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

US 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, 2026

US 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, 2026

OpenAI 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, 2026

Charting the OpenAI ‘ecosystem’

Map of the problematique

Posted on Tuesday March 24, 2026

UK 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