FS KKR Capital Corp, Blue Owl Capital and Oaktree Specialty Lending are facing renewed scrutiny after fresh data showed private credit dividends are becoming less securely covered by cash income across the listed BDC market. The pressure matters for CFOs and finance directors because business development companies have become an important channel between institutional capital,…
By Joanna Cummings and Aultrin Vijay Open to publishers, printers, advertisers, technology providers, logistics partners and other stakeholders across the media ecosystem, the Print and Sustainability Awards recognise projects that are helping shape the future of print. Winners will be announced at our World Printers Summit in Rotterdam, where industry leaders will gather to discuss…
Federal Reserve policy under Kevin Warsh is becoming a fresh market test for Wall Street, with investors watching the June FOMC meeting for signals on rates, inflation and equity volatility. U.S. indexes have turned choppier, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lower from early June highs and the Cboe Volatility Index higher as markets reassess…
By Rocío Valderrábano and Brian Veseling It took only half an hour for the members of WAN-IFRA’s NextGenAI Leaders to brainstorm 186 ways in which artificial intelligence could support their leadership growth and their team’s development. These ideas ranged from workflow optimisation to potential new products. But these didn’t come alone; they were the result…
SpaceX has priced the world’s largest initial public offering at $135 a share, raising $75bn and giving Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI group a valuation of about $1.77tn before its Nasdaq debut under the ticker SPCX. The deal places a formerly private strategic technology company beside the largest names in public markets and gives…
By Alexandra Borchardt and Jana Koch There are many assumptions but surprisingly little evidence of how to engage young audiences with news. Commonly voiced concerns are that young people just consume short-form video, trust creators more than news brands and won’t pay for news anyway because they are just not that interested, particularly not in…
Finance hiring has never attracted more applicants per role. According to Gem’s 2026 Recruiting Benchmarks Report, which analyzed 165 million applicants, a candidate today is 3.3 times less likely to be hired than they were four years ago. In finance specifically, only 0.3% of applicants make it through to a hire, and the average time to…
Rachel and Chris on the show this week to discuss a series of big changes over the last, say, six months or so with our billing system. We’ve essentially re-written this thing several times, and obviously this is the best time. Having three plans, two payment providers, teams, and fifteen years of history is a…
AI board decision-making is becoming a live governance issue for UK companies as directors move from asking whether artificial intelligence can improve operations to asking which decisions it should influence inside the boardroom. A Board Intelligence poll of 400 board directors, chief executives and finance chiefs found that 84% of respondents said their boards had…
Proprietary trading gets a lot of attention because, on the surface, the model sounds direct: a firm trades for its own account rather than handling client money. That part is easy to say. The harder part is building a structure that can support the way proprietary trading actually behaves once real market pressure starts to…