Nigel Farage Bitcoin firm turns to the public to raise cash – at double the price March 18, 2026 A Bitcoin business run by former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng which counts Nigel Farage as one of its biggest investors has turned to the public to raise cash. Stack BTC, which is listed on London’s Aquis stock market, is seeking to raise as much as £250,000 from retail investors via the issue of fresh shares. But [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Diploma leads stocks as pound ticks up; Oil dips March 18, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. The FTSE 100 index closed up 0.8 per cent higher on Tuesday at 10,403.60p. The gains were accompanied by a stronger performance from the pound, which finished up $1.334 by the time London markets closed, compared to $1.329 on Monday. Sterling and the City were [...]
The Debate: Should we put rats on our banknotes? March 18, 2026 Churchill's been ditched from UK banknotes. Is the rat a worthy successor? We hear the case for and against in this week's Debate.
Meet Gen Zalpha: The new generation up-starts reshaping consumer culture March 18, 2026 Forget Gen Z, it's Generation Zalpha whose commercial influence now matters in the advertising world, writes Ogilvy's Amelia Torode.
Trust, not technology, is the real currency of financial services March 18, 2026 Fintechs are under pressure from outages, data leaks and rising fraud. True financial innovation should make systems safer, more transparent and more reliable for customers, says Nick Murray-Leslie Traditional banks and digital-first fintechs are locked in a battle for customers with much of the industry’s messaging still focused on AI, platforms and digital transformation. But [...]
PDO and PGI extra virgin olive oil: certified quality versus false myths, with the ECCEUKCH project in the UK and Switzerland March 17, 2026 The European ECCEUKCH project promotes the certified quality of extra virgin olive oil in the UK and Switzerland and will be present at IFE in London
Janus Henderson Special Committee Confirms Receipt of Revised Unsolicited, Non-Binding Proposal from Victory Capital March 17, 2026 Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE: JHG; “JHG, ” “Janus Henderson, ” or the “Company”) today confirmed that on March 17, 2026, the Special Committee (the “Special Committee”) of the Janus Henderson Board of Directors (the “Board”) received a revised unsolicited non-binding proposal from Victory Capital. In consultation with its independent financial and legal advisors and [...]
Why The Omen is still terrifying as it celebrates its 50th birthday March 17, 2026 One suspects that, for a lot of people outside the hard core of horror fans, The Omen is one of those films they think they’ve seen and of which they recognise snippets. Some (guilty) will occasionally break into a ropey Gregory Peck impersonation and demand “What do you know about my son?” The film is [...]
Victory Capital raises offer as Janus Henderson bidding war heats up March 17, 2026 Victory Capital has increased its offer for rival asset manager Janus Henderson as the bidding war with Trian Fund Management and General Catalyst heats up. The latest offer from Texas-based Victory Capital comes just days after its previous approach was rejected, with the firm saying on Tuesday it would offer $40 (£29.96) per share in [...]
Reeves pledges ‘strategic state’ amid end of globalisation March 17, 2026 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to create an “active and strategic” state as she warned that “globalisation as we once knew it is dead”. In a flagship lecture at the Bayes Business School on her growth agenda, Reeves suggested the size of the state had been expanded since Labour took office as part of a [...]