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Briefing Notes
Disputes
UK Government Launches Consultation on Whistleblowing Framework Reform and Proposed SFO Financial Rewards Scheme for Economic Crime Reporters
Financial rewards for SFO informants could reshape corporate risk management as dramatically as any enforcement action.
Energy & Tech
IMF Upgrades UK Growth Forecast to 1.3% for 2026 but Warns Higher Energy Prices and Interest Rates Will Slow Expansion in 2027
Higher-for-longer rates and energy costs are the twin brakes on deal activity that every finance team is pricing in for 2027.
M&A
Ithaca Holdings Is Said to Be in Advanced Talks to Acquire Dating App Bumble for Around $1 Billion
A 90%-plus valuation collapse turns yesterday's growth darling into today's acquisition target at a fraction of its IPO price.
Capital Markets
FTSE 100 Hospitality Group Whitbread Urges Shareholders to Reject Activist Investor Corvex's Board Demands, Calling Them a 'Complete Waste' of Resources
Activist pressure at FTSE 100 companies forces boards to prove their strategy in public, not just in the boardroom.
Capital Markets
FTSE 250 Fintech Plus500 Plans US 'Super-App' After Completing Transatlantic Acquisition
European fintechs are going where growth is, and right now, that's America.
AI & Law
InfoTrack London Summit Warns Law Firms Against 'Automating Chaos' Through Fragmented AI Deployment
Deploying AI without process discipline just makes bad workflows faster.