Relx reassures as AI fears hit data stocks February 12, 2026 Relx has sought to steady nerves with Thursday’s trading update, following a week of sharp AI-driven sell-off across legal and data stocks. The digital tool giant reported full-year results this morning showing revenue of £9.59bn for 2025, up from £9.43bn in 2024, representing seven per cent underlying growth. Reported operating profit rose to £3.03bn from [...]
IFF Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results February 11, 2026 Delivered solid top and bottom-line performance & advanced strategic priorities in 2025 Launched sale process for the Food Ingredients segment Continuing to drive financial performance in 2026
UK wealth managers endure share price plummet amid AI tool fears February 11, 2026 Shares in some of the UK’s largest wealth managers tumbled on Wednesday, as investors grew concerned about the potential competitive pressure from a new AI-led investment tool. Britain’s biggest wealth group, St James’s Place, suffered a 12.7 per cent drop, trading at 1,265 pence, after US-based wealth management platform Altruist launched a tool to help [...]
Options Technology Announces Agreement to Acquire Crossvale, Accelerating Private Cloud and AI Adoption for Financial Services February 11, 2026 Options Technology (Options), the leading provider of institutional-grade infrastructure, normalised market data and managed services for global financial markets, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Crossvale business, a US and EU-based leader in application and platform modernization. The proposed acquisition significantly strengthens Options’ ability to help financial services institutions [...]
Reasons to be cheerful in an age of extraordinary technological progress February 11, 2026 Headlines are dominated by the oncoming AI apocalypse. The 21st century, far from being an age of decay, may prove to be the most creative and constructive period in human history, says Madsen Pirie We are told that the world is in irreversible decline. Newsfeeds deliver a daily diet of disasters, wars, fires, floods, political [...]
American hedge fund relaunches campaign against Scottish investment trust February 10, 2026 The American hedge fund tycoon behind a years-long assault on Britain’s investment trust industry has revived his campaign against a Baillie Gifford-run fund less than a month after being resoundingly defeated by shareholders at a crunch meeting. Saba Capital founder Boaz Weinstein shared an open letter to investors in the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (Ewit), [...]
IEO and Laife Reply Join Forces to Digitalise the Biobank Through Artificial Intelligence February 10, 2026 The two partners launch “Bianca”, the first large-scale digitalisation initiative in Italy focused on histopathological samples, aimed at training AI algorithms to support pathologists’ diagnostic activities.
Ralph Haupter Joins Warburg Pincus as an External Senior Advisor February 10, 2026 Seasoned Technology Executive to Support European Technology Group
HOLYWATER TECH Acquires Jeynix to Bring Hollywood-Grade AI Assisted Visual Effects In-House February 9, 2026 Acquisition integrates VFX-grade workflows into the HOLYWATER infrastructure, scaling creative excellence across the platform HOLYWATER has rebranded as HOLYWATER TECH to better reflect its technology-first identity, an emphasis the company has prioritized from the beginning
Quantum Motion Expands Global Presence by Opening European Offices in Spain February 5, 2026 Quantum Motion today announced the opening of its offices in Spain, establishing a permanent base for quantum system development, integration and deployment in the European Union. The new site, which is located in the newly inaugurated nanoGUNE Quantum Tower, supports Quantum Motion’s scale-up of silicon-based quantum computing systems and strengthens the collaboration across Europe’s semiconductor, [...]