Plan Tabled to Introduce New Life Cycle Costing Code of Practice for Buildings and Assets
A roundtable in London convened about 30 design, construction, facilities‑management and digital‑platform professionals to discuss the proposed British Standard BS 8544, a new life‑cycle costing code of practice for buildings and infrastructure. The draft updates the 2013 version, adding operation and occupancy cost coverage and aligning with ISO, CEN, RICS NRM and Cabinet Office guidance. Consultation will open this spring, allowing sector input before the standard is finalized. Stakeholders see the standard as a catalyst for better data continuity from design through hand‑over to asset management.
T&G Global Hires Goldman Sachs to Work on Possible Sale
T&G Global Limited has hired Goldman Sachs to run a sales process as its majority shareholder, Germany's BayWa AG, looks to divest its stake. BayWa, which posted a €1.6 bn (≈$1.86 bn) loss in 2024, announced the intention in December and T&G...
Navigating The Ride-Sharing Industry With Erin Brewer, CFO Of Lyft
Erin Brewer joined Lyft as CFO in 2023 when the ride‑sharing firm was hemorrhaging cash after COVID‑related demand collapse. By tightening costs and refocusing the business, Lyft posted over $1 billion in revenue and generated positive free cash flow for the...
LA Wildfires a Real-World Stress Test. Investor Confidence in Wildfire Cat Bonds Rose: Swiss Re
The January 2025 Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles served as a real‑world stress test for U.S. wildfire catastrophe bonds. Swiss Re Capital Markets reported that, despite no per‑occurrence payouts, the events reinforced investor confidence and spurred record‑size issuance, including the...
XBP Global Holdings, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results
XBP Global reported FY 2025 revenue of $791 million, a 9.4% decline, while GAAP net income surged to $1.1 billion after a $215 million loss the prior year. Pro forma Adjusted EBITDA fell 13.1% to $90.7 million, reflecting integration costs from the July 2025 BPA acquisition....
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Cost-Benefit Analysis Explained: Usage, Advantages, and Drawbacks
Cost‑benefit analysis (CBA) is a systematic method that quantifies both tangible and intangible costs and benefits to assess a project’s feasibility. It follows a five‑step workflow—defining scope, estimating costs, estimating benefits, performing calculations, and issuing recommendations—often using tools like net...
Starcloud Raises $170M Series A at $1.1B Valuation
Starcloud, a Redmond‑based orbital data‑center startup, closed a $170 million Series A round that values the company at $1.1 billion. The financing, led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures with participation from institutional and angel investors, follows the successful November launch of Starcloud‑1, which...
How AI Is Changing Professional Judgement
AI is reshaping tax advisory in the UK and North America, moving from keyword‑based Boolean searches to generative, context‑aware analysis. Platforms like Blue J combine massive tax corpora with large language models, allowing practitioners to upload client documents and receive cited,...
Recent Restaurant Deals Show Where the Industry Is Headed
This week’s restaurant finance briefing highlights recent equity deals for Nothing Bundt Cakes and Dave’s Hot Chicken, signaling a growing investor appetite for niche bakery and fast‑casual concepts. The coverage also notes that rising fuel costs are squeezing full‑service operators,...
Sysco to Acquire Restaurant Depot for $29.1B
Sysco announced a $29.1 billion cash‑and‑stock acquisition of Jetro Restaurant Depot, adding 166 cash‑and‑carry warehouses and access to roughly 725,000 independent restaurants. The deal values Restaurant Depot at a 14.6‑times EBITDA multiple, with shareholders receiving $21.6 billion in cash and 91.5 million Sysco...
Standard Lithium Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results
Standard Lithium announced a series of Q4 2025 milestones, including a Definitive Feasibility Study for the SWA Project that targets 22,500 tonnes of lithium carbonate per year and the filing of an inferred resource for the Franklin Project, which boasts the highest...
ISDA Paper on EC’s Market Integration and Supervision Package Proposal
On March 20, ISDA delivered a position paper to EU lawmakers outlining reforms to the European Commission’s Market Integration and Supervision Package (MISP). The paper calls for synchronized Level 1 and Level 2 implementation dates, stronger no‑action relief, a secondary competitiveness mandate...
