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Toto Wolff says Mercedes “can’t compete for a championship” with continued reliability issues after Kimi Antonelli retired late on at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.Antonelli had just overtaken team-mate George Russell for second with five laps remaining of Sunday’s race before his car shut down a lap later with a suspected power unit problem. It follows Russell’s battery failure at the Canadian Grand Prix two races ago, while Mercedes’ customer teams – McLaren, Alpine and Williams – have also suffered problems throughout this season. Mercedes are unsure what caused Antonelli’s retirement on Sunday, which was similar to Russell’s in Canada where…

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Sheppard Mullin has hired longtime Simmons & Simmons private equity partner Gideon Sharp.Sharp joins the US firm after more than 28 years at Simmons where he spent his whole career and over a decade as co-head of the firm’s international PE practice.He will serve as a partner in Sheppard Mullin’s corporate practice and also as managing partner of the firm’s London office.The move gives Sheppard Mullin a senior private equity dealmaker with extensive experience advising sponsors on mid-market and large-cap transactions, joint ventures and cross-border M&A.Buildout plansThe Los Angeles-headquartered firm opened in London in 2011, with the office serving as…

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The new Aiden by Best Western Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana is an example of private investment in the newly oil rich nation. Photo: Guyana PIS. – Advertisement – With a heavy focus on investment and opportunities, the government of Guyana is aiming to build a world-class economy.This will be achieved through partnership and collaboration with the private sector.President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali said on Saturday evening that the world-class economy requires world-class facilities and infrastructures.One example was close at hand as the head of state was speaking during the opening ceremony of the new Aiden by Best Western Hotel on…

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Great Britain’s Joe Clarke won a first World Cup gold medal of the season as he claimed victory in the kayak cross final in Germany.The 33-year-old benefited from the misfortune of compatriot Ben Haylett, who had crossed the line ahead of the pack in his first World Cup final, but was penalised for a fault and dropped down to fourth place.”It was hard earned, there was a lot of scrapping out there,” said Clarke, whose success moved him second in the overall World Cup kayak cross standings – a point behind leader, Slovenian teenager Ziga Lin Hocevar. He claimed his…

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Banking groups opened a new front in their policy battle with crypto firms this week by urging federal regulators to clarify who will exercise oversight of stablecoin transactions after their initial issuance. In a pair of comment letters, the Bank Policy Institute and The Clearing House jointly claimed that current anti-money laundering (AML) rules fail to adequately impose compliance obligations of on DeFi firms, certain types of crypto custodians, and exchanges. The letters, addressed to the Treasure Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) as they develop regulations to implement the GENIUS Act, warn…

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RFG Advisory has partnered with iCapital to provide advisors with access to alternative investments and structured products through its ClickONE platform. RFG Advisory has partnered with fintech company iCapital that will expand access to alternative investments and structured investment products for advisors using the former’s ClickONE platform. The partnership is intended to simplify access to investment solutions  The integration will allow RFG advisors to access private equity, private credit, hedge funds and structured investments through a single platform. According to the company, the partnership is intended to simplify access to Source link

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Housing remains a critical need, but should you bet on suburban single-family houses or West Coast apartments? Here is how American Homes 4 Rent (AMH +0.88%) compares to Essex Property Trust (ESS +1.13%) for investors.These real estate investment trusts (REITs) offer different paths to residential exposure. American Homes 4 Rent focuses on the growing demand for single-family rentals across the Sunbelt and Midwest. Conversely, Essex Property Trust concentrates on supply-constrained apartment markets in California and Washington. Both aim to generate steady income from tenant leases in high-demand regions.The case for American Homes 4 RentAmerican Homes 4 Rent focuses on the…

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Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, together with Japan’s two major banks, has set up a joint council to co issue a yen backed stablecoin. The group aims to launch the stablecoin by March 2027, aligned with recent regulatory changes around digital assets in Japan. The initiative marks a coordinated move by Japan’s largest banks to build out blockchain based payment and settlement infrastructure. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (TSE:8306) is moving into digital currency while its stock trades at ¥3,162.0, with…

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When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, Elon Musk predicted that by 2040 there would be at least 10 billion humanoid robots, with each priced between $20,000 and $25,000. Do the math. According to Musk, this technology could be worth $250 trillion by 2040. Put another way, that’s roughly equal to:…

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