Fogo de Chao nominated for Best Casual Dining Toast award June 19, 2026 We have launched the Toast the City awards 2026 and throughout the year we’ll be speaking to some of our nominees – this week it’s Brazilian restaurant Fogo de Chao at Bishopsgate. To vote for your favourite Square Mile spots for the 2026 awards, from bars and restaurants to galleries and green spaces, visit the [...]
Bank of England unveils Armageddon stress test scenario ‘more severe than the financial crisis’ June 19, 2026 The Bank of England is poised to probe how private markets’ respond to a theoretical financial Armageddon scenario in which stocks plummet and prices soars that industry figures have said is more severe than the global financial crisis. Watchdog officials will scrutinise how alternative asset managers react to the scenario’s five-year downturn in financial conditions [...]
SET Ceramics nominated for Best Newcomer Toast award June 19, 2026 We have launched the Toast the City awards 2026 and throughout the year we’ll be speaking to some of the nominees – this week it’s the team at SET Ceramics. To nominate your favourite Square Mile spots for the 2026 awards, from bars and restaurants to galleries and green spaces, visit the Toast the City website [...]
Should museums in London start charging (again) for entry? June 19, 2026 Our museums are struggling to scrape by – but is charging admission really the answer? Eliot Wilson weighs up the arguments Neil MacGregor celebrated his 80th birthday this week. The Glasgow-born art historian, considered by Sir Anthony Blunt at the Courtauld Institute the most brilliant pupil he ever taught, has exercised an enormous influence on [...]
AllianzGI chief executive warns of AI ‘socialism’ as investors lean on chatbots June 18, 2026 The chief executive of one of Europe’s largest asset managers has urged investors to avoid being over-reliant on general online chatbots to manage their portfolios, as it increases the risk of losses. Speaking at AllianzGI’s media day in Frankfurt, Tobias Pross, chief executive of AllianzGI, warned that relying on public online models, such as Claude, [...]
Janus Henderson Announces Receipt of Required Regulatory Approvals and Client Consents Following Resounding Shareholder Approval of the Trian and General Catalyst Take-Private Transaction June 18, 2026 Anticipates June 30, 2026 Closing Date
Linvo Sets Sights on AI-Led Wealth Management, Opens AI Advisor Roles for 2026 June 18, 2026 Linvo AG, a Zurich-based multi-family office and wealth management firm, today set out its vision for the year ahead, naming applied artificial intelligence as the centre of its strategy for 2026 and opening a new set of AI advisor roles to deliver it. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260618933521/en/ The [...]
Conservatives will slash the regulations holding the City back June 18, 2026 The reforms Kemi Badenoch announces today will see the end of ringfencing and the end of an unfair international disadvantage imposed through capital requirements set by regulators. This is only the start. We will go further, says Andrew Griffith If, like me, you left university to work in the city in the 1990s, you will [...]
City law firms ‘sleepwalking into a crisis’ over AI overreliance June 18, 2026 As legal tech valuations skyrocket, and AI dominates the airwaves, City law firms have been warned they are ‘sleepwalking into a crisis of judgment’ by treating AI as a definitive authority rather than a collaborative tool. A report by Positive Group, exclusively shared with City AM, stated that the legal sector faces a potential crisis [...]
LLPs remain under watchful eye – especially from the taxman June 18, 2026 Despite dodging Budget day taxes, the UK’s limited liability partnership (LLP) model is still facing intense scrutiny, this time from HMRC, which just had a good result from the top court this week, writes Maria Ward-Brennan. The LLP model, used by professional services such as law firms and accountancy firms, came into force 25 years [...]