Millions turn to AI for pension planning

Plus, Berkshire’s buyback, hedge funds rethink EM, and Michelangelo and Rodin at the Louvre

Posted on Monday March 09, 2026

Largest backer of UK water companies shuns sector amid struggles

US insurer Assured Guaranty has amassed $15bn of exposure to British utilities

Posted on Monday March 09, 2026

London is becoming a dip-in, dip-out city for the super-rich

Buyers of super-prime property are dropping their budgets and shifting their full-time base away from the capital. But it remains an important anchor

Posted on Monday March 09, 2026

Vontobel warns that Switzerland must avoid ‘over-regulation’

Co-CEO of Swiss financial group says country should preserve its competitiveness in the wake of Credit Suisse’s collapse

Posted on Monday March 09, 2026

Gulf businesses buy up political violence insurance as conflict spreads

Data centres, energy projects and hotels move to limit potential losses

Posted on Sunday March 08, 2026

G7 to discuss joint release of emergency oil reserves

Middle East war has triggered surge in crude prices that threatens global economy

Posted on Monday March 09, 2026

G7 to discuss joint release of emergency oil reserves

Middle East war has triggered surge in crude prices that threatens global economy

Posted on Monday March 09, 2026

Farage misses out on Trump meeting as their relationship cools

British populist politician aimed to reinforce his view about the UK’s Chagos Islands deal in conversation with US president

Posted on Monday March 09, 2026

Which economies will pay the biggest price for the Iran war?

American consumers will feel pain at the petrol pump, but US is a net energy exporter unlike its European allies

Posted on Monday March 09, 2026

Kharg Island: Iran’s oil lifeline that Trump has left untouched

How US deals with crucial export hub could shed light on its longer-term strategy towards Iran

Posted on Monday March 09, 2026