SEC urged to investigate Apollo over Epstein ties

Teachers’ unions say regulators should look at private equity giant’s apparent ‘lack of candour’

Posted on Tuesday February 17, 2026

Trump escalates assault on US consumer protection agency

White House Council of Economic Advisers report estimates regulatory burden has cost consumers more than $237bn

Posted on Tuesday February 17, 2026

US charges two ex-executives at private equity-owned group with fraud

Former Mobileum employees ‘inflated’ revenues to drive up valuation before buyout, prosecutors allege

Posted on Tuesday February 17, 2026

Data leak at Abu Dhabi finance summit exposes politicians and business leaders

Personal documents including passports belonging to hundreds of attendees of ADFW found online

Posted on Tuesday February 17, 2026

Global regulators fret about banks’ rising use of credit risk transfers

Barclays among biggest users of transactions that pose new dangers for financial system

Posted on Tuesday February 17, 2026

UK inflation falls sharply to 3% in January

Data increases odds of a BoE rate reduction as soon as next month

Posted on Wednesday February 18, 2026

Spain first to enter race for Lagarde succession at ECB

Spanish government seeks ‘influential and meaningful position’ at helm of Eurozone central bank

Posted on Wednesday February 18, 2026

UCL students win £21mn over Covid disruption in watershed settlement

Move involving 6,500 claimants is set to put pressure on other universities to compensate graduates

Posted on Wednesday February 18, 2026

Maga will regret embracing Europe’s hard right

Nationalists on the continent have historically opposed America more than anything else

Posted on Wednesday February 18, 2026

Reform UK would bring back two-child benefit cap, says Jenrick

Party’s new ‘shadow chancellor’ is seeking to present a more conservative economic policy platform

Posted on Wednesday February 18, 2026