Wall Street’s big private capital problem

Plus, Victory boosts bid for Janus, private capital’s financing wheeze and Giant hits Broadway

Posted on Monday March 23, 2026

The Shakespearean animus of Botín and Orcel

The Italian’s bid for Commerzbank may prove to be the final act in European banking’s rivalrous drama

Posted on Monday March 23, 2026

BNP Paribas surges up UK M&A rankings

French bank boosted by deals including £9.9bn Schroders takeover

Posted on Monday March 23, 2026

UK home insurers to lose money on underwriting in 2026, analysis predicts

Higher fuel and energy costs, along with wage and price pressures, will drive up claims costs, EY says

Posted on Monday March 23, 2026

The ghost bankers haunting the City

Unable to leave the financial district, some senior staff appear to be working long after handing in their pass

Posted on Monday March 23, 2026

Chinese government bonds emerge as lone war haven

Yields on China’s debt are down marginally since the start of the conflict while those of other major economies have risen

Posted on Wednesday April 01, 2026

Trump says US could withdraw from Iran ‘whether we have a deal or not’

US president signals growing impatience with a war that has sent energy prices spiralling

Posted on Wednesday April 01, 2026

Markets rebound on hopes war will end soon

Asian stocks surge as Donald Trump says US to end conflict in Iran within ‘2 to 3 weeks’

Posted on Tuesday March 31, 2026

Judge halts construction of Trump’s $400mn White House ballroom

First major setback for 90,000 sq ft white and gold project since East Wing was demolished in October

Posted on Tuesday March 31, 2026

Trump says US to end war in Iran within ‘2 to 3 weeks’

US president says he is prepared to withdraw from conflict ‘whether we have a deal or not’

Posted on Tuesday March 31, 2026