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Underlying operating profits down 19% with 2019 frigate-building programme making loss, firm reports One of the UK’s biggest defence contractors has blamed Brexit and Covid among a catalogue of problems to beset a key contract for the Royal Navy, which led its annual profits to plunge. Annual profits at Babcock International fell by almost a fifth in the year to the end of March, as the firm repo…

Brent crude prices fall below $80 per barrel on after Iranian negotiators said progress had been made in peace talks with US Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. Investors are pegging hopes onto reports of progress in the US-Iran peace talks, helping ease market jitters that have weighed on stock and sent energy prices soaring…

Insurance is a core pillar of the financial services ecosystem. The sector has evolved rapidly due to technology, shifting customer expectations, and complex regulatory demands. Professionals now need to navigate operational, compliance, and digital challenges simultaneously. RMAI’s new insurance learning Read More ... The post RMAI Launches a Complete Insurance Learning Series: From Foundations …

Young people are increasingly taking active roles in entrepreneurship, education, innovation, digital work and community development. However, financial independence does not begin only after graduation or employment. It begins with learning how to save, plan, manage money, make informed financial decisions and use banking services responsibly. The GCB Youth Banking Programme is designed around t…

If I think market expectations are too dovish and I expect rates to stay high for longer i.e. rate cuts by X central bank to happen in September for example (as opposed to whats priced in, e.g. May), what type of interest-rate swap would i put on to "benefit" from rates higher for longer? I've read that in this case i would want to receive Aug24 (fixed) and pay floating - is this right? Given I'm…

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 21 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07983-6 Do corporate bond offering and listing comment letters increase the cost of equity capital?

Victory in Makerfield is propelling him towards No 10 but investors expect to know how he will fund his promises Burnham allies confident of ‘coronation’ Andy Burnham’s thumping victory in the Makerfield byelection came and went without the bond market rout that Rachel Reeves’s backers had warned about. But as he moves towards the premiership, Burnham would be wise to set clear expectations about…

Most fintech breaches you read about involve a hacker, a vulnerability, and a headline. Most fintech losses I've actually seen up close involve none of those things. They involve someone who read the terms of a cashback offer more carefully than the product team did, found the one path through the workflow nobody had tested, and quietly walked away with money the system handed over willingly. Tha…

Big Tech’s AI buildout is moving from cash-flow story to bond-market story, and Kevin Warsh’s first Fed meeting just made that shift harder to ignore. Nvidia doesn’t need the money. That is what makes its $25 billion bond sale the useful starting point. The chipmaker filed to sell investment-grade debt for the first time since 2021, then upsized the deal from $20 billion after investors put in mo…

Over 60% of APAC finance leaders say AI-led automation is their top priority for 2026. For Indian businesses, that stat hides a quieter truth: most SMBs have no idea which automation to start with. They hear "AI for finance" and picture an enterprise suite with a six-figure licence fee. Wrong picture. I've built finance automations for CA firms, D2C brands, trading desks, family-run manufacturers…

Finance blogs, spreadsheet templates, travel-money pages, and internal dashboards often need a small historical exchange rate lookup without building a full currency tool from scratch. FXpeek now has an embeddable widget that can be added with one div and one script tag. Quick embed <div data-fxpeek-widget data-from= "USD" data-to= "IDR" data-amount= "100" data-locale= "en" ></div> <script async …

Susmita Roychowdhury, Ramaiah College of Law ABSTRACT A businessman in Bangalore issued a cheque despite having sufficient funds in his bank account. Due to a banking error, the cheque was dishonoured for “insufficient funds,” damaging his business reputation and causing financial loss. This situation highlights the legal liability of banks in cases of wrongful dishonour of cheques and the remedi…

Guardian readers in the US share concerns about how the SpaceX IPO and AI boom affect their retirement accounts Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire last week after SpaceX debuted on the stock market with a valuation of $1.77tn. Millions of Americans could soon become indirect investors in SpaceX and other emerging AI-focused companies as US markets increasingly shift toward AI-driven …

Even if peace holds up between the US and Iran, oil prices aren’t going back down to where they were any time soon.

How Expats in Dubai Are Losing Money Without Knowing It If you're an expat living in Dubai (or anywhere in the Gulf), you probably have bank accounts in at least two countries. Maybe three. UAE account for your salary. A UK, German, or Indian account back home. Maybe a third somewhere for savings or family transfers. And every month, money slips through the cracks. The Problem No One Talks About …

May figure of £23.3bn underlines challenge facing Andy Burnham if he ends up as Labour leader Business live – latest updates The UK borrowed a higher-than-expected £23.3bn in May amid the economic fallout of the Iran war, underlining the fiscal challenges facing Andy Burnham if he takes over as Labour leader. In figures released shortly after Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield byelection , Offic…

Nature reserves constitute a key means of biodiversity conservation. Using matched data between nature reserves and listed companies in China, this study investigates how the capital market views the establishment of nature reserves and explores whether nature reserves are priced. The results indicate that the establishment of nature reserves significantly reduces the cost of equity capital, demo…

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, taking back most of their losses from a day earlier that were driven by anticipation that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year in an effort to fight inflation.

Labour mayor giving advisory roles to ex-Bank of England economist and others seen as attempt to reassure markets Makerfield byelection – latest updates Three economic heavyweights have been brought in to advise Andy Burnham as he attempts to reassure the markets before his possible return to parliament on Friday and challenge to Keir Starmer . Burnham is understood to be getting advice from Andy…

You can’t complain Intertek’s £10bn takeover happened – the problem is the lack of arrivals in the other direction It would be a stretch to describe the £10bn-ish takeover of Intertek as a landmark event for the London stock market or the FTSE 100 index. This is not an Arm Holdings moment – the purchase of that Cambridge chip designer by Japan’s SoftBank in 2016 provoked long (and continuing) ago…