TEAM to buy EPIC mandates and Guernsey unit in £157m all‑share deal
Asset manager and financial services firm Team said on Monday that it has exchanged contracts to acquire a package of "institutional quality investment mandates" from EPIC Markets, as well as Guernsey-based financial planning business EPIC Funds Services Guernsey.
Rio Tinto maintains iron ore shipments guidance despite cyclone disruption
Rio Tinto maintained its guidance for 2026 Pilbara iron ore shipments on Monday despite cyclone disruption.
COTI Announces Launch of Nightfall - Expanding Its Enterprise Privacy Ecosystem with ZK Technology
Austin, United States, March 26th, 2026, Chainwire COTI, the programmable privacy layer for Web3, today announces the launch of COTI Nightfall, an Ethereum ZK Rollup, within its expanding enterprise privacy ecosystem. Nightfall, an open-source zero-knowledge privacy layer originally built by Ernst & Young (EY) in 2019 and released to the public domain, has evolved through significant upgrades —including its 2025 transition to a full Zero-Knowledge (ZK) roll-up architecture for near-instant finality and improved performance.
USDT0 Integrates With Tempo to Bring Omnichain USDT Liquidity to Payments-First Layer 1
Road Town, British Virgin Islands, March 26th, 2026, Chainwire Expanding stablecoin infrastructure into payments-native networks, USDT0, the unified liquidity network for the world’s most widely used stablecoin, is live on Tempo, a payments-native Layer 1 blockchain built for real-world financial activity at scale.
Ten Lifestyle wins new multi‑year digital loyalty contract
Concierge technology platform operator Ten Lifestyle Group said on Monday that it had won a new multi-year digital customer loyalty contract with an unnamed existing global corporate client.
London open: FTSE edges up despite Middle East escalation
London stocks edged higher in early trade on Monday despite an escalation in the Middle East conflict pushing up oil prices.
Europe open: Crude hits $116 after Trump says he 'wants to take' Iran's oil
European shares were lower on Monday as the oil price hit $116 a barrel after US President Donald Trump threatened to take Iran’s oil, raising concerns that American troops would be deployed on the ground.
Robert Walters CFO David Bower to retire
Recruiter Robert Walters said on Monday that chief financial officer David Bower has decided to retire and step down from the board with immediate effect.
HICL Infrastructure increases Thameslink rolling‑stock stake with £52m acquisition
Infrastructure investment firm HICL has acquired an additional 6. 65% stake in Cross London Trains for roughly £52m, taking its total interest in the rolling‑stock project to 13. 13%.
Trump says he wants to take Iran's oil
Donald Trump has claimed he wants to take control of Iran’s oil, as thousands of US troops arrive in the Middle East.
CVS chief stepping down for 'personal reasons'
UK-listed veterinary group CVS said chief executive Richard Fairman was retiring after six years in the post for personal reasons.
GSK asthma drug given green light in China
GSK drug Exdensur has been approved in China for the treatment of asthma, the blue chip announced on Monday.
London pre-open: Stocks seen lower, oil prices rise amid Middle East escalation
London stocks were set to fall at the open on Monday, with oil prices up as the war in the Middle East escalated.
CVS chief executive to retire, GSK's asthma drug gets green light from China's NMPA
LONDON PRE-OPEN The FTSE 100 was expected to open 25. 6 points lower ahead of the bell on Monday, after wrapping up the previous session 0. 05% softer at 9,967. 35.
Monday newspaper round-up: Clean energy, OpenAI, Marks & Spencer
Rachel Reeves will warn G7 nations they must move faster on clean energy to insulate economies against global price shocks from oil and gas as she and the energy secretary Ed Miliband meet G7 finance and energy ministers on Monday. Keir Starmer will also gather major energy industry and insurance figures to thrash out what emergency measures might be needed to contain the continuing crisis from the blockade of the strait of Hormuz. – Guardian.