Lantern Expands Its Platform for Solving the Data Trust Problem with Strategic Acquisition and Key Executive Hires June 4, 2026 Lantern Acquires Freyda to Create the First End-to-End Data Assurance Platform for Private Markets
Global Millionaire Population Jumps by Nearly 2 Million in 2025, Driven by Strong Stock Market Performance Worldwide June 4, 2026 U.S. adds 736,000 new millionaires — more than any other market — to reach 8.7 million Ultra-high-net-worth individual population expands 9.4%, the fastest-growing wealth segment for second consecutive year Most HNWIs (88%) work with multiple wealth management firms specifically to access better alternative investment opportunities Three-in-four advisors want AI to automate routine work so they can focus on client relationships
Stockbroker boom down under boosts CMC Markets share price June 4, 2026 CMC Markets shares rocketed in early trading after a rise in stockbroking activity in Australia coupled with its expanding institutional business partnerships boosted profits. Shares soared 12.7 per cent to 415p, with shares up 37.1 per cent since the start of the year. The trading platform operator recorded a 20 per cent hike in profit [...]
Gold prices glitter amid geopolitical uncertainty June 4, 2026 Gold saw a significant price rally over the course of 2025, after geopolitical uncertainty and heightened central bank buying drove more people to the safe haven asset. Gold prices rallied 44 per cent last year, reaching $4,550 per ounce in December and recording 56 fresh record highs according to the latest report from Metals Focus. [...]
Mishcon de Reya to roll out new ‘bonus boost’ for associates June 4, 2026 City law firm Mishcon de Reya is offering its staff a ‘bonus boost’ for working additional hours to remain competitive in the legal pay race, City AM understands. The law firm has added a new ‘bonus boost’ to its pay structure, which will take effect in July 2027, for lawyers who record hours significantly above [...]
Working Brits are struggling to keep up with AI June 4, 2026 Britain’s workforce is showing signs of AI fatigue just as politicians and business leaders demand faster adoption of the technology. New research from Henley Business School found 61 per cent of workers feel overwhelmed by the pace of AI change in the workplace, while nearly two-thirds of AI users admit they sometimes choose not to [...]
Professional services firms’ future hinges on private equity, Kroll chief says June 4, 2026 Private equity has been rewiring the professional services industry over the last few years, and with the sector undergoing enormous disruption from AI, stagnant growth, and a highly competitive market, PE investment is increasingly becoming a lifeline for firms to stay afloat. According to Jacob Silverman, chief executive of advisory and consultancy firm Kroll, private [...]
Semble Secures £30M Series C Investment Led by Revaia to Expand Europe’s Connected Healthcare Platform June 4, 2026 Company's healthcare platform surpasses 10 million patients as investment round also draws new investor Partech
There should have been an op-ed here but you filed AI slop June 4, 2026 City AM's inbox is drowning in AI pitches. Anna Moloney, who spends her days copy and pasting them into detection software, has had enough.
Computacenter joins FTSE 100 in reshuffle as index builds tech exposure June 4, 2026 The latest quarterly reshuffle of the FTSE 100 has seen Computacenter, Investec and Aberdeen promoted to the top-tier index of the City’s most valuable companies, bringing a constituent with some direct exposure to the artificial intelligence boom to the City’s most famous benchmark. Computacenter’s rise from the FTSE 250 to blue-chip status looks somewhat like [...]