UK financial regulator gears up to levy bigger fines

Move by FCA comes after it was forced to reduce penalties by recent court challenges

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026

How UniCredit won support for its lowball Commerzbank bid

Tender offer tactics used by investment banker Andrea Orcel deliver latest twist in 21-month takeover battle

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026

Elliott presses Bunzl for buybacks after building stake

Business supplies distributor is latest in string of UK targets for US activist hedge fund

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026

How SpaceX hit its $2tn valuation

Plus, end of an era for Asia’s slickest brokerage, the US stock supply drought is over, and some striking Kapoor in London

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026

Lessons from Ireland’s Revolut revolution

The fintech’s model is proving more suitable for international scaling than the often outdated systems of legacy rivals

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026

EU starts membership talks with Ukraine

Accession process moves ahead after Hungary’s new leadership drops its veto

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026

Stocks surge as US-Iran deal ignites global rally

Investor sentiment also helped by SpaceX’s historic initial public offering

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026

Chipmaker Nvidia seeks to raise over $20bn in first bond deal since 2021

Debt sale set to test investor appetite for further exposure to AI sector amid a deluge of borrowing

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026

UK would be blocked from rejoining ‘wounded’ EU, says Juncker

Former Commission president says other countries would ‘cold-shoulder’ Britain because of its closeness to the US

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026

Netanyahu faces domestic backlash over US-Iran deal

Israelis across political spectrum lashed out at agreement, which calls on Netanyahu to stop campaign in all Lebanon

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026