While the global rich list is dominated by American tech billionaires such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg, billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Platt has been ranked as the ...

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It sits, unusually, at the start of the Unova PokéDex, ahead of the starters. This Pokémon is Victini, a rare mythical Pokémon that was first debuted in Pokémon Black and White. For a lot of Trainers ...

Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former chief technology officer, has launched a rival artificial intelligence ...

However, it was in 2000 that Platt, alongside William Reeves, co-founded BlueCrest Capital Management. This step marked his transition from a high-flying banker to an entrepreneurial financier.

On January 17, 2025, the UK Court of Appeal (Court) released its decision on whether certain members of BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP (BlueCrest) should be taxed as employees under the UK ...