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

Starmer accused of scapegoating officials over Mandelson scandal

UK prime minister fends off calls to quit in chastening House of Commons debate

Posted on Monday April 20, 2026

Kevin Warsh to say Fed independence not threatened by political pressure

Donald Trump’s pick for chair will tell powerful Senate committee that central bank must ‘stay in its lane’

Posted on Monday April 20, 2026

Merz and Commerzbank attack Orcel’s ‘hostile tactics’ as takeover battle escalates

UniCredit chief says German lender risks becoming ‘increasingly unfit’ for rapidly changing banking market 

Posted on Monday April 20, 2026

The Mandelson fiasco reveals the true nature of Starmerism

This is a prime minister who does not understand the difficult trade-offs involved in governing

Posted on Monday April 20, 2026

Starmer feels MPs’ fury as Mandelson fallout widens

Labour MPs question their leader’s judgment but still lack consensus on whether to oust him after local elections

Posted on Monday April 20, 2026