Bill Ackman plots IPO of hedge fund Pershing Square in early 2026

Billionaire investor seeking to take investment group public as early as the first quarter of next year

Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

How British banks bounced back

UK lenders have hit post-crisis highs, which has generated anxiety over a potential tax raid

Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

UK Budget’s pensions tax raid to raise over £3bn

Expected move by chancellor Rachel Reeves next week faces strong pushback from businesses

Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Trump needs to tackle housing supply, not mortgage rates

A focus on cutting interest costs only fuels home price inflation, hitting working families

Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Stockpickers: Great Portland Estates, Greencore, Gear4Music

Our experts discuss which companies to buy, sell or hold this week

Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Britain’s tax system combines the worst of the US and Scandinavia

The UK’s experiment in eating the rich while shrinking the state has left everyone worse off

Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Trump and Mamdani set for high-stakes Oval Office face-off

Meeting marks the first in-person meeting between the US president and New York City’s mayor-elect

Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Behind the AI bubble, another tech revolution could be brewing

Today’s eye-popping valuations are based on the assumption that LLMs are the only game in town

Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Davos assured Trump ‘woke’ topics were off the agenda

US officials told organisers that President’s attendance in January depended on programme

Posted on Friday November 21, 2025

Clifford Chance cites AI as it axes 10 per cent of back-office staff

Magic circle legal firm also shifts work to lower-cost hubs in Poland and India

Posted on Friday November 21, 2025