Financial stability before glory: Why professional sport must grow up December 24, 2025 Professional sport has never looked richer or felt more fragile. Revenues are growing, valuations are rising, and private capital is circling like never before. Yet beneath the surface, financial fragility remains endemic. Too many clubs – across football, rugby, cricket and beyond – are one bad season, one failed owner, or one missed broadcast deal [...]
Janus Henderson Group plc to be Acquired by Trian Fund Management and General Catalyst for $7.4 Billion December 22, 2025 Janus Henderson Shareholders to Receive $49.00 per Share in Cash Transaction Represents a Premium of 18% to the Unaffected Closing Price on October 24, 2025 Significant Long-Term Investment to Be Made in Product Offerings, Client Services, Technology, and Talent
FCA to increase scrutiny of home and travel insurers following ‘super complaint’ December 18, 2025 The UK financial watchdog is to increase scrutiny of home and travel insurers following a “super complaint” by consumer champion Which?. Following a year of campaigning against falling standards affecting tens of millions of customers, Which? used its statutory powers to make a super-complaint to the industry regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), back in [...]
Best Bingo Sites: The Best UK Online Bingo December 18, 2025 Online bingo is one of the most popular games in the gambling industry. However, with so many choices, finding the right bingo site can be challenging. At City AM we have reviewed and carefully selected what we believe to be the top UK bingo brands. We’ve picked out the sites that offer the biggest [...]
Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2025 December 18, 2025 THE MENA REGION’s PREMIER FINANCIAL EVENT Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) is the MENA region’s premier financial event, bringing together global leaders, market experts, policymakers, and investors from 175 countries to drive impactful dialogue and collaboration. Over the four thematic days, ADFW 2025 delivered a milestone gathering of global finance’s most influential voices across five [...]
Best Free Bets UK: Sports Betting Sign Up Offers December 17, 2025 At City AM, our team of experts has carefully handpicked the leading free bet offers from the top UK sports betting sites. Sports betting is a huge industry in the UK, drawing punters from all over the country. At the UK’s best sports betting sites, punters can enjoy various sports betting markets, with plenty of [...]
Why your next marketing crisis is going to be self-inflicted December 16, 2025 Most 2026 plans ignore marketing’s geopolitical exposure, the aggressive monetization of platforms, and the erosion of trust, requiring leaders to shift from chasing reach and automation to strategic discipline, internal alignment, and building direct customer relationships, says Paul Armstrong Most 2026 marketing plans are already built on assumptions that no longer hold, not because the [...]
‘Picking winners? This is about backing champions’ – Reform’s Zia Yusuf on a radical approach to business December 16, 2025 Reform has by any measure enjoyed an incredible 2025. But for much of the poll-topping year, its economic vision has remained an unknown entity. Ali Lyon met policy chief Zia Yusuf to hear, for the first time, his party’s plans for Britain’s flatlining economy and the millions of businesses in it. Zia Yusuf is feeling [...]
Marsh McLennan’s Mercer to Invest in a Bespoke Long-Term Asset Fund for Private Markets With an Initial Commitment of £350 Million December 15, 2025 Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) and a global leader in helping clients realise their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people, today announced plans for its UK Workplace Savings solutions, including its master trusts, to invest in the new Schroders Mercer Private Assets [...]
FCA to ‘rebalance’ risk in mortgage market in first time buyer boost December 15, 2025 The UK’s financial watchdog is planning a major overhaul of mortgage market rules in a bid to support more Brits getting on the housing ladder. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it aims to “rebalance risk” in the market to encourage innovation and allow a greater number of people to get access to finance. “Rebalancing [...]