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HCLTech announced this week that it is setting up an artificial intelligence/cloud native lab in Singapore that will be ready next year. Singapore is the fifth country — after the US, UK, Germany and India — where the Noida-based company is setting up such a facility. The announcement comes days after India's second largest software services provider, Infosys, collaborated with University of Cambridge to establish an AI lab in London, adding to over a dozen such centres it has globally.

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In its 2024 report, the FIL Investment Services (UK) board said it is reviewing potential actions for the Fidelity America, Fidelity Europe (ex UK) and Fidelity Japan funds after they were found not to have demonstrated good value for investors. Part of the Fidelity Investment Funds IX range, the three strategies all failed to outperform their respective benchmarks over a one, three and five-year period.  The board said it has examined the reasons for underperformance, with each fund's portfolio managers and the chief investment officer noting plans for «additional oversight» on how m...

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Dandadan Chapter 174 is set for release on November 11, 2024. Fans are speculating on potential plot twists and character actions as the series continues to unfold.

Hero MotoCorp Tuesday said it plans to enter Europe and the United Kingdom, starting with its electric vehicle brand Vida from the second half of 2025, as it looks to consolidate its presence in international markets.

King Charles and Prince William's finances are at the centre of a new documentary. The finances of the British royal family are complicated and frequently cause controversy.

Under the new transparency rules, investors will be able to receive more information and reduce costs for firms looking to access data on bonds and derivatives markets. The regulator said it aims to improve the quality, speed and clarity of the data «at a fair price», which in turn will help markets work more efficiently. Information will be timelier and more transparent in terms of its content, with lower compliance costs for trading venues and investment firms, alongside higher quality post-trade data in support of the creation of a consolidated tape for bonds in the UK. FCA eyes...

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According to data from the British Retail Consortium, this 0.6% figure was markedly below the 1.3% three-month average and the 12-month average growth of 1%, a drop that was also reflected in food sales which, despite increasing 2.9% year-on-year in the three months to October, were well below the 7.9% growth in October 2023.  Meanwhile, online non-food sales increased by 0.4% year-on-year in October, up from an average decline of 2.5% in October last year, but still below the three-month and 12-month averages of 1.9% and 0.9%, respectively.  UK gilt yields hit 2024 high as investors ...

The pan-European benchmark had slipped 0.2% as of 0814 GMT, with the oil and gas index's 0.7% decline the most among the major sectors.

In a surprising turn of events, Statistics Canada data showed older households took on more mortgage debt in the second quarter of the year, compared with the same period last year.

Equity funds suffered their worst month of outflows on record in October with withdrawals reaching £2.7bn, according to the latest Fund Flow index from Calastone.  After sell orders had surged 36% month-on-month, they plummeted by 40% overnight as CGT rate hikes took place immediately on the day of the Budget (30 October).  UK gilt yields hit 2024 high as investors mull over Budget borrowing «Fears of a CGT grab in last week's Budget spurred investors to book their profits and crystallise a lower tax bill well before the chancellor rose to her feet in the commons,» said Edward Glyn...

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Penny and his investment team will join the boutique and continue to manage the TM CRUX UK Special Situations, TM CRUX UK Core and TM CRUX UK Smaller Companies funds. The strategies, which total $84m in assets under management, will be transferred to Oberon on 13 December and be rebranded to TM Oberon UK Core, TM Oberon UK Special Situations and TM Oberon UK Smaller Companies funds.  Lansdowne Partners completed its acquisition of CRUX Asset Management in August last year. The firm assumed full ownership of the UK-based equity investment boutique following the retirement of its founde...

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UK, a surprising turn of events may leave arachnophobes unsettled. The country is seeing a boom in giant Fen Raft spiders, with some reaching the size of a human palm. Nearly ten years after Chester Zoo first began reintroducing these spiders to save them from extinction, the arachnid population has grown massively. Now, more than 10,000 breeding females are flourishing, marking a remarkable comeback for the species. «Ten years ago, we helped release thousands of giant spiders back into the UK. The Fen Raft Spiders were bred right here at the zoo, and we're super happy to report there are now more than 10,000 breeding females, and they've just had the biggest mating season on record!» Chester Zoo said in a statement. The conservation efforts have been hailed as a success, with the zoo expressing pride in its role in bringing back a species once on the brink of extinction.