Strategy

Passion assets such as art, yachts, and fine wine present unique challenges for high-net-worth individuals, requiring careful balance between personal enjoyment and prudent wealth management. This article explores how ownership structures like trusts and foundations can address the complexities of storage, insurance, cross-border movement, and succession planning while preserving both financial value and family legacy. As generational wealth transfer accelerates and digital innovation reshapes luxury asset

Surging AI demand is creating unprecedented demand for capital, driving a major need for new data center capacity. This analysis explores how data center financing structures are evolving to address different stages of infrastructure development, from land acquisition and construction through to long-term capital markets takeout, examining the unique challenges of AI-focused facilities and the sophisticated blend of real estate, infrastructure, and structured credit approaches required.

The UK's £15 billion defence spending increase represents a pivotal shift in how defence innovation will be financed, positioning private capital as essential to modernizing military capabilities. As regulatory barriers ease and investment flows into dual-use technologies, AI, and autonomous systems, questions emerge about whether market infrastructure can keep pace with government ambition. The intersection of public procurement, private investment, and national security regulation will determine if t

Lydia Hartley, co-founder of Continue, discusses the growing role of resale in retail and how brands can unlock new commercial opportunities through the circular economy. She shares insights on shifting consumer behaviours, securing investment, building teams, and navigating growth in the competitive retail technology landscape.

The UK's aerospace, defence, security and space sectors demonstrate remarkable resilience and growth, with value added to the economy reaching £46.8 billion in 2025. With employment at 468,500 highly skilled workers and exports growing 68% over the past decade to £50 billion, these sectors represent critical pillars of Britain's advanced manufacturing capabilities and national security infrastructure that warrant continued government focus as designated Growth Sectors.

Enterprise AI adoption is accumulating tools without addressing the fundamental question of deployment strategy. The real commercial value lies not in the technology itself, but in knowing precisely where to apply it and how to redesign operating models to capture that value. This analysis examines how combining machine learning optimization with generative AI orchestration can unlock substantial returns in retail and consumer sectors.

The UK government has announced £500 million in funding through the ENABLE Guarantee programme to help innovative businesses use their intellectual property as collateral for loans. This reform addresses a longstanding challenge where IP-rich companies in sectors like life sciences and creative industries struggle to access traditional lending that favours tangible assets over patents and proprietary technology.

The UK's aerospace, defence, security and space sectors demonstrate remarkable resilience and growth, with value added to the economy reaching £46.8 billion in 2025. With employment at 468,500 highly skilled workers and exports growing 68% over the past decade to £50 billion, these sectors represent critical pillars of Britain's advanced manufacturing capabilities and national security infrastructure that warrant continued government focus as designated Growth Sectors.

The UK Government has published an updated workplace pensions roadmap outlining reforms to DC value for money frameworks, megafunds consolidation, guided retirement solutions, and new flexibilities for DB scheme surplus payments to members. Implementation timelines have been adjusted, with the VFM framework now phasing in over 2028-2029 and guided retirement pushed back to 2029-2030.

MCP is everywhere right now. But there’s a version of this story that stops too soon, and most of the industry isn’t telling it. There’s a lot of noise about which platform supports MCP, which AI tools connect to which systems, and who announced what this week. That’s all worth knowing. It’s just not the part that determines how useful legal AI actually is for your organisation.

On 21 May 2025, I had the pleasure of ditching my usual morning commute to speak at the Dura breakfast talk arranged by Lottie Leefe, founder of The Dura Society...

At some point, a frustrated discussion about “advisory work” arises with nearly all of the firms Panalitix works with.