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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Michael Healy

The Government needs to Wise up over stock market decline - and soon

You can hardly blame Wise’s shareholders for their decision on Monday. In fact, you could say the overwhelming majority who backed the company’s move to the US are simply being… well… wise.

We all knew it was coming, but now it’s official: the divorce papers are in the post, with one of the UK’s most cherished fintechs heading off to a more exciting, sexier partner - one that promises to make it richer, more loved, and far better understood than the spurned LSE.

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