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A PROPERTY consultancy is bolstering its south coast operations with two new appointments.Vail Williams has welcomed Finn Rawlings to its Bournemouth office as a surveyor, while Andrew Lubman joins the Southampton team as a senior surveyor specialising in property development consultancy.Russell Miller, managing partner for the South Coast at Vail Williams, said: “Finn and Andrew further strengthen our growing service provision for private and public sector clients.”Finn will be assisting with commercial property acquisitions, lease negotiations, disposals, and strategic property advice, helping clients make informed decisions in a competitive market.”Read moreCharity celebrates 17 years of helping Bournemouth’s homeless people off…

Landlords are facing soaring buy-to-let mortgage rates – which could also feed into the costs paid by renters – according to a financial information website. Average buy-to-let fixed mortgage rates over a two or five-year term have risen since the start of March, Moneyfactscompare.co.uk said. The average two-year buy-to-let fixed mortgage rate on the market on March 26 was 5.29% – the highest since February 2025, according to the website’s figures. The average five-year fixed buy-to-let rate on the market on March 26 was 5.63% – the highest since January 2024. The overall buy-to-let product choice, including fixed and variable…

Russell Investments, the Seattle-based portfolio solutions firm, has been acquired by an investor consortium led by B Capital that includes one of the largest global asset allocators, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS). The purchase price was not announced but the acquisition is from TA Associates and Reverence Capital Partners, which took ownership of the firm in 2016. Since then, Russell Investments has hit $416 billion in global AUM and has had more than 15% organic growth over the past two years, officials said. “Helping people build long-term financial security is one of the defining challenges of our time,”…

Calls for mandatory cybersecurity standards to be enforcedReports highlight finger-pointing between Treasury, CBSL Lack of competency of PDMO/ERD staff, poor transition management citedReport finds cybersecurity lapses at TreasuryRecommends NAO conduct audit of foreign debt payment process The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has concluded that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) cannot completely absolve itself of responsibility for the $ 2.5 million cyber fraud that disrupted the Government’s foreign debt repayment process, despite legal arguments that primary responsibility rested with the Ministry of Finance and the Public Debt Management Office (PDMO).In its investigative report tabled in Parliament on Friday (10), the…

By: Quiver EarningsTracker Posted: 6 hours ago / July 11, 2026 9:05 p.m. UTC $BTCY ($BTCY) is expected to release its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 13th after market close, per Finnhub. Analysts are expecting revenue of $4,182,000 and earnings of -$0.08 per share.You can see Quiver Quantitative’s $BTCY stock page to track data on insider trading, hedge fund activity, congressional trading, and more. EARLY ACCESS Receive BTCY Data Alerts Real-time alerts on filings, insider trades, and market signals — before everyone else. Get Alerts → $BTCY Hedge Fund ActivityWe have seen 1 institutional investors add shares of $BTCY stock…

Allica Bank is waiving arrangement fees on commercial mortgages of £750,000 and above for a limited time.Arrangement fees will be waived on owner-occupier mortgages of £750,000 and above, commercial investment mortgages of £750,000 and above, and specialist BTL mortgages of £1.5m and above for all new eligible applications submitted between 7th July 2026 and 30th September 2026.Additionally, Allica is making further changes to its commercial mortgages proposition.This includes increasing the maximum amount it will lend against a property’s value to 77.5% on commercial mortgages of £3m and above, allowing brokers to help borrowers access bigger loans with a smaller deposit.Allica…

The two most valuable private companies in AI are racing toward public markets. Anthropic filed a confidential S-1 registration statement on June 1, 2026, while OpenAI submitted its own draft IPO paperwork around May 22, 2026. Anthropic is targeting a fall 2026 listing with a projected valuation of approximately $965 billion. OpenAI, which appears to be leaning toward a 2027 debut, carried a private valuation of $852 billion as of March 2026. Both companies intend to cross the $1 trillion threshold at IPO. The crypto collateral damage is already here Unofficial Solana-based tokens that were tracking the pre-IPO valuations of…

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Downtown Austin Rapid Response Team Unit is requesting assistance in identifying a suspect reportedly involved in a theft and credit card abuse case.The suspect is described as a black male or female between the ages of 20 and 35, with a tattoo on their upper arm of a basketball with a “C” on it, balanced on a fingerThe case originated in the downtown Austin area at 100 W 5th St. and 13000 N IH-35 on March 1. Officials stated that this suspect and case are both linked to an ongoing series of thefts in…

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“That doesn’t mean mortgage rates would automatically increase under a Burnham government. In fact, if reforms are viewed as economically credible and supportive of housing mobility, markets could ultimately respond positively. However, the mortgage impact of Burnham as PM is likely to be far greater than the impact of Starmer’s resignation, because policy changes have a much stronger influence on borrowing costs than leadership changes alone.” What should landlords do while the political dust settles? Across both segments, Lane’s message was consistent. Focus on what can be controlled now, not on what might be enacted over the next Parliament. For…