Money Market Funds – Breakthrough Agreement Between MEPs and Slovak Presidency

Imagine stepping into a high-stakes poker game where you borrow chips from the house to amplify your bets. One winning hand could make you rich, but a single loss wipes you out. That’s leverage in trading: a tool that magnifies gains but also multiplies losses. In global markets, leverage lets traders control large positions with […]

Britain's largest union, Unite, called for urgent intervention by the UK government to support the North Sea oil and gas industry following the announcement by BP that is would be cutting 200 jobs and 100 contractors.

Bitcoin was driven to new record highs on Tuesday morning – trading above $48,000 – as investors continue to pile in on the news that Tesla bought $1.5bn worth of the cryptocurrency. A filing with the U.S. financial regulator on Monday reveals that the electric car company run by the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, has made the massive purchase of the digital asset which has jumped more than 300% in a year. The surge in the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, including Dogecoin – which was also fuelled by an endorsement by Musk on Twitter over the weekend - comes as digital currencies become mainstream due to soaring interest from both retail and institutional investors, increasing levels of mass adoption, and as global interest rates remain at historic lows.

Recent trends have seen a spike in the number of successful subscription-based businesses emerging to take on this growing market segment.

In an ever-evolving economic landscape, the alchemy of turning debt into a strategic asset rather than a financial burden is an art every fund manager, institutional investor, and discerning private investor strives to master. The journey towards corporate financial prosperity is fraught with misconceptions and challenges that can derail even the most astute financial strategies. […]

Investing in your business can move you forward. Here’s how outside funding can help.

Private equity firm IW Capital and crowdfunding specialists Crowdfinders have today announced the nationwide roll-out of Race to Scale, a £100 million funding drive kick-started by the scheme’s first investment commitment, offered to Manchester-based oncology company – Incanthera. The cancer treatment specialist is set to receive £150,000 in equity finance, sourced in full through the Race to Scale initiative. The finance was secured after a successful pitch to 400 high net-worth and private investors at Crowdfinders’ latest live crowdfunding event, held 21 April at the Royal Institution, and contributes to Incanthera’s current funding round.

Trailing closely behind Sweden and Canada, the United Kingdom is the world’s third most cashless society. According to UK Finance, cash will be used for a mere 21 per cent of all payments by 2026. Increasingly, countries around the world are making definite moves towards a futuristic economy based on fully digital transactions for goods and services, with cash often portrayed as obsolete. In Sweden, 80 per cent of all transactions are made by cards via the mobile payment app, Swish.

Public sector organisations in the UK are facing an increasingly severe threat of advancing cyberattacks, such as ransomware, phishing and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

Wealth creation and debt don’t seem like they go together. On the one hand, you want to earn more money and gain more assets. On the other side is the debt that’s tying up your money. Wealthy people have learned how to use debt to their advantage. While the goal is never to be in […]