(IN BRIEF) Thales’s latest report, released just before the Paris Air Show, documents a 600% rise in ransomware attacks on the aviation industry between January 2024 and April 2025. Analysts recorded 27 major incidents by 22 ransomware groups, with 71% … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Financial, France, Industrial, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged $5.32 billion, 22 groups, 27 incidents, 600% increase, 8.7% CAGR, AI defenses, aviation sector, avionics, communication systems, credential theft, Cyber Detection and Response, cyberespionage, denial-of-service, global aviation cybersecurity market, Ivan Fontarensky, January 2024–April 2025, Paris Air Show, public-private collaboration, ransomware attacks, supply chains, Thales, unauthorized access
(IN BRIEF) The EIB is extending €235 million in loans to enhance public services in Finland’s Uusimaa region: €135 million for upgrading three major hospitals under Helsinki University Hospital’s broader €300 million program, and €100 million for building and refurbishing … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Education, European Union, Financial, Finland, Healthcare, Investment
Tagged educational facilities, EIB, energy efficiency, European Investment Bank, Finland investments, healthcare modernization, Helsinki University Hospital, HUS, Jari Finnilä, Jorvi Hospital, Meilahti Hospital, Peijas Hospital, Pekka Timonen, public services, sustainable infrastructure, Thomas Östros, Uusimaa, Vantaa schools
(IN BRIEF) CACEIS Ireland appointed Eamonn O’Callaghan as ETF Group Product Manager on 9 June 2025. Eamonn brings 25 years of ETF experience—most recently as Head of European ETF Product at Brown Brothers Harriman—and academic credentials in IT for Strategic … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, France, Industrial, Investment, Ireland, Management, News, Technology
Tagged active and passive ETFs, appointment, BNY Mellon, Brown Brothers Harriman, CACEIS Ireland, Citi, dealing portal, dedicated ETF business line, Eamonn O’Callaghan, ETF assets €125 billion, ETF domiciliation, ETF Group Product Manager, fund lifecycle support, HSBC, Irish financial services, leaderhip, primary-market services
(IN BRIEF) BioNTech agreed to buy CureVac in an all-stock deal valuing CureVac at ~$1.25 billion, exchanging each share for $5.46 in BioNTech ADSs—a 55% premium to its recent stock price. The merger, expected to close in 2025, strengthens BioNTech’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology
Tagged 2025 closing, ADSs, Alexander Zehnder, all-stock acquisition, American depositary shares, BioNTech, BNT327, Cancer Immunotherapy, CureVac, delivery formulations, dievini Hopp BioTech, integration plan, KfW, merger premium, mRNA, mRNA manufacturing, oncology strategy, pan-tumor programs, partnership, regulatory approvals, transformational therapies, Tübingen subsidiary, Ugur Sahin
(IN BRIEF) Hexagon AB will acquire French aerial-mapping firm APEI—operator of a private survey aircraft fleet across Europe and Africa—to expand its geospatial content capabilities. APEI’s longstanding partnership with Hexagon includes contributions to the Hexagon Content Program and HxDR platform. … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged acquisition, aerial mapping, Africa, APEI, elevation models, Europe, France, geospatial data, Geosystems Division, Hexagon AB, Hexagon Content Program, HxDR, Norbert Hanke, partnership, private survey aircraft, regulatory approvals
(IN BRIEF) BAM Infra Nederland has established an on-site electric charging station—fed by a Stedin 23 kV supply—to power battery-electric construction equipment for the Princess Alexia Viaduct on Maasvlakte 2. The move fulfills sustainable tender criteria, enabling emission-free operation of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged BAM Infra Nederland, Container Exchange Route, cycle path, electric construction equipment, emission-free construction, fast chargers, footbridge, grid planning, low-carbon asphalt, Maasvlakte 2, Maasvlakteweg, Máximaweg, Mekongweg, partnership, Port of Rotterdam Authority, Princess Alexia Viaduct, Ronald van den Berg, Stedin 23 kV connection, sustainability, sustainable concrete, temporary road diversion, Theo Hartman
(IN BRIEF) Heriot Country Kids has been awarded a five-year grant from the Carcant Wind Farm Community Fund to fund a Lead Practitioner, securing its wraparound childcare provision. The club supports 18 families monthly—benefiting around 100 individuals annually—and is celebrated … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Non Profit, United Kingdom
