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• Investing in facilities management, an industry at a crossroads

  27-06-2026 10:00 via moneyweek.com
  
  The invisible hand of the facilities management (FM) industry operates in almost every large commercial building. Someone is maintaining the chillers and the fire-suppression system. Someone is cleaning the floors. Someone, in theory, knows whether the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) unit on the fourth floor is three months from failure. This industry, sprawling, unglamorous and rarely covered by analysts, generates north of $4 trillion in annual global revenue. It is also in th
  
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• 8 of the best properties for sale with home offices

  27-06-2026 09:30 via moneyweek.com
  
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• Private credit can weather the storm

  27-06-2026 09:00 via moneyweek.com
  
  Scaremongers claim that private credit is an impending financial disaster that will lead to a re-run of the 2008-2009 financial crisis. And in fairness, there is some justification for concern about the sector. “The credit loss cycle is upon us,” said asset manager Pimco earlier this month, warning that some riskier companies will struggle to service their debts.There is significant exposure to software firms among leading investors in private credit and not all of it is disclosed, a
  
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• Apple seeks to buy memory chips from blacklisted Chinese company

  27-06-2026 04:17 via ft.com
  iPhone maker wants Trump administration to sign off on purchases to ease pressure from rising semiconductor prices
  
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