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1 week ago | 
cityam.com | Joe Manktelow-Pimm |Rupert Hargreaves
Wednesday 07 May 2025 1:14 pm Beavertown: From the founder’s kitchen to a £100m buyouy Cans of Beavertown craft beer in a bucket with ice. The picture was taken to announce Heineken assuming full control of craft beer brewery Beavertown. The difference was savant-level positioning.
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1 week ago | 
cityam.com | Rupert Hargreaves
Wednesday 07 May 2025 8:30 am | Updated: Wednesday 07 May 2025 8:31 am Global Insurtech funding jumps as industry doubles down on AI Managing Editor City AM Lloyd’s of London.The insuretech report, the first in the 2025 series, is a collaboration between Gallagher Re, Gallagher, and CB Insights. This report, the first in the 2025 series, is a collaboration between Gallagher Re, Gallagher, and CB Insights. The report defined 2024 as a year of contrasts, likening its two halves to the duality...
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1 week ago | 
moneyweek.com | Rupert Hargreaves
Airports can be excellent investments, especially if they are situated in the right location. Even if they are not ideally located, airports’ monopoly nature often provides a competitive advantage over other types of infrastructure asset. Unfortunately, most airports are owned by large private-equity companies and are not readily accessible to the average investor. There are a few select opportunities available. One of those is Athens International Airport (Athens: AIA).
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2 weeks ago | 
moneyweek.com | Rupert Hargreaves
Insurance is probably the least exciting but most crucial sector in the world. From the food we eat to the communication satellites that form the backbone of communications in our 21st-century world, the insurance industry touches every part of the global economy, and without it, we would be in a very different place. Most people are familiar with the basics.
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2 weeks ago | 
moneyweek.com | Rupert Hargreaves
Thematic investing has been around for decades, but the market really exploded during the pandemic. Investors sought out ways to place focused bets on stocks that would benefit most from the trillions of dollars flowing into big ideas, and asset managers responded by launching hundreds of new funds in sectors such as artificial intelligence and green energy.
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3 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Sion Barry |Rupert Hargreaves
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3 weeks ago | 
moneyweek.com | Rupert Hargreaves
The UK has one of the most active and vibrant fintech sectors in the world, but there are not that many publicly-traded opportunities for the average investor. Most of the UK’s fintech champions are privately-, venture-capital or private-equity-backed companies with no plans to float any time soon. LendInvest (LSE: LINV)is the rare exception.
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3 weeks ago | 
cityam.com | Rupert Hargreaves
Tuesday 22 April 2025 10:14 am FTSE 100 insurance giant Admiral sells US business Elephant Managing Editor City AM Admiral has annocuned the sale of its US business, Elephant Insurance, to J.C. Flowers & Co. Admiral, the FTSE 100 financial services giant and one of the largest motor insurers in the UK, has agreed to sell its US business, Elephant Insurance, to J.C. Flowers & Co. Founded in 2001 and based in New York City, J.C. Flowers & Co. is run by billionaire J. Christopher Flowers, a...
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3 weeks ago | 
cityam.com | Rupert Hargreaves
Tuesday 22 April 2025 8:01 am Diageo looks to luxury to drive growth Managing Editor City AM NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 19: A view of Diageo and Brownstone during the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by Invesco QQQ with Grand Tasting featuring Culinary Demonstrations presented by HexClad at Brooklyn Army Terminal on October 19, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for NYCWFF) The past three years have been challenging for the global alcohol giant...
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1 month ago | 
moneyweek.com | Rupert Hargreaves
The scale of additional military spending planned across Europe over the coming years is set to deliver a windfall for the continent’s defence industry. According to research compiled by Goldman Sachs, defence spending by EU member states is expected to rise by 1.8% of GDP in 2024 to 2.4% by 2027, an extra €80 billion a year. The UK has outlined a commitment to spend 2.5% of GDP by 2027, an extra £13.4 billion a year, taking total annual spending to £80 billion by 2027.
