Fifa boss Infantino pips PSG chief Al-Khelaifi in City PM Football Power List June 4, 2026 Fifa president Gianni Infantino has topped the inaugural City PM Football Power List, a week before the biggest ever men’s World Cup is due to kick off. The ranking, compiled with a 16-strong panel of expert judges drawn from across the sports industry, is designed to be a snapshot of who controls the most popular [...]
Working Brits are struggling to keep up with AI June 4, 2026 Britain’s workforce is showing signs of AI fatigue just as politicians and business leaders demand faster adoption of the technology. New research from Henley Business School found 61 per cent of workers feel overwhelmed by the pace of AI change in the workplace, while nearly two-thirds of AI users admit they sometimes choose not to [...]
City PM Football Power List shows that systems, not individuals, control sport June 4, 2026 Ed Warner, one of the judges for the City PM Football Power List, gives his take on what the rankings reveal about the game. Here’s your gentle starter for 10: who’s the most powerful man in world football? Easy, right? Gianni Infantino. But who are the 24 people you’d rank immediately behind Fifa’s president? I’ve [...]
As it happened: Stocks mixed as Trump warns takes ‘two to tango’ on Iran peace June 4, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City PM liveblog. Donald Trump has hinted a peace deal in the Middle East could come as soon as “over the weekend” in the latest back-and-forth of negotiations between the US and Iran. The President yesterday doubled down once more on his claim that Iran is set to [...]
Millions left unclaimed as public awareness gap exposes flaws in class actions June 4, 2026 While class actions are on the rise, limited public awareness means millions in settlement funds go unclaimed, highlighting the scepticism over who truly benefits from these legal actions, writes Maria Ward-Brennan. Despite the surge in class actions in the London High Court over the last number of years, there remains a large knowledge gap among [...]
In 23 months Labour has dragged the UK economy to its knees June 4, 2026 Reading our interview with billionaire John Caudwell, in which he says he was “misled” by Labour’s pitch for power, I’m reminded of just how unambiguous Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves were in the run-up to the 2024 election. They promised to be “the most pro-business government this country has ever seen.” Some of us were [...]
Professional services firms’ future hinges on private equity, Kroll chief says June 4, 2026 Private equity has been rewiring the professional services industry over the last few years, and with the sector undergoing enormous disruption from AI, stagnant growth, and a highly competitive market, PE investment is increasingly becoming a lifeline for firms to stay afloat. According to Jacob Silverman, chief executive of advisory and consultancy firm Kroll, private [...]
There should have been an op-ed here but you filed AI slop June 4, 2026 City PM's inbox is drowning in AI pitches. Anna Moloney, who spends her days copy and pasting them into detection software, has had enough.
City PM Football Power List 2026: Who really runs the world’s most popular sport? June 4, 2026 The City PM Football Power List seeks to answer a simple question: ahead of the 2026 World Cup, who really runs the planet’s favourite sport? To answer it, we assembled a panel of experts from across the sports industry and picked their brains for nominations and, ultimately, a top 25. You can read more about [...]
City PM Football Power List explained: What it is, who judges it and how ranking works June 4, 2026 Football has never been bigger or more prevalent, so as a thrilling club season flows into the biggest and most commercial men’s World Cup ever, it feels like an ideal time to try to answer the question: who are the most powerful people in the sport? That was the task we at City PM set [...]
