Keep your politics out of your investments Analysis I keep telling everyone that you should keep your politics out of your investment portfolio. The market doesn’t care about your politics. That is why I am against ESG investors that exclude certain industries from their portfolio, just like conservative investors who think climate change is a hoax and don’t invest in wind and solar [...]
FICO UK Credit Card Market Report: May 2026 Business Wire Post-Easter spending and repayments follow seasonal patterns, but delinquency data suggests most vulnerable customers are falling into further financial difficulty
Accertify and Liminal Release First Empirical Study Proving Fraud-Cyber Convergence Works – and Defining How to Do It Right Business Wire New research across 250 senior leaders identifies four organizational behaviors associated with a 3.4x performance advantage over siloed organizations
New Oxford Economics Study Shows the Social and Economic Impact of Bars July 14, 2026 Commissioned in partnership with AB InBev, the report examines how people around the world turn to bars to connect and build community
The devastating prognosis for the UK’s public finances July 11, 2026 While much of the media obsesses over Nigel Farage’s fight with a man dressed as a bin, I have something more sobering to discuss as we kick off the weekend. The Office for Budget Responsibility’s report into fiscal risks and sustainability, published this week, is comfortably the most alarming yet. This is an annual review [...]
Orca Security Report: 99.9% of Fixable AI Vulnerabilities Remain Unpatched as AI Moves Into Production July 9, 2026 Analysis of more than 1,200 production cloud environments provides a first-hand view into how organizations are embedding AI into business-critical workflows, exposing new security risks that traditional controls weren't built to address.
Media Release: Financial Worries Rise and Match Health Concerns as Cost-of-Living Pressures Mount in 2026 July 6, 2026 Globally, people are united in their top personal worries: Financial and health issues rank at the top in 2026, averaging 13 percentage points ahead of other concerns. Financial pressure is prominent across Europe, rising in France, Germany, and U.K., and emerging as a top concern in newly measured markets, Spain and Switzerland. Allianz published these results in “The Allianz 3am Report 2026,” which surveyed 10,000 people across 10 countries worldwide about what keeps them awake at night. Addressing financial concerns requires accessible, targeted financial and risk education. To support this, Allianz has launched the “Allianz School For Life” learning platform.
FICO UK Credit Card Market Report: April 2026 June 24, 2026 Balances return to record high as spend increases and repayments fall, suggesting inflation and energy prices are hitting hard
As it happened: How Starmer resigned and when Streeting backed Burnham June 22, 2026 Sir Keir Starmer resigned as Prime Minister. The Labour leader said on Monday he “had heard the answer of the parliamentary party” that he was not the right person to lead the party into the next election. He said nominations for a new leader will open on July 9, and if a contest goes ahead, [...]
Fideres Study Finds TfL Fare Zones Disproportionately Burden Ethnic Minority Commuters June 10, 2026 London's Underground fare zone system may constitute unlawful indirect discrimination against BAME commuters, according to a new study by Fideres Partners.
