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

China retaliates against US trade probes ahead of Xi-Trump talks

Move marks escalation in tensions in run-up to much-anticipated May summit in Beijing

Posted on Friday March 27, 2026

Stocks and bonds slump in tandem as Iran shock leaves investors ‘nowhere to hide’

Traditional 60-40 portfolio of global equities and fixed income on course for worst month since 2022

Posted on Friday March 27, 2026

What the Iran war teaches America’s adversaries

The third Gulf war augurs a more anarchic world — and more dependence on a less credible US

Posted on Friday March 27, 2026

UK police end investigation into alleged voter fraud in Manchester by-election

Probe was launched after monitoring group said it witnessed ‘high levels of family voting’ at Gorton and Denton poll

Posted on Friday March 27, 2026

Time to tackle the rank absurdities in UK energy policy

The debate over North Sea oil and gas resembles a bar brawl between opponents who can’t see straight

Posted on Friday March 27, 2026