St James’s Place suffers £1bn hit to flows as investors look to dodge pension tax July 29, 2026 St James’s Place took a £1bn hit to net inflows in the first half of the year as investors pulled cash from its funds to dodge market volatility and a looming pension tax bill. Net inflows declined from £3.8bn to £2.7bn in the first half of the year, in line with analyst expectations. The group [...]
Oxane Partners Announces Strategic Growth Investment From TA July 29, 2026 Oxane Partners (“Oxane” or “the Company”), a leading technology-driven solutions provider to the private credit industry, today announced a strategic growth investment from TA Associates (“TA”), a leading global private equity firm. This investment will support Oxane’s continued technology innovation, expansion of AI capabilities, and further investment in talent and leadership. This press release features [...]
Glencore and Rio Tinto strike gold on high commodity prices July 29, 2026 Rio Tinto and Glencore have posted near-record updates thanks to this year’s sky-high commodity prices and the uncertainty wrought by the Middle East conflict. Mining juggernaut Rio Tinto notched a 43 per cent jump in profit over the first six months of the year, pointing to persistently elevated metals prices and the ambitious efficiency programme [...]
ustwo brings AI governance to the boardroom with appointment of Google DeepMind executive Simon Bouton July 29, 2026 ustwo, the global employee-owned B Corp digital product studio, today announced the appointment of Simon Bouton, Chief Experience Officer at Google DeepMind, as its first AI Non-Executive Director. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260728923967/en/ Bouton joins the board to provide independent oversight of ustwo’s AI strategy, reflecting the studio’s conviction [...]
Passengers to foot bill for Heathrow third runway bidding process July 29, 2026 Heathrow will be allowed to pass the vast bill it has racked up preparing its third runway bid onto passengers, the aviation watchdog has said, in a ruling that promises to extend the airport’s position as the most expensive in the world. The Civil Aviation Authority judged that Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) will be allowed [...]
Bureau Veritas: Delivering on Our Commitments With Higher Sequential Organic Growth in Q2 and Continuous Margin Improvements July 29, 2026 Bureau Veritas (BOURSE:BVI): H1 2026 key figures1 › Revenue of EUR 3,258.4 million in H1 2026, up 2.1% year-on-year and up 5.0% organically (with a sequential improvement in Q2 2026 at 5.5% organic growth), › Adjusted operating profit of EUR 506.5 million, up 3.1% versus EUR 491.5 million in H1 2025, representing an adjusted operating [...]
Meet the new energy minister who believes lower growth is “good news” July 29, 2026 Before becoming an MP, Katie White, the new energy minister advocated for GPs to treat “climate grief” and councils to pay for “guided mindfulness works”, reveals Arthur Reynolds Last week, I brought news of our new Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh’s crusade against cars. Since then, things have gotten worse. Andy Burnham has made a former [...]
Silly season is upon us but politics will get serious soon enough July 29, 2026 In May, Reform MP Danny Kruger unveiled a substantial piece of work “setting out Reform’s plans for the centre of government, shaped by the research of the Preparation for Government team.” His 5,000 word article went into huge detail about the structural changes his party intends to make to Whitehall and the machinery of government. [...]
Overseas games: Will World Cup success force Fifa’s hand over divisive issue? July 29, 2026 Fifa’s staging of the World Cup in North America may have been a massive commercial win, but it might also have ramped up the pressure on world football’s governing body to make a decisive call on one of the game’s most contentious issues: domestic leagues taking matches to more lucrative overseas locations. The biggest ever [...]
Healey faces £24bn spending squeeze as inflation puts tax rises in play July 29, 2026 Chancellor John Healey is facing a £24bn real terms squeeze on the public purse due to higher inflation and will be forced to hike takes to fund the government’s spending plans, a top think tank has warned. Price growth will peak at 3.8 per cent early next year before a slow return to the Bank [...]