UK finance chiefs gear up for growth as sentiment soars July 29, 2024 Chief financial officers of some of the largest UK companies have seen expectations about the prospects of their own business shoot up.
People told us our idea wasn’t possible — so we set out to prove them wrong July 29, 2024 Ambition A.M. meets Thomas McHugh, co-founder and chief executive of data management firm Finbourne, to hear what it takes to prove an idea possible. Accurate data management is crucial for the financial services industry, especially when it comes to preventing fraud and avoiding costly errors. Thomas McHugh, chief executive and co-founder of data integration and [...]
OpenFi, Fintech’s End Game July 29, 2024 Each month, Jasper De Maere, Head of Research at Outlier Ventures, will zoom in on trends and events happening in cryptocurrency and the broader ecosystem across public and private markets. A new trend called OpenFi (Open Finance) is gaining momentum in the financial corner of Web3. Leveraging the core DeFi infrastructure built last cycle (2019), [...]
Exclusive: Abrdn backs property recovery with UK to ‘lead the way’ July 29, 2024 Asset manager Abrdn has moved its view of property from an underweight position to neutral as it argued the UK is leading the way on a global recovery, City A.M. can reveal.
C-suite executives list tax certainty as a priority from Reeves, survey finds July 29, 2024 Clarity on tax is the number most important thing bosses want from the new government, a survey of C suite execs has found.
Against the Olympics: Why we should stop worshipping elite sport July 29, 2024 Expensive, disruptive and just plain annoying, it’s time to stop hero-worshipping the Olympics, writes Anna Moloney Finally this month the Euros ended and I breathed a sigh of relief that I, a loud and proud hater of sport and fun, would no longer have my quiet evenings disrupted by the cheers of sporting enthusiasts. But [...]
Olympics is a chance to win business as well as medals July 29, 2024 If we can pick up friendships as well as prizes at the Paris Olympics, and help deliver successful and sustainable sporting events worldwide, we will feel the benefits here in the City, says Chris Hayward The greatest show on Earth – the Olympic and Paralympic Games – have begun. Over the next couple of weeks, the world’s best athletes will compete in Paris hoping to win medals, break records, [...]
Week ahead: Market holds breath for busy central bank week July 28, 2024 Markets are preparing themselves for one of the busiest weeks of the calendar, with the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and Bank of Japan all deciding the path for interest rates in their country over the next five days.
F1 Driver Standings after Russell disqualified and Hamilton wins at Spa July 28, 2024 Lewis Hamilton won his second F1 race in three races after teammate George Russell was disqualified over the weight of his car. Having started sixth on the grid, Russell claimed his second win of the season in Belgium from Lewis Hamilton and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri – who was closing with great speed in the dying [...]
Wizz Air to report bump in profits and rising ticket fares despite budget airline jitters July 28, 2024 Analysts have forecast an operating profit of €171m (£144m) for the Hungarian budget carrier, up from last year's €79.9m.