Tax relief cut puts VCTs at risk next year, industry warns

Fund managers predict inflows to venture capital trusts could halve

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

Natixis and Generali poised to scrap asset management tie-up

Joint venture would have brought together two of biggest European investment groups

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

Private capital-backed Mollie buys GoCardless for €1.1bn

Dutch payments group aims to create new European fintech

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

UK bankers warn on plan to use Russian assets for loans to Ukraine

Lenders concerned they could be at significant risk of potential lawsuits from Moscow

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

ECB considers ditching AT1s to ‘increase quality’ of banks’ capital

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

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

A Brexit survival strategy that shows Starmer’s days are numbered

Labour will need a different leader if it pursues a policy of rejoining the EU customs union or single market

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

Eli Lilly shot helped patients lose as much as 29% of body weight

Trial results mark boost to US pharmaceutical company’s booming obesity business

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

EU trims exclusivity window for new drugs

Cheaper generics will be allowed on to market a year earlier to curb costs

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2025

China leads objections to Trump carve-out on global minimum tax

Beijing and several European countries hold up deal to exempt US multinationals from OECD tax regime

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