The Five Controls Driving Good Outcomes in Collections
In 2026 collections teams face higher complaint volumes and tighter regulatory scrutiny, making auditability as critical as repayment rates. The industry shift is from adding more tools to building disciplined controls that ensure consistent, explainable actions across channels. Five essentials...
Tudor Investment Corp ET AL Purchases 6,423 Shares of iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF $AGG
Tudor Investment Corp boosted its stake in the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) by 83.2% in the third quarter, adding 6,423 shares for a total of 14,142 shares worth roughly $1.42 million. The move follows a wave of new...
Kosmetikhersteller: Kneipp Hat Neuen Finanzchef
Kneipp, the German bath‑additive and natural cosmetics maker, announced that Maximilian von Kempis will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer on April 1. The CFO position had been vacant since the start of 2026, leaving the finance function without a...
Oaktree Credit Fund Meets Full 8.5% Redemption Requests
Oaktree Capital Management fulfilled 100% of redemption requests in its Oaktree Strategic Credit Fund (OSC) for Q1, covering 8.5% of shares. The fund repurchased roughly 6.8% of outstanding shares, while parent Brookfield Asset Management absorbed an additional 1.7%. This contrasts...
Kong Names Bruce Felt as Chief Financial Officer
Kong, a developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, announced Bruce Felt as its new chief financial officer. Felt brings extensive finance leadership, having guided FullTime Software, SuccessFactors and Domo through IPOs and global expansions. He also serves on the...
Midas Closes $50M Series A to Scale On-Chain Investment Products
On-chain investment platform Midas announced a $50 million Series A round, bringing its total funding to $58.75 million. The round was led by RRE Ventures and Creandum, with participation from major crypto investors including Coinbase Ventures and Franklin Templeton. Midas’ technology tokenizes institutional‑grade...
Plaid CFO Says Fintech Company Has Earned the Right to ‘Pick Our Time’ for IPO
Plaid’s CFO Seun Sodipo says the fintech firm can afford to wait for the optimal moment to go public after posting a 40% jump in annual recurring revenue to over $500 million and delivering a full‑year adjusted EBITDA profit. The company...
15 Regulatory Transaction Reporting Leaders, Europe – (2026 Edition)
European transaction reporting has moved from deadline compliance to demonstrable data control, as regulators tighten focus on quality, reconciliation and traceability. The EMIR Refit, effective April 2024, raised granularity and validation demands, and by early 2026 regulators are actively enforcing...
Bloom Energy Strengthens Leadership Team: Bloom Energy Appoints Simon Edwards as CFO - Focus on Energy for Digital and AI...
Bloom Energy announced that Simon Edwards will assume the role of chief financial officer on April 13, 2026. Edwards arrives with nearly two decades of finance and technology leadership, most recently as CEO of AI‑hardware firm Groq and former CFO...
Zenkyoren Targets Mid-Guidance Pricing for $100m Nakama Re 2026-1 Japan Quake Cat Bond
Zenkyoren, Japan’s agricultural mutual insurer, is pursuing mid‑guidance pricing of 2.1% for its $100 million Nakama Re 2026‑1 catastrophe bond, a slight reduction from the original 1.9‑2.4% spread range. The bond provides fully‑collateralized earthquake reinsurance covering losses from an attachment point...
Fastly: Why Margin Convergence With Cloudflare Justifies A Multiple Re-Rating
Fastly (FSLY) is positioned as a cautious Buy after delivering strong cross‑selling of high‑margin security services, driving a 32% year‑over‑year revenue jump and net‑retention of 110%. Its edge compute architecture offers lower latency and programmable logic that rivals larger cloud...
Managing Volatile Energy Prices: How DERMS Give C&I Customers More Control
Commercial electricity prices have jumped 19% since 2019, reaching 12.8 cents per kilowatt‑hour, while industrial rates hit 8.1 cents/kWh, driving unprecedented cost volatility for C&I firms. Traditional procurement and efficiency measures no longer shield margins, prompting a shift toward Distributed Energy Resource...
