Will Alphabet’s century bond start a new trend? A brief history February 11, 2026 This week Google owner Alphabet raised £1bn in a highly unusual century bond, in a sign of the extreme lengths tech firms are willing to go to to meet the ballooning capital costs of investment in AI. The 100 year sterling note formed part of a $32bn debt raise for Alphabet, following similar moves from [...]
Heathrow warns on losing European crown without expansion February 11, 2026 Heathrow Airport has kicked off the new year with a shattering of its previous traffic record but has offered a stark warning it could lose its crown without progress on expansion. Some 6.5m passengers travelled through the airport in January, marking a 2.2 per cent increase on last year and making it the busiest January [...]
KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings for RRE 28 Loan Management DAC February 10, 2026 KBRA UK (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to five classes of notes and one Loan issued by RRE 28 Loan Management DAC, a cash flow collateralised loan obligation (CLO) backed primarily by a diversified portfolio of Euro-denominated corporate loans. RRE 28 Loan Management DAC is managed by Redding Ridge Asset Management (UK) LLP (“RRAM UK” or [...]
Second to None in Business Excellence: Mary Kay Named #2 on the Forbes 2026 Best Customer Service List February 10, 2026 Mary Kay Wraps up 2025 with 25 Corporate Reputation Awards
Intuit Mailchimp Unlocks a New Era of Profitable Ecommerce Marketing with Advanced, Data-Driven Capabilities February 10, 2026 Built to deliver ROI for less cost, Mailchimp now combines unified data with powerful automation across email and messaging Product innovations available in 185 countries and territories across North America, Latin America, EMEA and APAC SMS launching in 34 new markets across EMEA including Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Portugal, Greece, Poland and more
‘Thai fantasy’: the 7 best hotels in Thailand (one for every mood) February 10, 2026 Thailand has more hotspots than I have excuses to go back, with a stay for every mood. You can come to explore or to retreat, to detox with conviction or undo it just as efficiently. Between the Andaman’s limestone-framed bays, Bangkok’s kinetic sprawl, and the mist-slicked jungles of the north, it is Southeast Asia’s great [...]
Swiss Leader Leonteq Chooses ActiveViam to Deliver High‑Performance FRTB Risk Analytics February 10, 2026 ActiveViam, a global leader in real‑time, multidimensional risk analytics for capital markets, today announced that Leonteq, one of the leading Swiss providers of structured products, has implemented Atoti to calculate Market Risk Capital Charges under the Standardized Approach of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (SA-FRTB). ActiveViam’s flagship product, Atoti, is being used by [...]
Mandelson’s Global Counsel has been rocked by its links to Epstein. Will it survive? February 10, 2026 Global Counsel – the lobbying shop co-founded by Peter Mandelson – was once a swashbuckling force in London’s world-leading public affairs sector. But after the extent of its links to Jeffrey Epstein were revealed by the US Department of Justice email release, clients have been severing ties and its chief executive has quit. Ali Lyon [...]
Why your boss might tell you to wear an Oura ring February 10, 2026 Physiology is becoming the next boardroom obsession with employers deploying wearable healthtech to track performance, says Paul Armstrong There’s a growing gap between how businesses model risk and how performance actually degrades. Corporate performance is still described through revenue growth, operating margin, capital efficiency and market share, yet the real constraint on execution increasingly sits [...]
Why Natwest splashed the cash for a slice of the wealth management pie February 10, 2026 Natwest has opened its wallet for its biggest deal since the financial crisis, as the bank revives its appetite for acquisitions after the remaining government-owned shares in the business were finally sold. But after the FTSE 100 firm watched its share price sink into the red on Monday, will there be a sense of buyer’s [...]