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
‘Politically toxic’ holiday tax could turn voters against Labour, hospitality leaders warn May 4, 2026 The “politically toxic” holiday tax could turn hordes of voters against Labour if it is pushed through, hospitality leaders have warned the government. The proposed tax could threaten the fragile majorities of a host of Labour big beasts including health secretary Wes Streeting and foreign secretary Yvette Cooper, trade body UK Hospitality (UKH) has claimed. [...]