British pensions are about to bankroll the American tech revolution June 4, 2026 Pension managers owe their members returns, not national loyalty. Any pension manager who ignored potentially transformational businesses purely because they were American would rightly face scrutiny, but commercial logic isn’t the same thing as national advantage.
WPP Media CEO: Creative industries should bet big on London, the city of brilliant lunatics June 4, 2026 London has been named the best city in the world for culture - it should be creative industries' first choice, writes WPP Media's Kate Rowlinson.
STARTEEPO Invest Increases Stake in Xerox to More Than 6% Ahead of Q2 2026 Earnings June 4, 2026 STARTEEPO Invest (“STARTEEPO”), an alternative investment fund focused on public equity opportunities, today announced that it has increased its beneficial ownership position in Xerox Holdings Corporation (“Xerox” or the “Company”) to more than 6% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, as disclosed in an amended Schedule 13D filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. [...]
Martin Sorrell calls WPP ‘catatonic’ as Goldman slaps sell rating on its own client June 4, 2026 Sir Martin Sorrell spent 33 years turning WPP from a small Kent-based wire and plastics manufacturer into the world’s largest ad company. He left in 2018 following a dispute over personal conduct that he has consistently denied, and has been a vocal critic of his successors ever since. “I think they are further gone than [...]
Partners Group suffers surge in withdrawal requests and braces to cap more funds June 4, 2026 Partners Group warned that its flagship private equity fund had been hit by a flurry of requests from wealthy investors, raising concerns the Swiss firm would have to cap withdrawals, a day after doing so on a major European fund. Redemption requests at its $16bn private equity master fund reached roughly six per cent of [...]
Kirkland & Ellis partners with Palantir for AI-driven private equity work June 4, 2026 The world’s largest law firm by revenue, Kirkland & Ellis, has agreed to partner with tech giant Palantir to create an AI tool to use in advising private equity firms. The US-based firm, which has a large City office, said the multi-year partnership will deploy technology to share the expertise of its leading partners with [...]
Oxane Partners’ ‘Compass 2026’ Maps Private Credit Market Sentiments June 4, 2026 Survey of 380+ senior credit professionals highlights industry’s outlook for growth of assets, with inclination towards ABF, AI, and risk discipline
Asana Unveils Operating System for Human-Agent Teams June 4, 2026 Agentic Work Management solves the AI productivity gap; Organizations can run critical work with humans and agents on the same plan, with the same context, under the same governance Asana announces next generation AI Teammates purpose-built for industries and Asana Dash, an AI Chief of Staff for every user that knows your individual goals, priorities and what needs your attention New apps coming soon: Asana Service Management for IT, Command by Asana for Builders, and Asana Client Management for Professional Services
Reply and IEO Launch Collaboration to Co-Develop and Train Domain-Specific Large Language Models for Oncology June 4, 2026 Reply [EXM, STAR: REY] and the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) have launched a collaboration focused on the co-development and training of domain-specific Large Language Models for oncology. The initiative brings together Reply’s expertise in building frontier generative models grounded in enterprise knowledge with the IEO’s clinical expertise and data assets to develop models tailored [...]
S4 Capital cuts jobs as Sorrell predicts ‘fewer people’ in advertising June 4, 2026 S4 Capital has cut a further 150 jobs this year, amid warnings from Sir Martin Sorrell that AI will leave the advertising industry employing “fewer people” in the years ahead. The London-listed marketing group said its workforce has fallen to around 6,200, down from roughly 7,000 a year ago, as clients continue to rein in [...]