Smart strategies for managing currency volatility during budgeting November 13, 2025 Ongoing turbulence in foreign exchange markets – driven by fiscal policy, global tariffs and geopolitical uncertainty – continues to challenge UK business leaders as they set their 2026 budgets. Sharp shifts in currency markets can quickly derail even the most carefully planned budgets, and this year leaders are facing an exceptional period of instability. Volatility [...]
Crispin Odey places gold investment firm into liquidation November 13, 2025 Disgraced financier Crispin Odey has placed a gold investment firm he controlled into liquidation, City AM can reveal. Tri-Star Resources, which owned a stake in an antimony and gold production facility in Oman known as SPMP, is to be wound up amid “serious concerns” over the viability of the project. Odey was the sole director [...]
OptionMetrics Exhibiting at QuantMinds International, November 17-20 November 13, 2025 Leading options data provider meeting with quantitative finance professionals at QuantMinds’ “nexus of quant and innovation”.
Zilch boss shrugs off Klarna’s stock loss after fresh funding round November 13, 2025 The boss of one of London’s most hotly-anticipated fintech listings has shrugged off the recent stock fall of Klarna after securing a fresh funding round. Philip Belamant, the chief executive of consumer payments platform Zilch, told City AM “there’s always a bit of downward pressure” when asked whether Klarna’s recent stock tumble raised any concerns [...]
Landmark GARP Risk Institute Study Sheds Light on Physical Climate Risk Assessment Vendors November 13, 2025 New report conducted on behalf of the Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF) provides critical insights for financial institutions in managing physical climate risk
Reeves to put brakes on Cycle to Work scheme in blow to City November 13, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves could slam the brakes on the Cycle to Work scheme at the upcoming Budget in a blow to City commuters, it has been reported. The Chancellor is expected to cut tax benefits on salary sacrifice schemes, including in the buying of expensive bikes, according to a report in the Financial Times. “Cycle [...]
Lady Mayor Susan Langley: My career has been completely accidental November 13, 2025 Susan Langley is the City's first titled Lady Mayor. Today, fresh from her inauguration, she takes us through her Square Mile career.
Zilch Raises Over $175 Million to Accelerate Growth November 13, 2025 Raise includes the expansion of its credit facility with Deutsche Bank, as the UK and EMEA’s fastest-growing fintech unicorn plots next phase of its journey
Flexible offices to comprise a fifth of London market by 2030 November 13, 2025 A fifth of London’s offices will be made up of co-working sites by as soon as 2030, in a further sign of the extent to which the pandemic-induced shift in working patterns is reshaping the capital’s commercial property market. So-called ‘flex’ spaces currently represent just 12 per cent of the total London office market, but [...]
Christmas comes early for Young’s as party bookings surge November 13, 2025 One of the UK’s biggest pub groups has seen a surge in festive parties as the London-listed firm reported rising sales. Young’s, which operates nearly 300 pubs across London and the south of England, reported a 22 per cent rise in Christmas bookings compared to last year. “Christmas seems to be getting bigger every year,” [...]