Jeito Capital Bolsters Its Leadership Team With the Appointment of Elaine Caughey, MBA, as Partner, Business Development and Investor Relations, and Sarah Shackelton, MPA, as Partner, Talent May 5, 2026 Highly experienced partners bringing 25+ years of leadership across top-tier life-sciences investment fund, pharma and Biopharma companies, driving accelerated portfolio development With leadership experience at Blackstone Life Sciences (Deputy Chief Operating Officer), Biogen, (NASDAQ: BIIB), and public and private Biopharma companies (including Kymera Therapeutics (NASDAQ: KYMR) and Cygnal Therapeutics), Elaine Caughey will support portfolio companies in strengthening operational execution, defining robust market access pathways, and enhancing their strategic value through business development support, including partnerships and acquisition transactions. She will also draw on her knowledge of the investment ecosystem to strengthen relationships with investors for both Jeito funds and its portfolio companies Sarah brings deep strategic expertise from senior roles at leading Biopharma investment firms - including as Partner, Marketing and Talent at Abingworth and as Chief Talent Officer at Oxford Science Enterprises - and top executive search firms including Coulter Partners and Spencer Stuart. She will focus on building exceptional senior leadership teams and boards across Jeito and its portfolio, attracting the high calibre talent that powers company acceleration and scale
Volkswagen Financial Services Poland marks three years of strong ABS performance with BearingPoint May 5, 2026 Through a long-term partnership between Volkswagen Financial Services Poland and BearingPoint, VWFS Poland successfully launched its first STS-compliant ABS transaction, VCL Master Poland DAC, which has delivered nearly three years of robust performance. The transaction has improved transparency, enabled full regulatory compliance, and enhanced operational efficiency, setting a new benchmark for the Polish securitization market.
The Moment of AI Truth for Property & Casualty Insurance: Trailblazers See 21% Higher Revenue Growth While Broader Industry Lags May 5, 2026 The 10% of insurers that have advanced AI capabilities are outperforming peers on revenue growth and share price Trailblazers are scaling beyond AI pilots through strategic implementation, comprehensive training and explainable AI tools
Phillips & Cohen Associates Applauds UK Finance Bereavement Principles Update, but Calls on Organisations to Go Further May 5, 2026 Phillips & Cohen Associates (PCA), a global leader in deceased account management, has today welcomed the publication of UK Finance’s updated Bereavement Principles, praising the significant industry-wide collaboration and consensus achieved while calling for further progress on digital validation methods and processing timelines. The updated principles represent a major step forward in supporting bereaved families [...]
AB InBev Reports First Quarter 2026 Results May 5, 2026 Solid top- and bottom-line performance: Revenue up by 5.8%, Beer volume growth of 1.2% and a 20.8% Underlying EPS increase
Channel 4 puts HQ up for sale as London footprint shrinks May 5, 2026 Channel 4 has formally placed its long-standing Horseferry Road headquarters on the market, as the broadcaster presses ahead with a major overhaul of its London footprint under new chief executive Priya Dogra. The move marks the broadcast giant’s latest step in a long-term transformation strategy designed to modernise the organisation, cut costs and reflect changing [...]
Aera Technology Introduces Agentic Reasoning for Enterprise Decisions, Moving from Situation to Action in One Conversation May 4, 2026 New capabilities deliver unified decision intelligence across the enterprise, accelerating real-time exploration, reasoning, and execution within a governed platform
Everlaw and Legora Partner to Create End-to-End AI Litigation Workflows May 4, 2026 Litigation teams will be able to access documents stored in Everlaw directly within Legora, enabling AI document review to AI output grounded in verified case evidence
Audax Private Debt Closes $1 Billion Private Credit Continuation Vehicle, Led by Pantheon May 4, 2026 Audax Private Debt, a leading provider of financing solutions for the middle market, and Pantheon, a leading global credit secondaries solutions investor, announced the closing of Audax Direct Lending Solutions Fund I CV (“DLS I CV”), a $1.0 billion private credit continuation vehicle. “We believe this transaction underscores the strength and stability of the DLS [...]
OPAQUE Acquires Abu Dhabi-Developed Cryptographic AI Technology from TII, Extending Confidential AI Across the Full Lifecycle with Post-Quantum Protection May 4, 2026 New capabilities make it possible to safely deploy AI agents on the most sensitive and regulated data — with hardware-enforced, verifiable rules and cryptographic guarantees built to withstand quantum computing