Founder of collapsed Chinese property giant given life sentence
Evergrande chair Hui Ka Yan jailed following developer’s default almost five years ago
Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026140 years of banking crises and bailouts
We started so we finished
Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026Private equity’s escapades in the legal market
Charlesbank is in advanced talks to acquire a stake in law firm WSHB, one of private equity’s largest forays into the US legal sector
Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026Will Barclays’ latest Wall Street reset finally work?
Investment bank’s seventh co-CEO in four years expected to face same restrictions as predecessors
Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026Barclays struggles to ‘retrain the dog’ on Wall Street
Investment bank’s seventh co-CEO in four years expected to face same restrictions as predecessors
Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026Trump announces new drive to isolate and crush Iranian economy
UAE, long a crucial trading hub for Tehran, has also suspended commercial ties
Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026Investors cut bets on US and UK rate rises
Weaker economic data has changed expectations despite a rally in oil prices
Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026US long-term bonds slide as Bessent intervention fails to soothe investors
Yield on 30-year Treasuries rises despite move to ‘at least double’ purchases of securities
Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026‘Treasury demand has become materially more valuation-sensitive’
Term premium trouble
Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026Trump is losing his war of independence on rare earths
Inefficiency, untrustworthiness and cronyism are weakening the administration’s plans to stand up to China
Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026