ALMAD Group: How Adrian Cheng is Building Business Infrastructure for Gen Alpha and Gen Z Summary Adrian Cheng launched ALMAD Group on 21 September 2025 to build a new kind of business infrastructure specifically tailored to Gen Alpha and Gen Z. Rather than retrofitting legacy models, ALMAD aims to create integrated cultural, commercial and technological […]
Tee Gwena: Leading Through the Small Business Succession Crisis Summary Tee Gwena, Managing Partner at Transora Partners, uses his entrepreneurial background, M&A advisory experience and private equity know-how to tackle the US small business succession crisis. His firm combines advisory services with direct “Transition Capital” to prepare and reposition owner-run companies for sale — aiming […]
Why CIOs should care about agentic finance AI Summary The article outlines why chief information officers (CIOs) must prioritise finance-focused AI, especially the newer class of “AI Agents” that move from detection to autonomous action. It opens with an anecdote about a $50,000 invoice fraud to illustrate systemic weaknesses, then explains how AI already reviews […]
Generative AI and the CFO: Transforming Finance into a Growth Engine Summary The article argues that generative AI is now a strategic imperative for finance leaders and a clear litmus test of modern CFO leadership. Citing IDC data, it notes that a large share of CFOs are actively shaping AI-powered futures and that generative AI […]
How CFOs Can Turn AI into a Strategic Growth Engine Summary CFOs face intense pressure to optimise costs, speed decision-making and find new growth levers. This article argues that AI is now a business imperative for finance functions – but success requires discipline, governance and a clear, phased approach. It outlines five practical considerations that […]
DOL clarifies overtime pay requirements in new opinion letters Summary The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued a fresh set of opinion letters clarifying how overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act must be calculated in two scenarios. First, an employee who worked across two apparently separate but operationally integrated businesses (a hotel […]
UK gambling sector faces tax hike as survey estimates 1.4M problem gamblers Summary The UK gambling industry is under fresh political pressure after Chancellor Rachel Reeves signalled that bookmakers and online casinos should be “paying more” ahead of the autumn budget. The Gambling Commission published a large annual survey — more than 19,000 respondents — […]
Credit transactions in gambling to end in Sweden by April 2026 Summary Sweden will ban gambling-related credit transactions from 1 April 2026. Licensed operators and agents will be prohibited from processing payments funded by credit cards, bank loans, overdrafts or other forms of borrowed money. Licencees must introduce technical and commercial measures to block credit […]
Sam Altman Says the GPT-5 Haters Got It All Wrong Summary OpenAI’s rollout of GPT-5 in August stumbled: a glitchy livestream, obviously incorrect charts and a backlash from users on Reddit who wanted the previous version back. Critics said GPT-5 didn’t meet the sky-high expectations OpenAI has been cultivating. In this piece, Sam Altman pushes […]
Evolution–Light & Wonder Dispute Splits Between Court and Arbitration Summary The long-running legal battle between Evolution and Light & Wonder has reached a procedural turning point: a Nevada federal court has ordered that Evolution’s trade secret claims be sent to arbitration under a 2021 licensing agreement, while allowing Evolution’s patent infringement claims to stay in […]
