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Embracer Group reported a 26% year‑on‑year drop in net sales to SEK 11.9 billion ($1.3 billion) for the nine months ending December 31, 2025, with mobile revenues plunging 63% and PC/console sales down 22%. Despite the overall decline, CEO Phil Rogers called Q3 a “clear improvement,” citing strong performance from core IPs such as Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Dead Island and Tomb Raider. New PC/console releases generated a 25% revenue increase, while the firm posted a modest SEK 20 million loss, far better than the SEK 1.5 billion loss a year earlier. The company is betting on a robust three‑year pipeline to restore profitability in FY 2026/27.
Investors are increasingly gravitating toward semi‑liquid, or evergreen, funds in pursuit of higher returns, but industry experts warn these vehicles are not a universal solution. Evergreen funds blend liquid and illiquid assets, allowing periodic redemptions while retaining exposure to higher‑yielding...
Asset manager Schroders and parcel‑delivery specialist InPost have signed deals that together add €19 billion to the projected 2026 European takeover pipeline. InPost’s transaction, valued at €7.8 billion, involves Advent International and FedEx and is being executed at a modest premium. Schroders’...
Harvard Management Company trimmed its Bitcoin exposure by roughly 21%, selling about 1.5 million shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust and reducing the holding to $265.8 million. At the same time, the endowment made its first Ether investment, buying nearly 3.9 million shares...
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank posted a preliminary 2025 loss of €250 million before tax, primarily due to accelerated U.S. exit costs, high provisioning and fair‑value adjustments. Operating income fell to €422 million despite a 23% rise in new business volumes, while office‑focused commercial real‑estate...
Cohu, Inc. posted a Q4 earnings miss despite a 34% surge in recurring bookings and over 12% revenue growth, keeping operating losses and margins under pressure. The company added $290 million of convertible debt, raising dilution concerns, while one‑time inventory charges...
S&P Global (SPGI) is a $133 billion market‑cap provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions. The company has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years and trades at a 21.9× P/E, roughly 20% below its five‑year average, implying undervaluation....
The Reserve Bank of India’s new capital‑market exposure framework, effective April 1 2026, mandates 100 percent collateral backing for all bank loans to brokerage firms and bars banks from financing proprietary trading desks. Brokers plan to petition the RBI for clarifications as the...
IRB Brasil Resseguros SA reported a 35% jump in net income to 505 million Brazilian reais ($97 million) for 2025. Underwriting profit surged 64% year‑over‑year to 741 million reais, while written premiums fell 12% to 5.8 billion reais. The premium decline reflects a wave...
The European Central Bank announced that, from the third quarter of 2026, it will expand its EUREP euro repo facility to a global €50 billion line available to any central bank that meets AML and sanctions criteria. The repo offers euro...
India’s five listed REITs paid out over ₹2,450 crore to more than 380,000 unitholders in Q3, covering 185 million square feet of Grade A office and retail space. Since inception, the trusts have distributed over ₹29,100 crore and now hold assets exceeding ₹2.5 lakh crore. The...
Indian Inc delivered a 7% year‑on‑year profit rise in Q3, marking the seventh straight quarter of single‑digit PAT growth for the Nifty 50 – the longest streak since mid‑2020. Earnings were led by State Bank of India, Tata Steel, HDFC...
Sundaram Asset Management Company has launched the Sundaram India Mid Cap GIFT, a USD‑denominated offshore feeder fund that gives global investors direct exposure to India’s mid‑cap equities. The fund is domiciled in GIFT City’s International Financial Services Centre and invests...
Volkswagen announced a new restructuring plan aimed at cutting operating costs by 20% by 2028, building on a €10 bn savings target set three years ago. The initiative may involve plant closures and a further reduction of 35,000 jobs by 2030....
Yeli Heidecker and her husband built a 400‑sq‑ft tiny home for her mother on their two‑acre Texas property, completing the project in eight weeks for roughly $33,000—about half the cost of professional quotes. The DIY effort taught them critical lessons...
Regulated enterprises, especially financial institutions, are shifting focus from merely adopting AI to proving that AI data pipelines are secure and well‑governed. New regulations such as the EU AI Act demand detailed disclosures of training data sources, processing methods, and...
