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, 2026The 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, 2026BNP Paribas surges up UK M&A rankings
French bank boosted by deals including £9.9bn Schroders takeover
Posted on Monday March 23, 2026UK 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, 2026The 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, 2026Trump’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, 2026Iran 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, 2026Starmer 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, 2026Iran 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, 2026Can 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