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What To Watch When Lloyds Presents H1 2026 Results And A New Strategy
Finance UK

What To Watch When Lloyds Presents H1 2026 Results And A New Strategy

Charlie Nunn and William Chalmers step up at 09:30 BST on Thursday to set out first-half numbers and a refreshed plan. Here is the ground to watch on costs, net interest income and the shape of cap...

David Whitmore · · 5 min read
As the Overseas Funds Landing Slots Run Out, EEA UCITS Face Losing Their UK Access
Finance UK
As the Overseas Funds Landing Slots Run Out, EEA UCITS Face Losing Their UK Access
· 5 min read
Boards Have Until 31 July to Prove Consumer Duty Outcomes. The FCA Is Grading the Evidence.
Finance UK
Boards Have Until 31 July to Prove Consumer Duty Outcomes. The FCA Is Grading the Evidence.
· 6 min read
DWP and FCA Open the Value-for-Money Rulebook That Will Decide Which DC Schemes Survive
Finance UK
DWP and FCA Open the Value-for-Money Rulebook That Will Decide Which DC Schemes Survive
· 6 min read

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Quantum Motion's $160m Round Puts UK Quantum to the Test
Tech UK
Quantum Motion's $160m Round Puts UK Quantum to the Test
London startup Quantum Motion says its $160 million Series C can push silicon quantum hardware into ordinary data-cen...
· 3 min
Rightmove's AI Push Grows, but Buyers Still Search the Old Way
Tech UK
Rightmove's AI Push Grows, but Buyers Still Search the Old Way
Rightmove kept its 2026 outlook intact after lifting active AI projects to 43, but less than 0.5 per cent of traffic ...
· 3 min
Lloyds Taps Google to Build 'Envoy' AI Agent Platform as Industry Warns of PPI-Speed Scandal Risk
Tech UK
Lloyds Taps Google to Build 'Envoy' AI Agent Platform as Industry Warns of PPI-Speed Scandal Risk
Britain's largest retail bank is constructing an internal marketplace where teams can build, publish and deploy AI ag...
· 4 min

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AI & ML UK
The FCA Wants Its Perimeter to Reach the AI Models, Not Just the Firms
Buried in the Mills Review's seven recommendations is the one with teeth — pull AI systems inside the regulatory boun...
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AI & ML UK
UK Cyber Authorities Draw a Deployment Line on Agentic Coding Autonomy
NCSC-style guidance is telling firms to reserve full agentic autonomy for low-risk prototypes and tighten oversight t...
· 5 min
AI & ML UK
FCA AI Live Testing Is Turning UK Compliance Into Evidence Work
The regulator’s second AI Live Testing cohort points to a harder standard for banks and fintechs: live controls, meas...
· 4 min

