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

Meta to cut 10% of jobs to ‘offset’ Zuckerberg’s AI spending

Social media group plans to spend $135bn on data centres this year

Posted on Thursday April 23, 2026

China hackers steal western secrets by targeting consumer gadgets

Compromised home internet routers and smart fridges are being used in cyber attacks, intelligence agencies warn

Posted on Thursday April 23, 2026

UK in talks with Anthropic over Mythos access for banks

British lenders seek advice from US groups testing powerful new cyber security AI model

Posted on Thursday April 23, 2026

Microsoft to offer 7% of US staff voluntary redundancy for the first time

Long-serving employees given option for buyouts as it prepared to spend $140bn on AI investment this year

Posted on Thursday April 23, 2026

South Africa’s new Trump whisperer

Sending a white Afrikaner as ambassador to the US is a diplomatic masterstroke

Posted on Thursday April 23, 2026