A new analysis argues that most cash is already deployed, leaving little idle liquidity to "buy the dip" in risk assets. Retail portfolios show a cash allocation of 14.4% in January 2026, down from over 20% in 2022, while equity...
ESMA’s MiFIR reporting page shows the test environment for schema v1.4.0 will open in February 2026, but exact dates remain unconfirmed. The new XML schema removes the separate FITRS quantitative reporting channel, shifting equity transparency calculations to transaction reporting data...
Capital One is reshaping its business by bringing embedded finance capabilities in-house through two high‑profile acquisitions. The 2024 purchase of Discover gave the bank broader credit‑card reach, payment rails and consumer data, while the January 2026 acquisition of Brex adds...
Fleet Data Centers, the development arm of Tract, announced a $3.8 billion senior secured note issuance to fund a 230 MW data center campus in Reno, Nevada. The facility, built on a 252‑acre site, is 100 percent leased to an unnamed investment‑grade tenant...
Enso Group has evolved from an Austrian hydropower asset manager into a "system orchestrator" that integrates technology, finance, regulation and governance to create investment‑ready renewable energy ecosystems. Its portfolio blends solar, wind, long‑duration storage, hydrogen and pumped‑hydro to deliver stable,...
Reconciliation has become a strategic priority for financial services as hybrid work, AI‑generated messages and multichannel tools expand. Theta Lake’s latest report shows 92 % of firms struggle to capture communications in line with record‑keeping obligations, with native retention windows as short...
British Business Bank’s £130 m Investment Fund for Wales has completed its largest single investment, a £3.5 m injection into engineering services firm Advantiv. The deal, executed by fund manager Foresight Group, marks the 102nd investment since the fund’s 2023 launch. Advantiv...
Enterprises are abandoning the notion that legacy ERP must be replaced to innovate, instead treating PeopleSoft as a stable anchor while layering emerging technologies. Hybrid ERP models keep PeopleSoft as the system of record for payroll, finance and planning, and...
APQC’s 2026 Financial Management Priorities survey shows digital transformation remains the leading agenda for finance teams, with AI, analytics, and risk resilience receiving heightened focus. The data indicate that firms are reinforcing existing digital and analytical foundations rather than shifting...
Metaplanet, Japan’s largest bitcoin treasury firm, posted a 17‑fold jump in operating profit to ¥6.28 bn in 2025, propelled by a surge in options‑writing premiums that lifted revenue 738% to ¥8.9 bn. Despite the earnings boom, a steep bitcoin price decline generated...
Eaglestone Management’s leadership team combines deep banking discipline with hands‑on infrastructure delivery. CEO Pedro Neto brings over 30 years of experience and a track record of more than €50 billion in projects across five continents, while Managing Partner Nuno Gil adds...
Eaglestone Management’s leadership team combines deep project‑finance banking experience with hands‑on infrastructure execution. CEO Pedro Neto brings over 30 years and involvement in more than €50 billion of global projects across energy, transport and concessions. Managing Partner Nuno Gil adds 25...
Emkay Global downgraded Ola Electric Mobility to Sell, slashing its target price by 60% to ₹20 from ₹50. The company posted a weak Q3, with revenue down 55% YoY and a 61% drop in unit volume to 32,000 units, pushing...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has signed an Exchange of Letters with India’s International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), the regulator for GIFT City. The pact commits both bodies to share regulatory knowledge and best‑practice insights, aiming to strengthen links...
Telkom Indonesia is re‑engaging advisors to sell a majority stake in its data‑center subsidiary NeutraDC, targeting a valuation between $1 billion and $1.5 billion. The company previously explored a sale in 2022 and considered minority stakes in 2024, with Goldman Sachs and...
ACH network volume surged in 2025, reaching 35.2 billion payments worth $93 trillion, a 5 percent rise year‑over‑year. Person‑to‑person transfers grew 19.8 percent and business‑to‑business payments rose 9.9 percent, while check usage in B2B fell to 26 percent. Nacha has proposed lifting the same‑day ACH transaction...
TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI) announced a roughly 30% increase in its monthly dividend, pushing its distribution yield to about 6.9%. The closed‑end fund trades at a 7.62% discount to net asset value and carries a Buy rating. TSI’s portfolio...
