Exclusive: Brits don’t trust football and rugby team owners to run clubs properly January 13, 2026 Less than a third of British adults trust football and rugby team owners to “run their clubs in a financially sustainable manner” amid intensifying scrutiny on those who buy sporting institutions. Exclusive Ipsos polling for City AM shows that just 32 per cent of adults trust the owner of their football or rugby club. It [...]
BCG warns the era of ‘wait and see’ is dead as global risks hit all-time high January 12, 2026 As concerns over global policy uncertainty reached a 20-year peak in 2025, BCG is warning that the issue must be a core business capability, with dedicated teams. Business leaders cite trade reconfiguration, weakening multilateral institutions, and the weaponisation of economic tools as persistent threats to business continuity and competitiveness. However, a report by the IMD [...]
OpenAI could face more hurdles for IPO than Anthropic January 12, 2026 As artificial intelligence giants inch towards the public markets, copyright litigation is becoming an increasingly influential factor in how investors assess risk. And with that in mind, Anthropic appears to be starting from a less complicated position than its larger rival, OpenAI. Analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence have said the Claude founder faces “significantly less legal [...]
Protect your portfolio: How to fight back against hedge fund aggression in UK investment trusts January 12, 2026 Former Pensions Minister Ros Altmann warns retail investors, wealth managers, and regulators that the aggressive, short-term interests of the US hedge fund Saba Capital, which is attempting hostile takeovers like the one targeting Edinburgh Worldwide (EWIT), threaten the long-term, patient-capital model of the UK investment trust sector A year ago, an aggressive US hedge fund [...]
Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’ as Trump unnerves market analysts January 10, 2026 Venezuela is “uninvestable” and requires sweeping reforms before oil giants can support US ambitions, a top chief executive has warned Donald Trump, in a warning that comes amid growing concerns the president is set to rattle markets and hit global economies. ExxonMobil boss Darren Woods appeared to distance the company from the president’s ambitions to [...]
Real Chemistry Establishes RC Resolve, an Advisory Practice for Healthcare’s Most Critical Business, Regulatory and Value Inflection Points January 9, 2026 Healthcare veterans from biopharma industry, agency and advisory firms will deliver tech-enabled insight, influence and action
Blockstream Capital Partners Announces Strategic Acquisition of Derivatives Trading Team from Numeus Group, Leveraging Strategic Partnership with Komainu January 9, 2026 Blockstream Capital Partners (“BCP”) today announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement to acquire a division within Numeus Group’s digital asset trading and investment business. The transaction includes the absorption of select Bitcoin focused trading strategies with a focus on yield generation as well as a ten person derivatives trading team led by [...]
Allianz and Anthropic Forge Global Partnership to Advance Responsible AI in Insurance January 9, 2026 Anthropic’s safety-first AI meets Allianz's dedication to customer centricity, stakeholder trust, and regulatory excellence Three focus areas of the partnership: workforce empowerment, operations automation through agentic AI, and regulatory compliance
FTSE 100 Live: Sainsbury’s and Unite dish shareholders cash; Mining merger talks January 9, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. It was Britain’s retail sector taking centre stage yesterday amid a fresh influx of corporate updates that gave a snapshot of the industry’s December performance. Tesco came out swinging, revealing its market share had climbed to the highest in 10 years after a Christmas sales [...]
London arts sector must learn to speak corporate to save itself January 9, 2026 To protect the vital arts sector, London's creatives must learn the corporate walk and talk, writes Austin Casey.