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, 2026US oil price tumbles in latest bout of market volatility
Donald Trump continues to play up prospect of deal with Iran, saying they are ‘talking sense’ in negotiations with the US
Posted on Tuesday March 24, 2026US to deploy more troops even as Trump praises Iran talks
Members of 82nd Airborne to join other forces in the Middle East ahead of president’s deadline for Tehran to end conflict
Posted on Tuesday March 24, 2026OpenAI to end Disney deal and Sora video app
CEO Sam Altman is shifting AI start-up’s strategy to focus on its core products
Posted on Tuesday March 24, 2026Charting the OpenAI ‘ecosystem’
Map of the problematique
Posted on Tuesday March 24, 2026UK backs switch to electric trucks and vans with £1bn funding
Government legally obliged to cut emissions under its commitment to reach net zero by 2050
Posted on Tuesday March 24, 2026