Julia Hoggett wants to put a live markets screen on the front of the London Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square as part of efforts to create “razzamatazz” around the embattled equity market . Stock exchange boss t Hoggett told a City audience that she wanted to “celebrate the successes” of businesses that are thriving in a more public way. The former FCA regulator said changes to the market opening ceremony had made the stock market more exciting.
And now she wants to go further with a screen on the front of the LSEG’s head office. “We’re campaigning to find a mechanism to put a screen on the outside of the building,” Hoggett told the Quoted Companies Alliance’s annual conference held in Moorgate this morning. “The simple reality is it’s not straightforward to do that in the City of London at all.
” The exchange has struggled over the past few years as the number of IPOs has plunged. It hasn’t seen a major IPO since Deliveroo’s disastrous 2021 listing. There have also been several notable knockbacks, including UK tech star Arm’s decision to list in New York and Turkish miner WE Soda’s last-minute withdrawal However, some life has returned to the IPO pipeline in recent months.
Raspberry Pi , the British microcomputer maker, has confirmed a listing, while Special Situations REIT, a new real estate investment trust, has confirmed it will raise £500m, with investors having already committed to a large chunk of the capital. Speculation has also sta.
