Eight of the ten clubs in the top half of the Premier League table are owned by Americans. In the Championship, four of the eight clubs battling for promotion are U.S.-owned, including the Ryan Reynolds-Rob McElhenney Wrexham project.
"The specific barrier is capital," says Lisa George, global head of the Macquarie Group Foundation. "Without access to capital, it's very hard to get social mobility and educational mobility in life."
ERA has structured its recruitment model around four growth pathways; increasing existing agent productivity, recruiting outside agents, adding ancillary revenue streams, such as mortgage and title, and pursuing M&A. The approach has found traction among brokers who view the brand as a vehicle for expansion rather than a simple flag-planting exercise.
"Asia has more diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular patients than anywhere else in the world," Abrar Mir states, emphasizing the severity of the health crisis in the region.
The fund blends high yield corporate bonds, senior loans, and debt tranches of U.S. collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) into a single actively managed portfolio, aiming to deliver income that beats the broad bond market while keeping volatility lower than any single segment on its own.
Empirical Ventures has secured a £10 million commitment from the British Business Bank through its Regional Angels Programme, bringing the Bank's total support for the firm to £15 million. This funding will allow Empirical to write larger cheques to early-stage science-led founders across the UK, particularly outside London.
Private equity liquidity has become a more active topic as we enter 2026, reflecting investors' close attention to cash flows, distributions, and portfolio construction. One clear signal is the pace of secondaries growth as their volumes continue to increase. Volumes reached USD 226 billion in 2025, a 41% increase compared to the previous year. The market tends to rely on two main structures, depending on the type of liquidity required. LP secondaries are the simplest structure.
One of the key factors that I continue to harp on as intrinsic to my bullish thesis on TMC is the company's control of what it claims is the world's largest undeveloped battery metals resource in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). The company estimates that it has access to around 274 million metric tons (Mt) of wet nodules, including 51 Mt of probable reserves. These are the first, and largest-ever declared reserves for deep-sea mining, with key battery minerals included in these nodules that are surging in value.
IGPT delivers aggressive growth through concentrated AI exposure. With 72% of assets in information technology and communication services, this is a pure-play thematic fund. The ETF holds roughly 115 positions, but the top 10 represent 62% of assets. IGPT overweights companies directly building or deploying AI systems rather than those tangentially benefiting from the trend.
