Jefferies fund caught with $500mn exposure to second alleged invoice fraud

Point Bonita, which bankrolled collapsed First Brands Group, emerges as big creditor to Radiant World

Posted on Saturday September 05, 2026

The prime minister won’t cut spending — here’s how I’m cutting mine 

Cutting back feels self-defeating but October’s Budget will be punishing for broad-shouldered Britons

Posted on Saturday September 05, 2026

The repo market is the ‘dark matter’ of finance: powerful and perilous

How worried should we be about the multitrillion-dollar market’s influence over the cosmos of central banks, bonds, pension plans and private credit firms?

Posted on Saturday September 05, 2026

Anthropic close to awarding Morgan Stanley and Goldman top roles in $2tn IPO

AI giant on track to unveil paperwork underpinning its blockbuster Wall Street debut as soon as next week

Posted on Friday September 04, 2026

Why Berkshire Hathaway might be an active hedge

The financial citadel is well positioned if there are market dislocations

Posted on Friday September 04, 2026

Masked protesters block Dover port roads

Port operator says ‘public order incident’ is ‘affecting all routes in and out’

Posted on Saturday September 05, 2026

Treasury sell-off piles pressure on weakest US borrowers

Spreads on riskiest junk debt have climbed to their highest level since the market meltdown that followed last year’s ‘liberation day’ tariff blitz

Posted on Saturday September 05, 2026

Nigel Farage insists Reform has ‘broken no law’ after key advisers step down

Party’s conference in Birmingham overshadowed by alleged attempts to seek illegal overseas funding

Posted on Saturday September 05, 2026

Jefferies fund caught with $500mn exposure to second alleged invoice fraud

Point Bonita, which bankrolled collapsed First Brands Group, emerges as big creditor to Radiant World

Posted on Saturday September 05, 2026

The other side of the 1990s

What a misremembered decade says about the fallibility of memory

Posted on Saturday September 05, 2026