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Leading law firm Aberdein Considine LLP has appointed Simon Dawes as Senior Associate to strengthen its commercial real estate team and support continued growth across England and Wales. Simon brings more than 25 years’ experience in advising clients across the full spectrum of commercial property, including landlord and tenant matters, acquisitions and disposals and development and funding transactions. He will support Chris Richardson, Head of Commercial Real Estate UK at Aberdein Considine, in driving the firm’s continued expansion following the opening of its office in Manchester’s Spinningfields in 2024. Simon Dawes, Senior Associate at Aberdein Considine, said: “It is a…

CEO Arturo Préstamo Elizondo contends Santacruz Silver trades at 40-75% discount to peers across key metrics including EV per silver equivalent ounce ($45 vs peer average $180) and EV/EBITDA (6x vs 15-20x)In 2025, Santacruz achieved $326.4 million in revenues, $104.6 million EBITDA, $79.1 million in cash flows, and maintains $66.7 million cash position after eliminating debt to GlencoreDewatering process proceeding on schedule with full silver production expected by Q3 2026 as high-grade Pomabamba and Nané return to operationZimapan mine transitioning to level 960 with improved tonnage throughput and grades; company deploying SAP and business intelligence systems for real-time operational monitoring…

Speaker | Xiao Feng, Chairman of Wanxiang Blockchain, Chairman and CEO of HashKey GroupCompiled by | Wu BlockchainSource: 2026 Hong Kong Web3 FestivalTL;DR· Three-Token Model: The tokenomics incentive framework comprising equity tokens, utility tokens, and NFTs proposed by HashKey has been fully implemented within the group, laying the foundation for version 2.0.· Agent Economy Innovation Path: The integration of AI Tokens (as means of production), Blockchain Tokens, and ZK/Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) privacy computing enables a disruptive business model that is trustless and permissionless.· Token Factory Model: Commercial institutions tokenize data, making it globally accessible via blockchain features with real-time…

Investors piled a record £2bn of money into the IA Short Term Money Market sector in March, as tempered equity returns resulted in a consorted push to defensive assets. According to data published by the Investment Association (IA), total net sales for March hit £1.4bn, which while down on February’s £2.5bn, still marked a fifth consecutive month of inflows. Equity funds suffered, with outflows accelerating to £1.3bn, while after four month of positive flows fixed income fund flows turned negative, with redemptions totalling £0.97bn. The second best selling individual sector for the month was IA Targeted Absolute Return, with net…

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 7. The macroeconomic situation in Azerbaijan has been discussed with experts at the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA), Trend reports via the CBA. The discussion took place during the next meeting of the CBA Chairman, Taleh Kazimov, with the experts. According to the CBA, the meeting included a productive and comprehensive exchange of views on macroeconomic and monetary conditions, financial stability, inflation processes, as well as other relevant issues on the central banking agenda. The bank noted that such meetings not only serve to further strengthen mutual dialogue and trust, but also make a significant contribution to…

Titiminas Silver is restarting the Madre Sierra mine in central Peru, a past-producing high-grade polymetallic deposit with a 1.2 million ton historical resource averaging 4-5 oz/t silver, targeting maiden resource estimate within 12 months and FID by Q3/Q4 2027Social license secured through 2032 (recently extended from 2-year to 6-year terms), existing 350 tpd mining permit in hand, 45 minutes from regional airport, 10 minutes from paved highway, electrical substation 14km awayOnly 3 of 6 identified veins historically developed across 300m of a 2.2km strike length, presenting multiple-fold growth opportunity from the ~20 million oz silver equivalent historical resourcePhase 1 capex…

Part 3 of a three-part series on India’s economic transformation in FY26 Every previous episode of sustained foreign selling in Indian equities ended the same way. In 2008, 2013, and 2018, when foreign portfolio investors headed for the exits, markets fell hard because there was no domestic counterweight of sufficient scale. In FY25-26, FPIs withdrew a record INR 1.81 lakh crore from Indian equities — surpassing even the previous year’s outflow of INR 1.27 lakh crore. Two consecutive years of the heaviest foreign selling in the market’s history. The Nifty 50 ended the fiscal year down 3.6 percent. Yet there…

Partnership news continues to emerge in the cryptocurrency sector. The latest news comes from two altcoins listed on Binance. Accordingly, news of a major partnership has come from Jito ($JTO) and Solana ($SOL). $JTO Foundation announced a strategic partnership with The Solana Company, a $SOL-focused staking company, to expand Solana ($SOL) staking infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC). The partnership aims to expand validator and staking infrastructure for institutions and accelerate the institutional adoption of Solana in the APAC region. As part of the partnership, both parties plan to jointly establish and operate Solana validator servers in the Asia-Pacific region,…

Investors must submit applications through the “Government Securities Investment Window” of the relevant bank or financial institution. Bangladesh Bank will open these Investor IDs through the Shariah Security Module maintained by the central bank.Individual investors must submit the prescribed application form, bank account information, National Identity Card or passport, photograph, e-TIN certificate (where applicable), and nominee information with photograph.Bangladeshi expatriates and foreign investors must provide details of their resident foreign currency or local currency “Taka”.Institutions, limited companies, trusts, or provident funds must submit registration certificates, minutes of board meetings, and the required documents of authorised signatories. Source link

The S&P 500 (^GSPC +1.46%) has added 6% year to date and currently trades near its record high. That momentum has been driven by strong earnings growth in recent quarters, which itself has been supported by prodigious investments in artificial intelligence. However, investors may be overestimating the stock market’s resilience. President Trump’s tariffs and military operations in Iran pose serious threats to the U.S. economy. Last week, Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi said, “We’d likely be in a recession already if not for the AI investment-driven boom.” Here’s what investors should know. President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a…