Earnings call transcript: Stealth Group posts record H2 2026 results

Vivienne Westwood, the late doyenne of punk fashion, may not have been the most obvious bedfellow for the elegant Mandarin Oriental brand. But the Hong Kong-based hotel group needed someone to design the signature fan for its latest opening in Mayfair, and only Westwood would do. It would be her last project before she passed…

Op risk data: Japanese restaurant payments firm swallows $700m loss – Risk.net Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Also: Bank of Baroda fraud filing; Wells’ Ponzi palaver; Swedbank’s Panama Papers payout. Data by ORX News In July’s largest loss, Japanese advance payments and processing firm Zentoshin, many clients of which are in…

For around five years, individuals renting homes struggled to find relief. Rental rates increased more rapidly than salaries, resulting in apartment hunters participating in competitive bidding for average units. Vacancy levels remained close to all-time lows, and the perks that usually made leases more appealing largely disappeared as landlords retained control. At the peak of…

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Consumer sentiment that fell sharply at the beginning of August improved only marginally and remained in deeply negative territory at the end of the month, according to final survey results published Friday by the University of Michigan. “In addition to the pocketbook issues that have been central to consumers’ views of the economy, they are…

District & County Investments (DCI) has appointed Ben Lavelle as its North West business development manager. Prior to joining District & County Investments, Lavelle spent over three years at Hope Capital as a business development executive. He started his career at Barclays, where he spent nearly seven-years in intermediary sales. Commenting on his appointment, Lavelle…