Optima Health deal 'materially accelerates' growth plans, says broker Proactive uses images sourced from Shutterstock RBC Capital Markets reiterated its 'outperform' rating on Optima Health PLC (AIM:OPT, OTC:OHLTF, FRA:J3N) and maintained its 240p price target following Tuesday’s announcement of a £100m acquisition of People Asset Management Healthcare. The broker said the deal cemented Optima’s position as the leading standalone UK occupational health provider, with an estimated 15% share in a £1.6bn ma ...

The London Company, an investment management company, released “The London Company Large Cap Strategy” fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. In Q4 2025, US equities ended the third consecutive quarter of higher returns, with the Russell 3000 Index rising 2.4%. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The market highlighted how investors balanced the optimism on earnings growth and concerns regarding AI returns and cooling macroeconomic factors. Against this backdrop The London Company Large Cap portfolio ...

Santos has announced its financial results for the year ending 2025, reporting net profit of A$818m ($578.6m), a 33.9% decrease from the previous year's A$1.26bn. The Australian energy company's underlying profit, excluding significant items, was A$898m, down 25.2% from A$1.2bn in 2024. In a strategic move to optimise operations, Santos is targeting a headcount reduction of around 10% as major growth projects are integrated into its base business. Santos managing director and CEO Kevin Gallagher said: ...

Ask any jobseeker, and most will tell you the same thing: The job market is rough. It’s no surprise, as 2025 was the softest year in the market since the pandemic, according to PBS. The new Career Trade-Offs Report from Zety reveals that Americans continue to face challenging career trade-offs just to get by. According to its report, Zety found the following: 66% of workers avoided asking for raises because of tariffs or other external factors. 41% of workers haven’t received a meaningful raise in ov ...

On Feb. 4, 2026, Northeast Planning Associates, Inc. disclosed a buy of VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:UITB) shares, with an estimated transaction value of $5.9 million based on quarterly average pricing. What happened According to its SEC filing dated Feb. 4, 2026, Northeast Planning Associates, Inc. increased its stake in VictoryShares Core Intermediate Bond ETF by 123,205 shares. The estimated transaction value, based on the mean unadjusted close during the fourth quarter of 2025, wa ...

Gator Capital Management, an investment management company, released its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In Q4 2025, Gator Capital Management’s Gator Financial Partners, LLC returned 4.14%, Gator Offshore Partners, Ltd. returned 3.96%, and Gator Qualified Partners, LLC returned 6.10%. These compare to the S&P 500 Total Return Index 2.65% return and the S&P 1500 Financials Index’s 1.95% return. In 2025, Gator Funds returned 31.94%, 30.90%, and 16.92%, respect ...

Even after recent economic data from January on consumer prices and the labor market, investors still largely expect the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates two more times this year, bringing the federal funds rate into a range of 3% to 3.25% (as of Feb. 13). The cuts are expected in June and September. Naturally, there is a good amount of dispute regarding this outlook, in both directions. In fact, one prominent billionaire investor publicly said he thinks the market is wrong and that the Fed will c ...

Gator Capital Management, an investment management company, released its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In Q4 2025, Gator Capital Management’s Gator Financial Partners, LLC returned 4.14%, Gator Offshore Partners, Ltd. returned 3.96%, and Gator Qualified Partners, LLC returned 6.10%. These compare to the S&P 500 Total Return Index 2.65% return and the S&P 1500 Financials Index’s 1.95% return. In 2025, Gator Funds returned 31.94%, 30.90%, and 16.92%, respect ...

By Colleen Goko JOHANNESBURG, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Africa's biggest economies Nigeria and South Africa are driving the strongest growth in demand for stablecoins and are the most optimistic about their potential, ‌a survey found, with many users also wanting them to become more widely accepted. Stablecoins are promising ‌faster and cheaper ways to move money in poorer countries, but as 99% of them, including the dominant Tether and USDC, are ​pegged to the dollar, they also raise worries about economic dol ...

Gator Capital Management, an investment management company, released its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In Q4 2025, Gator Capital Management’s Gator Financial Partners, LLC returned 4.14%, Gator Offshore Partners, Ltd. returned 3.96%, and Gator Qualified Partners, LLC returned 6.10%. These compare to the S&P 500 Total Return Index 2.65% return and the S&P 1500 Financials Index’s 1.95% return. In 2025, Gator Funds returned 31.94%, 30.90%, and 16.92%, respect ...