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

Iran’s top military command calls Trump’s threats against infrastructure ‘delusional’

Tehran says US president’s ‘rude’ and ‘baseless’ threats do not make up for America’s ‘humiliation’ in the region

Posted on Monday April 06, 2026

US health insurer shares jump as Trump administration boosts Medicare payments

UnitedHealth and Humana stock rallies as subsidies for certain healthcare programmes are set to rise

Posted on Monday April 06, 2026

Iran’s top military command says Trump’s threats to bomb infrastructure are ‘delusional’

Iran’s top military command said the US president’s “rude” and “baseless” threats do not make up for America’s “humiliation” in the region

Posted on Monday April 06, 2026

Trump says US could destroy Iran ‘in one night’ as he demands opening of Hormuz

President steps up threats to target civil infrastructure if Tehran does not agree deal by Tuesday night

Posted on Monday April 06, 2026

UK to host meeting on safe passage through Strait of Hormuz after war

Conference comes after Donald Trump warns western allies they will have to secure the strategically important waterway

Posted on Monday April 06, 2026