Lex Greensill fails to persuade court to throw out UK director ban case
Australian financier must go to trial over fate after Insolvency Service launched probe
Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026BofA pitches bets against European private credit
US bank told clients that European stocks exposed to private credit had 30 per cent ‘downside risk’
Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026MFS owner Paresh Raja hit with worldwide freezing order
Businessman barred from spending more than £5,000 a week without administrators’ consent
Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026UBS dusts off cowbells as it completes transfer of Credit Suisse clients
Swiss bank hails milestone as it moves 1.2mn customers of former rival on to its systems
Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026Who cares if private credit goes kaput?
Sizing up the systemic exposure
Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026Japan rebels over $6bn fee for SoftBank under US trade deal
Dispute about power station payment shows Tokyo’s unease with governance of $550bn in investments
Posted on Thursday March 19, 2026Oil above $110 as Trump says US could ‘massively’ blow up Iran gasfield
Tehran-controlled South Pars site, Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG terminal and UAE’s Habshan gas facility all struck within past day
Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026Iran inflicts ‘extensive damage’ on site of world’s largest LNG facility in Qatar
Tehran vowed to retaliate against Gulf energy plants after its South Pars gasfield was hit
Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026Fed chief Jay Powell says Iran oil crisis will worsen US inflation
Short-term borrowing costs jump to highest level since last summer as central bankers lift forecasts for price growth
Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026Russia considers sending armed naval patrols to protect ‘shadow fleet’
Putin ally Patrushev says Moscow could deploy ‘mobile firing groups’ after series of suspected Ukrainian attacks on ships
Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026