High costs and family fallouts prompt wealthy to close investment offices

Number of private wealth-management companies for rich individuals has grown in the US over the past decade

Posted on Friday January 09, 2026

First Brands sues founder’s brother and its largest lender for fraud

Estate of bankrupt car parts maker alleges ‘unlawful scheme to defraud creditors out of billions of dollars’

Posted on Friday January 09, 2026

Is this build-to-rent’s moment to shine?

Britain arrived late to the BTR party, and has taken time to find its groove. But now the shared-amenity model is poised to radically reshape the urban rental landscape

Posted on Friday January 09, 2026

UK hedge fund trader Chris Rokos pays himself £477mn

Rokos Capital returned 31% in 2024 following wild swings in equity, bond and commodity markets

Posted on Friday January 09, 2026

Apollo searches for new European head as it steps up dealmaking in the region

Move is second change to European leadership team in quick succession

Posted on Friday January 09, 2026

Iran tightens crackdown as it tackles biggest protests in years

Scores arrested as authorities step up warnings to protesters

Posted on Saturday January 10, 2026

Military briefing: the return of the war chopper

US operations to capture Nicolás Maduro and seize a Russian tanker were a reminder of the enduring power of helicopters

Posted on Saturday January 10, 2026

Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the Greenlandic leader under pressure

The Arctic island’s 34-year-old prime minister is at the centre of one of the world’s most meaningful geopolitical struggles

Posted on Saturday January 10, 2026

Food wins, fashion loses in UK retail’s underwhelming Christmas

Cautious spending in ‘golden quarter’ exposes divide between the UK’s stronger retailers and those that have failed to adapt

Posted on Saturday January 10, 2026

Trump, Venezuela and the doctrine that wouldn’t die

Long seen as defunct, the Monroe Doctrine is being invoked once again as a blueprint for assertive US foreign policy. Historian Greg Grandin charts the rise, fall and rebirth of an ambiguous creed

Posted on Saturday January 10, 2026