3 Questions to Help CFOs Unlock Benefits Programs’ True Cost and Value
CFOs can transform benefits programs from a cost center into a strategic lever by asking three key questions about future P&L pressure, administrative complexity, and measurable ROI. Modeling retirement, health, and severance risks reveals hidden earnings volatility, while outsourcing to...
Global X Australia Launches the Global X Humanoid Robotics ETF
Global X Australia and Solactive have launched the Global X Humanoid Robotics ETF (ticker HMND) on the Australian Securities Exchange, debuting on 30 March 2026. The fund tracks the Solactive Global Humanoid Robotics AUD Index, which selects 30 companies deriving...
Meituan: A Messy Quarter, But Underlying Trends Are Positive
Meituan reported a loss in Q4, but analysts see the dip as superficial, noting stronger user quality and a recovering margin profile. The company’s upgraded membership program is lifting average revenue per user and reducing churn, while low‑margin orders are...
A Charity Guide to SORP in 2026
The Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) takes effect in 2026 with a three‑tier reporting model based on annual income, new impact and ESG disclosures, and revised cash‑flow and income‑recognition rules. Tier 1 covers charities up to £500,000, Tier 2 £500,000‑£15 million, and...
Universal Music Group to Launch €500 Million Share Buyback Program
Universal Music Group announced its first‑ever share‑buyback programme worth €500 million (approximately $575 million). The move is framed as a response to a perceived valuation dislocation and signals strong confidence in the company’s long‑term strategy. UMG’s Q4 results showed 10.6% revenue growth...
Secured Credit’s Next Turn: Unlocking Growth With Dynamic Funding
Secured credit is being reinvented as a growth engine for banks and fintechs through dynamic funding models that lock only the amount actually spent. Traditional secured cards required double funding and separate collateral accounts, creating liquidity friction for underserved consumers....
CFOs Are Using Stablecoins More Like ACH Than Digital Assets
The latest PYMNTS Intelligence report finds that 88% of firms receiving stablecoins immediately convert them into U.S. dollars, treating the tokens as a fast payment rail rather than a store of value. CFOs are leveraging stablecoins to accelerate cross‑border and...
SCCA Wins Major Concessions over Gift Card Laws
The Australian regulator Austrac finalized AML/CTF amendment rules that exempt gift cards up to AU$5,000 (≈US$3,300) from additional customer due‑diligence requirements. The Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) lobbied for the change, arguing that gift‑card schemes are low‑risk and already...
OpEd: Money Managers: Note Shifts in Bonds
David Kang argues that Los Angeles institutions must reassess long‑standing bond assumptions as market conditions evolve. Decades of low volatility and steady monetary policy gave way to wider non‑directional interest‑rate swings, challenging traditional duration‑heavy, long‑end allocations. Liquidity, once taken for granted,...
IQM Secures €50M to Accelerate Global Growth
Finland‑based quantum computing startup IQM Quantum Computers has secured a €50 million financing package, roughly $55 million, from BlackRock‑managed funds. The capital will bolster IQM’s balance sheet ahead of its planned SPAC merger that would make it Europe’s first publicly listed quantum...
Mistral Secures $830M From Seven Banks to Build Its Own AI Data Centre
Mistral AI has secured an $830 million syndicated loan from seven banks to finance a new AI data centre near Paris, slated to launch in Q2 2026. The facility will house 13,800 Nvidia GPUs, giving the French startup direct control over its...
South Africa’s Taxman Is Coming for Online Earners
South Africa’s revenue service (SARS) is intensifying efforts to identify and tax online earners, from influencers to crypto traders, using platform data and advanced analytics. The crackdown arrives as more Africans generate income outside traditional employment, raising compliance challenges for...
Due-Diligence Gaps Fuel Uptick in M&A Disputes in 2025 – Survey
A BRG survey of over 200 deal professionals found that 46% of M&A disputes in 2025 stemmed from due‑diligence gaps, the highest level since the study began. Earn‑out disagreements surged to 35%, up 11 points, while purchase‑price allocation issues fell...
