Wall Street’s big private capital problem

Plus, Victory boosts bid for Janus, private capital’s financing wheeze and Giant hits Broadway

Posted on Monday March 23, 2026

The Shakespearean animus of Botín and Orcel

The Italian’s bid for Commerzbank may prove to be the final act in European banking’s rivalrous drama

Posted on Monday March 23, 2026

BNP Paribas surges up UK M&A rankings

French bank boosted by deals including £9.9bn Schroders takeover

Posted on Monday March 23, 2026

UK home insurers to lose money on underwriting in 2026, analysis predicts

Higher fuel and energy costs, along with wage and price pressures, will drive up claims costs, EY says

Posted on Monday March 23, 2026

The ghost bankers haunting the City

Unable to leave the financial district, some senior staff appear to be working long after handing in their pass

Posted on Monday March 23, 2026

Trump’s push to cut US interest rates akin to ‘banana republic’, says Yellen

Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh will lack ‘credibility’ in arguing rates should fall, says former Treasury secretary

Posted on Wednesday April 15, 2026

Iran faces halt to oil production within weeks if US blockade succeeds

Tehran has a maximum of 16 days of storage before it will need to curtail its output

Posted on Wednesday April 15, 2026

Starmer plans May relaunch with King’s Speech

Legislative package set to form crucial part of UK prime minister’s push to regain momentum after local elections

Posted on Wednesday April 15, 2026

Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases

Leaked documents show IRGC secretly acquired system and used it to guide strikes during war in March

Posted on Wednesday April 15, 2026

Can global resilience trump disruption?

The world’s economy has managed to withstand a great deal of chaos, but new IMF forecasts show that things could get worse

Posted on Wednesday April 15, 2026