Tagged affordable childcare, after-school club, Carcant Wind Farm Community Fund, community sustainability, five-year grant, Heriot Country Kids, Heriot Primary School, holiday care, inclusive services, Lead Practitioner, neurodivergent support, partnership, rural childcare, wraparound childcare
(IN BRIEF) SGS has launched The PLEDGE on Food Waste Certification—a third-party audited program aligned with UN SDG 12.3—to help food service providers cut waste, improve efficiency, and showcase sustainability leadership. The service includes gap assessments, customized onboarding, global audit … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged catering, certification body, food safety, food waste reduction, gap assessment, global scalability, Hospitality, IMPACT NOW for Sustainability, integrated audit, Operational Efficiency, partnership, SGS, sustainability, The PLEDGE on Food Waste Certification, third-party audit, UN SDG 12.3
(IN BRIEF) SGS has partnered with The PLEDGE on Food Waste to offer certification and independent audits to food service providers under a framework of seven pillars and 95 criteria that address every step from procurement to disposal. This initiative … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 95 criteria, certification, CHF 600 million, circular economy, Climate Action, ESG assurance, food service, food waste reduction, Géraldine Picaud, IMPACT NOW, independent audits, nature preservation, partnership, seven pillars, SGS, sustainability, The PLEDGE on Food Waste
(IN BRIEF) WinGD will provide four six-cylinder 6X52DF-A ammonia-fuelled engines—each with high-pressure SCR—to power 45,000 m³ medium gas carriers being built by HD Hyundai Mipo for Trafigura. The order highlights ammonia’s growing role in decarbonizing shipping. X-DF-A engines have demonstrated … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 45 000 m³ vessels, 6X52DF-A, ammonia slip, ammonia-fuelled engine, Benny Hilström, decarbonization, HD Hyundai Mipo, marine propulsion, medium gas carrier, NOₓ reduction, N₂O emissions, partnership, pilot fuel 5 percent, Selective Catalytic Reduction, sustainability, thermal efficiency, Trafigura, WinGD, X-DF-A
(IN BRIEF) At the Indo Defence Expo & Forum in Jakarta on 12 June 2025, Fincantieri and Indonesian systems integrator PT PRIMA MAJU MAPAN (PMM) signed a Technical Collaboration Agreement. The partnership will co-develop and deploy advanced technologies to protect … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Italy, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Adrianus Prima Manggala, critical cables, Fincantieri, Indo Defence Expo & Forum, industrial partnership, Jakarta, maritime solutions, Mauro Manzini, naval bases, offshore installations, partnership, pipelines, PMM, PPA frigates, PT PRIMA MAJU MAPAN, Southeast Asia, submarine expertise, subsea infrastructure, Technical Collaboration Agreement, technological sovereignty, underwater security
(IN BRIEF) Nokia has supplied its cloud-native 5G Standalone Core software to O2 Czech Republic, making it the nation’s first operator to launch 5G SA. The deployment includes Nokia’s Packet Core solution, enabling network slicing, ultra-low latency, multi-cloud flexibility, enhanced … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Czech Republic, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 125 core customers, 52 live operators, 5G Standalone Core, cloud-native, digital transformation, energy efficiency, Erez Sverdlov, Jakub Votava, low-latency, multi-cloud, network reliability, Network slicing, Nokia, O2 Czech Republic, Packet Core, partnership, Q1 2025 deployments, zero-touch automation
(IN BRIEF) Nokia has upgraded its 7705 SAR and 7250 IXR routers for utilities adopting smart grid architectures, adding advanced quantum-safe MACsec encryption, precise IEC 61850-based synchronization, and scalable 100 GE/400 GE capacity. These enhancements ensure compatibility with legacy SCADA … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 100 GE, 400 GE, 7250 IXR, 7705 SAR, cyber resilience, distributed energy resources, grid automation, IEC 61850 synchronization, IED, IP routing, IP/Ethernet, mission-critical networks, Nokia, quantum-safe MACsec, SCADA RTU, Smart Grid, TDM, utilities, Vach Kompella