GPs Are Setting the Table Stakes
General partners (GPs) launching new private‑equity funds are re‑examining their term sheets to strike a balance between luring limited‑partner capital and preserving the fund’s economic upside. Tightening economics—such as higher GP‑catch‑up or lower carried interest—helps protect returns but can make...
Are PE’s Best Days Behind It? An LP and GP Discuss
In the latest "Commitment Issues" podcast, Brookfield’s David Nowak and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s Dale Burgess examine how private‑equity firms are adapting to a market with slower capital distributions and more challenging fundraising. They argue that limited partners now demand...
REITs Boosted by UK Property Renaissance
UK REITs like Picton Property Income and Custodian Property Income are benefiting from a quiet property market upturn, delivering positive total returns of 6.7% last year. Picton's £405 million ($514 million) REIT, focused on industrial and retail assets, posted a 4.9% yield...
Graphene-Info Releases a New Edition of Its Graphene Investment Guide
Graphene-Info has released a new edition of its Graphene Investment Guide, updating financial data and market analysis for public graphene companies. The guide notes that despite ongoing revenue challenges, most covered firms have seen share price gains over the past...
Why Faster Corporate Bond Markets Matter for the Real Economy
Recent record‑breaking corporate bond issuance, led by Amazon, has shrunk capital‑raising windows from weeks to mere hours. The speed of credit markets now hinges on rapid interpretation of massive data flows, yet many firms still rely on outdated terminals and...
Pizza Pizza Releases Q4 and 2025 Annual Results
Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp. reported modest growth in its fourth quarter and full‑year 2025 results. Same‑store sales rose 0.2% in Q4 and 0.9% for the year, while the royalty‑pool system generated $164 million in the quarter and $635.5 million annually, up roughly...
CFOs Target Idle Cash as Treasury Shifts to Real-Time Control
Corporate treasuries are moving from batch‑based cash handling to real‑time liquidity management as CFOs target idle cash. While 71% of finance leaders report faster Time to Cash cycles, nearly 30% see no improvement, highlighting a growing divide. Visibility gaps persist...
Alternative-Capital-Driving-MA-Eligible-Asset-Innovation
Alternative capital is reshaping the pool of assets eligible for the UK’s Mortgage‑Asset (MA) reforms, unlocking new securitisation opportunities. The landmark EQR 1 ABS transaction, detailed by Ashley Thomas of ARC Ratings, demonstrates how private‑fund and non‑bank financing can deliver higher...
AEON Biopharma Inc (AEON) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Abeona Therapeutics reported 2025 results highlighting the commercial launch of ZevaSkin, its first autologous cell‑based gene therapy for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Total revenue reached $5.8 million, driven by $2.4 million product sales and a $1.5 billion gain from selling a priority‑review voucher,...
Terrestrial Energy Inc (IMSR) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Terex Corp completed its merger with REV Group, creating a standalone specialty vehicles segment and targeting $75 million of annual run‑rate synergies, half of which are expected within the next twelve months. The company delivered 2025 earnings per share of...
Boston Omaha Corp (BOC) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Boston Omaha Corp reported $38 million revenue for the first nine months of 2025, a 28% year‑over‑year increase, driven by record performance and strong international demand, especially in India. Net income rose 54% to $2.8 million, reflecting profit leverage as the defense‑focused...
Lexeo Therapeutics Inc (LXEO) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Exelixis reported record cabozantinib franchise revenue of $2.12 billion in the U.S. and $2.89 billion globally for 2025, a 17% year‑over‑year increase. Total Q4 2025 revenue reached $599 million, driven by $546.6 million from cabozantinib net product sales and $52.8 million in partner royalties. The...
SCI-In-Focus:-Geopolitical-Risks-Compound-Pressure-on-Single-B-Minus-CLO-Holdings
European collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) rated single‑B‑minus and lower are under heightened stress as geopolitical tensions amplify credit uncertainty. A looming €8.3 billion (≈ $9 billion) refinancing wall in 2026 forces many issuers to seek new funding amid diverging credit paths. Spreads on...