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

Peace talks present big test on global stage for JD Vance

Tehran and Washington have never held direct bilateral negotiations

Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026

JD Vance arrives in Pakistan for ‘positive’ peace talks with Iran

US vice-president says he hopes to build on the fragile 14-day ceasefire

Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026

The damage wrought on the Middle East’s oil and gas supplies

Saudi Arabia and Qatar have both suffered significant damage to production capacity during the US-Israeli war against Iran

Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026

Only two events have mattered in my 30 years of investing

Markets have shrugged off everything from geopolitics to financial crises

Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026

The tragedy of leisure

The combination of AI and small families will create more free time than is good for us 

Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026