OPINION - Why are London-listed companies upping sticks to New York?

For centuries, men, women and children have fled the European continent in search of a better life in the new world. Today, major companies are increasingly making that same journey, keen on securing better returns for their shareholders.

And as our Financial Editor Simon English reports, . First, because new flotations have all but collapsed: these raised £12 billion on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in 2021, but that fell to in the last two years alone.