IG launched its “Check Your Fees” campaign and unveiled the Fat Cat Index, revealing that most UK investors are overpaying on Stocks and Shares ISA platform fees. The index shows 52% of investors use the 12 most expensive providers, with...
European markets edged higher after the Munich Security Conference, but software giant Dassault Systèmes slumped 8% as lingering AI skepticism dampened investor sentiment. The conference underscored Europe’s push for greater defense spending and strategic autonomy, lifting defense‑related equities. Meanwhile, NatWest kicked...
Allica Bank’s survey of more than 570 asset‑finance brokers shows demand holding steady, with 29% reporting higher application volumes in the second half of the year and 26% seeing no change. Renewables have broken into the top three sectors for...
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA disclosed its weekly share‑buyback activity for 9‑13 February 2026, repurchasing 17,000 preferred shares and 18,000 ordinary shares on the XETR. The preferred‑share buyback cost €1.37 million at an average price of €80.56, while the ordinary‑share buyback cost €1.34 million...
Cregis showcased its upgraded Cregis Payment Engine at iFX EXPO Dubai 2026, positioning the solution as a multi‑chain, multi‑currency platform for enterprise payments. The engine promises near‑real‑time cross‑border settlement, automated routing, and real‑time compliance monitoring, targeting use cases such as...
In a recent interview, MUFG Managing Director Manoj S. Bhatia highlighted the bank’s focus on bespoke, empathetic relationships with corporate clients, driven by a decentralized, sector‑specialist approach. This model enables MUFG to stay nimble amid volatile market conditions and deliver...
UK policymakers are considering extending the VAT deemed‑seller rules to cover both overseas and domestic sellers on online marketplaces. Amazon argues that the change would close a loophole exploited by fraudulent sellers, streamline VAT collection and generate roughly £700 million in...
India’s government plans to award ₹1 lakh crore of highway projects to private developers by fiscal year 2027, aiming to raise private sector participation to 25 % of highway development next year from the current low single digits. The budget allocates ₹12.2 lakh crore to...
A new PYMNTS Intelligence study of 515 senior leaders shows embedded finance is now a strategic imperative for mid‑size and large firms. Nearly 90% of respondents prioritize strengthening customer and employee relationships, while 75% plan technology upgrades within the next...
Despite a broad crypto market downturn, stablecoin‑linked cards are gaining traction at U.S. checkout counters. Monthly payment flows through these cards have surpassed $1.5 billion, and annualized spend now tops $18 billion. The growth is driven by card networks embedding stablecoins as...
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) remain the cornerstone of global AML frameworks, yet many institutions misunderstand their purpose, treating them as accusations rather than suspicion flags. Regulatory pressure and soaring transaction volumes have driven firms to prioritize filing speed over narrative...
Spreadsheets have long been the default tool for financial crime risk assessments, prized for their flexibility and low cost. However, they cannot enforce governance, version control, or audit trails required by modern compliance frameworks. As institutions expand across products and...
Afreximbank terminated its credit rating relationship with Fitch after the agency reclassified the bank as high‑risk for providing debt relief to Ghana. Fitch argued the support indicated a lack of preferred‑creditor status, a claim the bank disputes, citing treaty‑based protections...
Arqiva, the UK's sole national digital terrestrial TV and radio infrastructure provider, faces financial uncertainty as major shareholders reassess their stakes. Macquarie has divested its 26.5% holding, while Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9) is reviewing its 51.8% share and may write off...
In this Accountancy Age episode, the hosts walk listeners through the two‑step Companies House identity verification process that directors and persons with significant control (PSCs) must complete before filing confirmation statements. They explain how ACSPs report verifications, obtain the 11‑character...
eToro has launched a shareholder engagement initiative in partnership with Stockperks, a loyalty‑rewards marketplace for public companies. The program invites eligible eToro shareholders to receive exclusive educational content, event invitations, and direct access to company leaders and market experts. By...
The episode explores how leading accountancy firms are shifting from retrospective reporting to predictive, real‑time visibility by consolidating fragmented tech stacks into unified platforms. It highlights the £300k technology investment benchmark needed to eliminate manual data reconciliation, improve margin protection...
