Private market marks, say hello to public markets

Ouch

Posted on Tuesday December 16, 2025

US banks win back right to lend more than they should

Trump has gifted lenders the freedom to make the same mistakes again

Posted on Tuesday December 16, 2025

A review of the ECB’s proposed banking rules overhaul

Simplification — EU style

Posted on Tuesday December 16, 2025

Banks’ asset growth outstripped by non-traditional institutions’

Private credit groups, hedge funds and other institutions account for more than half of global financial assets

Posted on Tuesday December 16, 2025

Investor group Kimmeridge offers $6bn for gas driller at centre of clash

Energy PE firm says its offer is superior to proposed fund-to-fund transfer that led to accusations of self-dealing

Posted on Tuesday December 16, 2025

Warner Bros to rebuff $108bn Paramount hostile offer

Hollywood studio and streaming company open to new bid but there are doubts over Ellison family funding

Posted on Tuesday December 16, 2025

Trump has ‘alcoholic’s personality’ says chief of staff in tell-all interview

Susie Wiles reveals administration’s divisions over tariffs, Epstein files and the vice-president’s shifting allegiances

Posted on Tuesday December 16, 2025

UK set to rejoin EU’s flagship student exchange programme

Britain expected to return to Erasmus+ scheme in 2027 as part of reset of relations with the bloc

Posted on Tuesday December 16, 2025

US unemployment rate hits four-year high of 4.6%

Jobless level for November indicates weakening labour market

Posted on Tuesday December 16, 2025

Macron: We urgently need to rebalance EU-China relations

Resolving serious trade imbalances will require co-operation and co-ordinated action

Posted on Tuesday December 16, 2025