notech AS for 120 million Norwegian kroner ($12.8 million), bringing the supplier under its umbrella.

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PRIVATE EQUITY

Hg To Buy Majority Stake In Renewable Software Biz 3E

By Dawood Fakhir

Renewable energy technology company 3E said Monday that it has secured "a majority investment" from private equity firm Hg in a deal in which HgCapital Trust PLC will also invest approximately £6.1 million ($8.1 million).

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CAPITAL MARKETS

Gateley-Advised Aerospace Drilling Biz Discloses £42M IPO

By Irene Madongo

Aerospace drilling company Tek4 began trading its shares Monday on London's Alternative Investment Market after an initial public offering that valued the business at £42 million ($56 million).

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CLS To Exit REIT Regime After Change In Share Ownership

By Isabel Jackson

Property investor CLS said Monday that it expects to leave the REIT regime at the end of the year because a change in its share ownership means it will no longer meet the regime's ownership requirements.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Alston & Bird

Bredin Prat

Clifford Chance

Gateley PLC

Gowling WLG

Latham & Watkins

Osborne Clarke

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AstraZeneca PLC

Dealogic LLC

HgCapital LLP

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Nasdaq Inc.

Nuveen LLC

Oxera Consulting LLP

Schroders PLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Competition and Markets Authority

Financial Conduct Authority