ECB to simplify bank capital rules and dial down scrutiny of smaller lenders

Europe’s top banking watchdog says current regulation is too cumbersome and risks backfiring

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

Beware rushing into private credit deals, warns Canadian pension giant

CPPIB chief John Graham says institutional investors should ‘know what you’re buying’

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

How UK real estate companies can repel private equity bargain hunters

If Reits want to stay independent, they can’t just wait around for markets to lift everybody

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

Starling eyes UK acquisition to boost corporate lending

Neobank wants to put its £12bn of deposits to more profitable use

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

Revolut’s kitesurfing leader is an asset to Britain

Nik Storonsky is demanding and disruptive but he is building a world-leading bank

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

Oracle shares slide on $15bn increase in data centre spending

Larry Ellison’s company raises its capital expenditure forecast as it doubles down on AI infrastructure bet

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

US stock futures slip after Oracle results disappoint

US database company’s earnings published on Wednesday fell short of forecasts amid concerns over AI boom

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

Fed cuts rates to 3-year low after fractious meeting

Three top US central bankers object to move in biggest revolt since 2019

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ that Trump wants to trade for peace

Known as the Donbas, the region has become the fulcrum of fraught US-led diplomacy to end Russia’s full-scale invasion

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

UK pledges to spend extra £1.5bn on NHS medicines as part of Trump tariff deal

Outlay over next 3 years is in return for the US exempting British pharmaceutical imports from tariffs

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025