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

Amazon in talks to buy $9bn satellite group Globalstar in bid to rival Musk’s Starlink

Ecommerce giant is trying to catch up with SpaceX’s low Earth orbit internet service

Posted on Wednesday April 01, 2026

SpaceX filing kicks off largest IPO process in history

Confidential submission to US regulator sets up summer listing

Posted on Wednesday April 01, 2026

Saudi Arabia bridles at Trump’s way of waging war

Nearly five weeks after US and Israel attacked Iran, Washington’s Gulf ally frets about the damage

Posted on Wednesday April 01, 2026

Trump threatened to stop weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition

Nato’s top official urged key alliance members to offer help to US to reopen key waterway

Posted on Wednesday April 01, 2026

Labour must get out of its own way

The government’s approach to policymaking has been self-defeating

Posted on Wednesday April 01, 2026