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

Nick Candy sells Chelsea mansion for more than £275mn

Deal for Providence House in central London marks capital’s most expensive house sale

Posted on Thursday April 02, 2026

Gulf states consider new pipelines to avoid Strait of Hormuz

Conflict prompts countries to revisit plans that replicate Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline despite huge cost and complexity

Posted on Thursday April 02, 2026

Ofwat poised to waive Thames Water fines to 2030 under deal

Clock is ticking on approving creditors’ emergency offer for utility as October deadline looms

Posted on Thursday April 02, 2026

The global wave of energy rationing

Governments from Bangladesh to Zambia impose measures to cut fuel demand as Middle East conflict cuts off flows

Posted on Thursday April 02, 2026

UK has ‘limited’ defences against ballistic missile threats, warns ex-RAF official

Former commander of Britain’s ground-based air defences also says the £1bn earmarked for investment is insufficient

Posted on Thursday April 02, 2026