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What To Watch When Lloyds Presents H1 2026 Results And A New Strategy
Finance UK
What To Watch When Lloyds Presents H1 2026 Results And A New Strategy
Charlie Nunn and William Chalmers step up at 09:30 BST on Thursday to set out first-half numbers and a refreshed plan...
· 5 min
As the Overseas Funds Landing Slots Run Out, EEA UCITS Face Losing Their UK Access
Finance UK
As the Overseas Funds Landing Slots Run Out, EEA UCITS Face Losing Their UK Access
Miss the allocated window and Temporary Marketing Permissions fall away immediately. With the final umbrella slots no...
· 5 min
Boards Have Until 31 July to Prove Consumer Duty Outcomes. The FCA Is Grading the Evidence.
Finance UK
Boards Have Until 31 July to Prove Consumer Duty Outcomes. The FCA Is Grading the Evidence.
The third annual Consumer Duty board report is due by the end of the month. It has quietly become the document the FC...
· 6 min
DWP and FCA Open the Value-for-Money Rulebook That Will Decide Which DC Schemes Survive
Finance UK
DWP and FCA Open the Value-for-Money Rulebook That Will Decide Which DC Schemes Survive
The joint consultation that opened on 13 July turns the Pension Schemes Act's GBP 25bn scale bar and value-for-money ...
· 6 min
The FCA Wants T+1 Tested by the End of 2026. The 2027 Go-Live Is the Easy Part.
Finance UK
The FCA Wants T+1 Tested by the End of 2026. The 2027 Go-Live Is the Easy Part.
The FCA wants UK firms making the changes now and ready to test by the end of 2026, two years before Britain, the EU ...
· 5 min
FCA Puts Own Funds At The Heart Of Its Crypto Prudential Guidance
Finance UK
FCA Puts Own Funds At The Heart Of Its Crypto Prudential Guidance
Two guidance consultations, GC26/4 and GC26/5, close on 30 July and move the FCA's incoming crypto regime from a ques...
· 5 min
PISCES Cleared Its Biggest Trade At A 10% Discount
Finance UK
PISCES Cleared Its Biggest Trade At A 10% Discount
Four months into live trading, the UK's private-share regime has real auctions and four approved operators. What Wayv...
· 5 min
Car Finance Payouts Were a 2026 Promise. The Tribunal Calendar Now Reads 2027.
Finance UK
Car Finance Payouts Were a 2026 Promise. The Tribunal Calendar Now Reads 2027.
The FCA's £7.5bn redress scheme is finalised and lenders are fully provisioned, but the Upper Tribunal has listed the...
· 5 min
Building Societies Now Write Nearly a Third of Britain's New Mortgages. Can They Keep Funding It?
Finance UK
Building Societies Now Write Nearly a Third of Britain's New Mortgages. Can They Keep Funding It?
The mutual sector is taking share from the big banks in both savings and mortgages, without a single new rule. With n...
· 5 min
Bond funds took £1.06bn in June. Asia-Pacific equity funds are 38 months into an exit that will not stop.
Finance UK
Bond funds took £1.06bn in June. Asia-Pacific equity funds are 38 months into an exit that will not stop.
June's Fund Flow Index looks like a great rotation into bonds, but the durable signal is a 38-month exodus from Asia-...
· 5 min
Britain's shrinking long end: the DMO leans on short gilts as pension demand fades
Finance UK
Britain's shrinking long end: the DMO leans on short gilts as pension demand fades
The Debt Management Office will sell just £23.0bn of long-dated conventional gilts in 2026-27, down from £32.5bn a ye...
· 5 min
London's IPO Rebound Is Real but Thin: Q2 Floats Did Almost the Entire H1 Number
Finance UK
London's IPO Rebound Is Real but Thin: Q2 Floats Did Almost the Entire H1 Number
UK listing proceeds trebled in the first half of 2026, but seven floats and a single strong quarter carry the whole s...
· 6 min

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Can a Machine Actually Trade? — AI, Markets, and the Brutal Honesty of P&L

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FCA Puts Own Funds At The Heart Of Its Crypto Prudential Guidance
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FCA Puts Own Funds At The Heart Of Its Crypto Prudential Guidance
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From 9% To 50%: AISI Cyber Numbers Lift The Resilience Bar For UK Finance
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From 9% To 50%: AISI Cyber Numbers Lift The Resilience Bar For UK Finance
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PISCES Cleared Its Biggest Trade At A 10% Discount
Finance UK
PISCES Cleared Its Biggest Trade At A 10% Discount
· 5 min read
Car Finance Payouts Were a 2026 Promise. The Tribunal Calendar Now Reads 2027.
Finance UK
Car Finance Payouts Were a 2026 Promise. The Tribunal Calendar Now Reads 2027.
· 5 min read
Building Societies Now Write Nearly a Third of Britain's New Mortgages. Can They Keep Funding It?
Finance UK
Building Societies Now Write Nearly a Third of Britain's New Mortgages. Can They Keep Funding It?
· 5 min read
Bond funds took £1.06bn in June. Asia-Pacific equity funds are 38 months into an exit that will not stop.
Finance UK
Bond funds took £1.06bn in June. Asia-Pacific equity funds are 38 months into an exit that will not stop.
· 5 min read
Britain's shrinking long end: the DMO leans on short gilts as pension demand fades
Finance UK
Britain's shrinking long end: the DMO leans on short gilts as pension demand fades
· 5 min read
London's IPO Rebound Is Real but Thin: Q2 Floats Did Almost the Entire H1 Number
Finance UK
London's IPO Rebound Is Real but Thin: Q2 Floats Did Almost the Entire H1 Number
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