March 12, 2026

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MIPIM | Rotheram: Liverpool on Manchester’s tail as £2bn investment fund launches

Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram said the gap between the two cities is closing after he unveiled a nine-figure regeneration war chest in Cannes. The £2bn investment fund launched today, and billed as the largest fund of its kind ever announced in the city region, is aimed at speeding up the delivery of

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Energy

Why FuelCell Energy Stock Just Dropped

Key Points FuelCell stock beat on earnings but missed on sales this morning. Wall Street analysts don’t expect the company to become profitable before 2030. FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ: FCEL) stock tumbled 7.2% through 12:30 p.m. ET Monday after reporting mixed earnings for its fiscal Q1 2026. Heading into the report, analysts weren’t optimistic, forecasting FuelCell

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Wealth Management

Brierley Hill-based independent financial advisors acquired by major national group

The fast-growing group has bought Prosperity Wealth, based in Brierley Hill in the Dudley borough, in its largest acquisition to date. From left: Fairstone central managing director Mike Slater, Prosperity Wealth head of office Matt Bell and Fairstone chief financial planning officer Russell Bignall Founded in 2010, Prosperity Wealth specialises in wealth management, cashflow planning,

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Wealth Management

Wealth management group expands with largest acquisition to date

X Register for free to receive latest news stories direct to your inbox Register Fairstone has completed a major expansion in the West Midlands, acquiring Prosperity Wealth in Brierley Hill, marking the wealth management group’s largest deal to date. Founded in 2010, Prosperity Wealth provides wealth management, cash flow planning, corporate financial planning, and employee

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Wealth Management

Wealth Management Invest: XA Investments’ Kimberly Flynn

In this episode of the Wealth Management Invest Podcast, host David Bodamer sits down with Kimberly Flynn, president of XA Investments, to discuss how interval and tender offer funds are reshaping access to private markets for financial advisors. Kimberly explains how private credit, private equity and other alternative strategies are being packaged for the wealth channel,

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Wealth Management

Federal Bank Strengthens Focus on Wealth Management Business

BusinessWire India Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 9: Federal Bank announced the launch of its wealth management platform ‘Fed Wealth’ and the inauguration of its first Wealth Hub, marking the next phase of the Bank’s strategic expansion in the wealth management business. Building on the trust developed over the legacy of more than 90 years, the

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Energy

The Guardian view on the Iran crisis exposing Britain’s energy vulnerability: clean power offers protection | Editorial

What should Britain do when war in the Middle East sends energy prices soaring? If the strait of Hormuz were blocked for the month of fighting that Donald Trump predicts, British households could face another brutal cost of living shock. Goldman Sachs warns of prices at the pump rising to 2022 levels. That would put

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Insurance

Insurance sector has had an ‘unusually weak’ start to 2026

The insurance sector has experienced an “unusually weak” start to the year amid softening pricing and AI disruption fears, research from Berenberg has revealed. The research, Insurance: Connecting the Dots, detailed that, in terms of absolute and relative total shareholder returns, the European insurance sector has had one of the weakest starts to a year

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Wealth Management

We need a national plan to tackle the health inequity that is killing people | Life expectancy

How could I fault Aditya Chakrabortty’s account of the failure to prioritise the nation’s health as he cites me as its inspiration (This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?, 6 March). However, it is important to emphasise that the government is well

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Investments

Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’ | AI (artificial intelligence)

A multibillion-pound drive to “mainline AI into the veins” of the British economy is riddled with “phantom investments” and shaky accounting, a Guardian investigation has found. Since 2024, successive Conservative and Labour governments have proclaimed massive deals to build new datacentres, create thousands of jobs and construct a supercomputer. The investments – led by two

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