The liquidity curse for investors

Instant ability to trade tempts many to make bad decisions

Posted on Tuesday December 30, 2025

The Belgian company at the heart of a tussle over Russia’s frozen assets

Euroclear has been thrust into the spotlight by the EU’s failed plan to use cash on its balance sheet to assist Ukraine

Posted on Tuesday December 30, 2025

Year in a word: cockroaches

Jamie Dimon’s deft summary of the bankruptcies that have rattled finance

Posted on Tuesday December 30, 2025

Private equity firms sell assets to themselves at a record rate

So-called continuation vehicles set to account for a fifth of sales by the sector in 2025

Posted on Tuesday December 30, 2025

Asia’s wealthy turn to Switzerland to park assets

Swiss private banks report rising demand from Asian family offices and rich individuals to book assets in Europe

Posted on Tuesday December 30, 2025

British business has an opportunity to defy the gloom

Entrepreneurs are more optimistic than the headlines about the UK’s economic potential

Posted on Tuesday December 30, 2025

Top US law firms hand associates $300,000-plus bonuses

Lawyers awarded hefty December payouts in battle to hire and retain high performers

Posted on Tuesday December 30, 2025

Private equity firms sell assets to themselves at a record rate

So-called continuation vehicles set to account for a fifth of sales by the sector in 2025

Posted on Tuesday December 30, 2025

Charts of the year: Trump’s attempt to reshape world trade

The US president’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs spooked markets but the global trading system has proved to be resilient

Posted on Tuesday December 30, 2025

Trump threatens strikes against Iran if it restarts nuclear programme

US president warns Hamas it has a ‘very short period of time to disarm’ after talks with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu

Posted on Tuesday December 30, 2025