(IN BRIEF) Sika described its integrated suite of construction solutions in Dallas, highlighting its track record of over 1,000 data centers built and a strong future pipeline. Global data center spending is expected to top CHF 400 billion by 2028, … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Chemicals, Construction, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged CHF 400 billion, construction speed, CO₂-equivalent savings, data center construction, digital infrastructure, edge data centers, fiber-reinforced concrete, hyperscale, Operational Excellence, partnership, rapid-install flooring, reflective roofing, Sika, Stargate project, sustainability, Thomas Hasler, waterproofing
(IN BRIEF) EY.ai for Risk is a new suite of AI-powered risk management tools developed in partnership with NVIDIA. Combining NVIDIA NIM microservices and EY’s 100+ years of risk expertise, the solution runs on the EY.ai agentic platform to streamline … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged AI agents, AI-Q Blueprints, Data Flywheel, document automation, EY.ai agentic platform, EY.ai for Risk, financial services, John Fanelli, Kapish Vanvaria, life sciences, Manufacturing, NIM microservices, NVIDIA, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, operational resilience, partnership, risk strategies, third-party risk management, TMT, TPRM Managed Services, Uber, validated design
(IN BRIEF) Swiss Re’s 2025 SONAR report identifies extreme heat as a leading emerging risk, attributing up to 500,000 deaths annually to heatwaves—more than floods, quakes, and hurricanes combined. The report traces rising severity and duration of heat events, notes … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged agricultural impact, AI incidents, energy sector risks, extreme heat, heatwave mortality, institutional trust, Jérôme Haegeli, liability litigation, Patrick Raaflaub, SONAR report 2025, Swiss Re, telecommunications vulnerabilities, toxic fungi, USD 78.5 billion losses, wildfires, workers’ compensation
(IN BRIEF) Eurojust coordinated a major cross-border operation in Romania and Moldova against a phishing fraud network that had been active since at least 2013. In joint actions today, authorities searched 44 locations, targeting the subgroup responsible for opening fraudulent … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Law, Management, Moldova, Netherlands, News, Politics, Romania, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged 44 searches, call centres, cross-border operation, cryptocurrencies, DIICOT, EUR 20 million losses, Eurojust, European Investigation Orders, forged IDs, JIT, joint investigation team, Liaison Prosecutor network, MOLDOVA, Money Laundering, organised crime group, partnership, PCCOCS, phishing fraud, Romania
(IN BRIEF) The EIB is tripling its intermediated lending for European defence-industry suppliers from €1 billion to €3 billion. It has signed an inaugural €500 million loan agreement with Deutsche Bank, which will provide €1 billion in credit lines to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Defence, Economy, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Security & Safety, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Airbus, BGK, Caisse des Dépôts, CDP, defence financing, Deutsche Bank, EIB, EU defence supply chain, European Investment Bank, Fabrizio Campelli, ICO, INNOVATION, intermediated lending, KfW, Leonardo, military infrastructure, Nadia Calviño, Pan-European Security and Defence Lending Envelope, partnership, R&D, Rheinmetall, SMEs, strategic autonomy, sustainability, Thales
(IN BRIEF) Kapsch TrafficCom AG has reduced its stake in Kapsch Telematic Services IOOO (Belarus) to below 50%, deconsolidating the toll-system operator and ceasing revenue recognition from its results. Although control has been relinquished, the transaction’s structure ensures Kapsch TrafficCom … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Belarus tolling, deconsolidation, economic entitlement, Kapsch Telematic Services IOOO, Kapsch TrafficCom AG, KTCG, partnership, prime market, revenues 2023/24, sustainability, sustainable mobility, tolling solutions, traffic management, Vienna Stock Exchange
(IN BRIEF) KGI Securities Singapore has launched Scila Risk—a unified multi-asset risk management platform—to replace its separate equities and derivatives systems. The solution provides real-time exposure calculations, collateral optimization, and scenario analysis for equities, derivatives, and FX. CEO Ken Ong … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged collateral optimization, derivatives, equities, FX, Ken Ong, KGI Securities Singapore, Mikko Andersson, multi-asset platform, partnership, real-time risk management, scenario analysis, Scila AB, Scila Risk, Scila Surveillance, SGX, trade surveillance, “time-warp, ” microservices architecture
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