A.Gain: the owners of Atletico Madrid and Leeds United that you’ve never heard of April 28, 2026 A.Gain owns chunks of Leeds United and Atletico Madrid and has just launched a $150m fund to accelerate its take on multi-club ownership. These are heady days for Bobby Aitkenhead, a former college basketball player who also represented his native Guatemala. He is co-founder and one of the managing partners of A.Gain’s sports fund, which [...]
Italy holidays: the Lake Garda hotel you must book this spring April 28, 2026 Damien Gabet finds silence and serenity at Italy’s Lake Garda by checking into the new-ish Cape of Senses hotel I don’t like city breaks. The transactional slapdash, the exhaustion dressed as fun, the quiet feeling that you’re incrementally ruining locals’ lives. And how on earth are you supposed to enjoy a long weekend in a [...]
Macquarie ups stake in Argentex founder’s fintech as it clinches licence April 28, 2026 Macquarie has built up its stake in a London-based foreign exchange fintech after the firm clinched a new permit from the City watchdog. The financial services giant has increased its holdings in Tenora to 33 per cent. It follows the fintech bagging Macquaire’s investment last summer in fundraise that valued the start-up at £15m. The [...]
Prothena Announces Novo Nordisk Obtains Fast Track Designation from the U.S. FDA for Coramitug (PRX004) in ATTR Amyloidosis with Cardiomyopathy April 27, 2026 Coramitug is a potential best-in-class amyloid depleter antibody for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy1-3 Coramitug is being evaluated by Novo Nordisk in the ongoing Phase 3 CLEOPATTRA clinical trial in ~1280 participants with ATTR-CM; primary completion expected in 2029 The Fast Track Designation underscores the unmet need within ATTR-CM and could expedite the review of coramitug
‘Drag on prosperity’: Next boss demands planning system overhaul in rallying cry for growth April 27, 2026 The UK’s planning rulebook should be torn up in favour of a market-based system, the boss of one of the country’s biggest listed companies has said, as he urged government ministers to take a “radical” approach to kickstarting economic growth. Speaking at the Centre for Policy Studies conference in the heart of the City, Lord [...]
Shell snaps up Canadian energy firm ARC for $16.4bn in bid to boost production April 27, 2026 Shell is to buy Canadian shale producer ARC Resouces in a $16.4bn deal that the oil major says will boost its production and deliver “value for decades”. The London-listed oil major, which has been under pressure from shareholders to increase output and revive its ageing reserves base, will pay for the deal using 25 per [...]
Former Deepmind star lands $1.1bn backing for AI startup April 27, 2026 An ex-Google DeepMind researcher has secured one of Europe’s largest AI funding rounds, as investors race to back a new generation of frontier labs beyond large language models (LLMs). David Silver has raised $1.1bn (£880m) for his London-based startup Ineffable Intelligence at a valuation of $5.1bn, in a round led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed [...]
KBRA Releases Research – Extension Risk in UK Seasoned Interest-Only Mortgages April 27, 2026 KBRA releases research that examines the UK past-term interest-only (PTIO) mortgage population, including drivers of post-maturity behaviour and implications for residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) cash flow timing. PTIO mortgages are interest-only (IO) loans that have reached maturity without repaying the principal balance. These loans are gaining prominence as legacy pre-global financial crisis (GFC) IO cohorts [...]
Jenrick to re-write ‘Britannia Card’ plan for wealthy investors April 27, 2026 Reform UK are set to revise the terms of its ‘Britannia Card’ proposal, which was drafted as the party’s bid to lure wealthy foreign investors to the UK, Robert Jenrick has revealed. Jenrick, who is Reform’s Treasury spokesman, hinted that party officials were working on a proposal that was “even better” than a policy announced [...]
vVARDIS Announces Investment from Apollo —Achieves Unicorn Status April 27, 2026 Investment will support global commercial expansion of the Curodont™ technology platform, the first and only non-invasive peptide-containing formulations designed to treat tooth decay drill-free throughout the depth of the lesion