Warburg Pincus and CD&R near deal to buy Canaccord’s UK wealth division
Private equity groups are in advanced buyout talks at £1bn-plus valuation as deals wave sweeps sector
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026Banks and fintechs gear up for fight over funding of high street hubs
Traditional banks want online-only operators to fund hubs required to mitigate branch closures
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026David Ellison slays foes of his $110bn goliath
Paramount Skydance has clinched a settlement with US states that sued to block its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026Deutsche Bank’s asset manager explores curbs on German property funds
DWS considers emergency measures as investors pull money from open-ended retail product
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026Polymarket presses Europe to treat its bets as financial products
US prediction markets platform is seeking to be regulated as a financial services firm rather than under a patchwork of gambling legislation
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026Anthropic releases cheaper AI model ahead of IPO
New Claude model sharpens Anthropic’s pitch to investors ahead of blockbuster listing
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran in combative UN speech
US president also suggests he could use further military force against America’s neighbours
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026Trump lashes out at ‘globalist scheme’ to curb AI advances
US president touted administration’s foreign and domestic achievements in address to UNGA
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026EU to lift sanctions on two Russian oligarchs
Mikhail Fridman and Alisher Usmanov removed from bloc’s list under deal to extend curbs for three years
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026UK government borrowing surges in blow to Healey ahead of Budget
‘Dismal’ £18bn figure for August comes as inflation drives up government spending
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026