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, 2026

The 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, 2026

BNP Paribas surges up UK M&A rankings

French bank boosted by deals including £9.9bn Schroders takeover

Posted on Monday March 23, 2026

UK 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, 2026

The 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, 2026

Burnham allies identify fresh path back to Westminster as Starmer battles calls to quit

A shake-up of the NEC after May’s local election could remove a barrier to Greater Manchester mayor’s leadership ambitions

Posted on Saturday April 18, 2026

Iran claims ‘strict control’ of Strait of Hormuz and says it will not be fully reopened

Donald Trump warns Tehran not to ‘blackmail’ Washington

Posted on Saturday April 18, 2026

Iran claims ‘strict control’ of Strait of Hormuz and says it will not be fully reopened

Tehran says Donald Trump ‘raised seven claims in one hour and all seven were false’

Posted on Saturday April 18, 2026

Anthropic’s Mythos AI model tests limits of global cyber defences

New system has sparked fears it could turbocharge hacking and expose weaknesses faster than they can be fixed

Posted on Saturday April 18, 2026

Trump family’s World Liberty crypto venture faces investor backlash

WLFI has fallen after the disclosure of a loan linked to the token and criticism from one of its biggest backers

Posted on Saturday April 18, 2026