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150 councillors have called for the divestment. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/MyLondon London’s mega-pension fund must immediately divest from any firm “enabling Israel’s grave violations of international law”, a cross-party group of politicians has said. 150 councillors across London’s boroughs joined four London Assembly members in demanding the London Collective Investment Vehicle (LCIV), the pooled investment fund

The UK government announced a £53m support package earlier this week. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the aid would be targeted to help low-income households in rural communities. About 1.5 million UK households use heating oil. The issue of rising prices is particularly acute in Northern Ireland, where about 500,000 homes use it, almost

Robinhood’s (HOOD) newly launched venture fund has added stakes in Stripe and ElevenLabs, marking its first disclosed investments since beginning trading earlier this month. Robinhood Ventures Fund I (RVI), a closed-end fund designed to give retail investors exposure to private companies, said it purchased roughly $14.6 million in Stripe shares and $20 million in ElevenLabs

Artisan Partners, an investment management company, released its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter for “Artisan Small Cap Fund”. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Fund seeks to invest in companies that possess franchise characteristics, with strong earnings trajectories, and are trading at a discount to the estimated private market value. Despite strong results

Stuart McKee, John McNicol, Angus Hay of Kelvin Capital SMEs at a pivotal stage of their development are being offered a new funding source by a business investment syndicate. Scotland-based Kelvin Capital has launched The Kelvin Capital Catalyst Fund focused on investing into established, ebitda-positive UK businesses making succession, ownership transition or expansion plans. The new platform will

He said: “We want our local economy to thrive which is why we’re proposing using funding from our allocation of the Local Growth Fund to do just that. “Previous programmes and schemes have had a huge impact on those who have accessed that support.” The Local Growth Fund is part of a £5bn government initiative

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The private capital industry’s problems are far worse than Wall Street has acknowledged, as traditional metrics obscure weaknesses in the leveraged buyout market, according to a top credit hedge fund. A “substantial portion” of the

The Oil Fuel Fund Office (OFFO) is accelerating the use of the Oil Fuel Fund to subsidise diesel by as much as 18.31 baht per litre to prevent retail prices from rising above 30 baht per litre, amid sharp volatility in global oil markets that is pressuring energy costs and household living expenses. The office

At Touchstone Investments, we recognize that not all mutual fund companies are created equal. Our commitment to being Distinctively Active means the employment of a fully integrated and rigorous process for identifying and partnering with asset managers who sub-advise our mutual funds and advocating a robust approach to portfolio construction that either uses standalone active