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The Fintech Times

On the evening of Tuesday 15 March, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered her annual Mansion House speech. After announcing several reforms, including reducing regulations to encourage more innovation, we look to industry experts to get their reactions.

UKTN

Figures from UK tech, investment and policy have their say.

Tech Monitor

With the ‘Supercharged Sandbox’ initiative, UK startups are finally being given new insights into the technological priorities of financial institutions.

WealthBriefing

A survey of 32 venture capital investors from around the world by PitchBook, the private market research and analysis firm, finds that 38 per cent of them expect VC funding to rise over the next year, falling from 58 per cent taking that view in the second half of 2024.

Financial Times

Top-down mandates from governments rarely build great companies. This golden rule of business growth was sadly not on show at the splashy launch of UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ ambitious, but flawed Mansion House accord (Report, May 14) forcing pension funds to invest in the UK will not encourage growth, and as rightly noted in the follow-up piece by George Parker and Mary McDougall (Report, May 14) may have the opposite effect.

Sifted

A new generation of hardware startups is helping rebuild Europe’s industrial base

Impact Loop

AI solutions abound in the impact space, with algorithms purporting to be able to find emissions-reduction opportunities in supply chains, predict climate events and even direct farmers where to plant.

Sifted

Industry experts say tariffs could drastically impact supply chains, global interest rates and the flow of VC capital into startups

Wealth DFM

Strategists, economists and other experts have been sharing their reaction to what Chancellor Reeves had to say in her Spring Statement.

Yahoo! Finance

The Office for Budget Responsibility confirms it is cutting its 2025 growth forecast from 2% to around 1%. This puts UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves in an awkward position, but what does the wealth sector say after the Spring Statement?

Business Cloud

Pan-European venture capital firm reveals €100m first close and has already made first investments into two startups

Startbase

Early-stage VC invests specifically in disruptive software companies with an AI focus. The new fund aims to take data-driven innovation to a global level

The Fintech Times

On the evening of Tuesday 15 March, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered her annual Mansion House speech. After announcing several reforms, including reducing regulations to encourage more innovation, we look to industry experts to get their reactions.

UKTN

Figures from UK tech, investment and policy have their say.

Tech Monitor

With the ‘Supercharged Sandbox’ initiative, UK startups are finally being given new insights into the technological priorities of financial institutions.

WealthBriefing

A survey of 32 venture capital investors from around the world by PitchBook, the private market research and analysis firm, finds that 38 per cent of them expect VC funding to rise over the next year, falling from 58 per cent taking that view in the second half of 2024.

Financial Times

Top-down mandates from governments rarely build great companies. This golden rule of business growth was sadly not on show at the splashy launch of UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ ambitious, but flawed Mansion House accord (Report, May 14) forcing pension funds to invest in the UK will not encourage growth, and as rightly noted in the follow-up piece by George Parker and Mary McDougall (Report, May 14) may have the opposite effect.

Sifted

A new generation of hardware startups is helping rebuild Europe’s industrial base

Impact Loop

AI solutions abound in the impact space, with algorithms purporting to be able to find emissions-reduction opportunities in supply chains, predict climate events and even direct farmers where to plant.

Sifted

Industry experts say tariffs could drastically impact supply chains, global interest rates and the flow of VC capital into startups

Wealth DFM

Strategists, economists and other experts have been sharing their reaction to what Chancellor Reeves had to say in her Spring Statement.

Yahoo! Finance

The Office for Budget Responsibility confirms it is cutting its 2025 growth forecast from 2% to around 1%. This puts UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves in an awkward position, but what does the wealth sector say after the Spring Statement?

Business Cloud

Pan-European venture capital firm reveals €100m first close and has already made first investments into two startups

Startbase

Early-stage VC invests specifically in disruptive software companies with an AI focus. The new fund aims to take data-driven innovation to a global level