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Molten Ventures takes £50m more profits in £85bn Revolut as Baillie Gifford tops up on a 53% higher valuation

Revolut, the digital bank backed by Molten Ventures, Scottish Mortgage and Schroders Capital Global Innovation, has achieved a 53% hike in valuation to $115bn (£85bn). A secondary share sale by staff and existing investors enabled institutions, including Scottish Mortgage manager Baillie Gifford, to buy shares in a transaction that lifted the neobank’s valuation from $75bn […]

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Morning briefing: Unite restructures, lifts disposals to £241m; HgCapital posts second quarter of gains after the “SaaSpocalypse”; higher power prices stabilise Greencoat Renewables; Derwent London brings in £11.2m new rent

Unite (UTG), the £2.5bn student accommodation provider, has made changes to its executive committee as chief executive Joe Lister looks to lead a “smaller, more focused business” through its recovery programme. Chief operating officer Karan Khanna and group director of communications and corporate affairs Rebecca Vicary are leaving Unite and there are three new appointments: […]

04 Nov 2026

FTSE rallies as dollar slumps and gold rises after Democrats deliver heavy defeat to Trump’s Republicans in midterms

Update: Fears of a stock market upset after the Democrats’ stunning victory in the US midterm elections last night evaporated as European markets rallied on the back of a weaker dollar which pushed up gold and precious metals miners. The UK’s FTSE 100 recovered from an early fall to rally 1.25%, or 133 points, at […]

04 Nov 2026

M&G Credit Income avoided Amazon’s £4.25bn bond debut as AI borrowing binge shifts risk from equity to debt markets

M&G Credit Income (MGCI) has shunned buying into the US hyperscaler borrowing binge to fund the rollout of artificial intelligence (AI) as fund manager Adam English maintains his defensive posture amid a darkening economic outlook stemming from the US-Iran conflict. In the loan and bond fund’s third quarter update English said: “The company has not […]

04 Nov 2026

UK retail ETF trading nearly triples as European market booms

Retail ETF trading on UK exchanges has almost tripled in 2026, according to new research from market data specialist xyt, highlighting the growing importance of individual investors to Europe’s exchange-traded fund industry. The average daily value of ETFs traded through UK retail channels increased from €105m in the first nine months of 2025 to €296m […]

04 Nov 2026

Morning briefing: Foresight Solar assesses government proposals on fixed price contracts; INPP invests £21.7m in German rail operator BeNEX’s expansion; Supermarket Income lifts fund raise to £60m

Foresight Solar (FSFL) is assessing two consultations issued by the government since last week’s budget. These are on the proposed wholesale contract for difference (WCfD) scheme to allow low-carbon generators like FSFL to exchange variable wholesale power revenues for a fixed strike price. The budget-day document was followed yesterday by a consultation on replacing tradeable […]

03 Nov 2026

HgCapital to co-invest in Anthropic and Hg joint venture to help European businesses make money from AI

Hg, the manager of HgCapital (HGT), the software-focused private equity fund hit by the “SaaSpocalypse” in February, has set up an AI transformation business with Anthropic as it strives to ensure its companies end up as winners from artificial intelligence. Extending collaboration they began in early 2024, Hg and the AI lab have agreed to […]

03 Nov 2026

International Biotechnology Trust poised to raise dividends by half after M&A frenzy delivers 74% shareholder return

Shareholders in International Biotechnology Trust (IBT) can look forward to a 50% rise in this year’s dividends after an outstanding 12 months of performance. Including its semi-annual dividends, IBT delivered a total return to shareholders of 73.6% in the year to 31 August, smashing the 52.3% from the Nasdaq Biotechnology index, the fifth year in […]

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