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The fintech’s model is proving more suitable for international scaling than the often outdated systems of legacy rivals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

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

Gavin Newsom says Trump has ordered justice department to investigate him

California governor is considered a potential Democratic presidential candidate for 2028

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026

Netanyahu faces domestic backlash over US-Iran deal

Prime minister launches a fierce defence of his wartime policies, insisting the strikes on Iran had been a success

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026

Average US petrol price falls below $4 on deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz

As cost at the pump declines to nearly two-month low, analysts warn risk of a surge ‘has not completely disappeared’

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026

How the US-Iran deal came together

Mediators spent weeks working on a plan to bridge nearly half a century of hostility between Washington and Tehran

Posted on Monday June 15, 2026