Lex Greensill fails to persuade court to throw out UK director ban case

Australian financier must go to trial over fate after Insolvency Service launched probe

Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026

BofA pitches bets against European private credit

US bank told clients that European stocks exposed to private credit had 30 per cent ‘downside risk’

Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026

MFS owner Paresh Raja hit with worldwide freezing order

Businessman barred from spending more than £5,000 a week without administrators’ consent

Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026

UBS dusts off cowbells as it completes transfer of Credit Suisse clients

Swiss bank hails milestone as it moves 1.2mn customers of former rival on to its systems

Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026

Who cares if private credit goes kaput?

Sizing up the systemic exposure

Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026

Japan rebels over $6bn fee for SoftBank under US trade deal

Dispute about power station payment shows Tokyo’s unease with governance of $550bn in investments

Posted on Thursday March 19, 2026

Oil above $110 as Trump says US could ‘massively’ blow up Iran gasfield

Tehran-controlled South Pars site, Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG terminal and UAE’s Habshan gas facility all struck within past day

Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026

Iran inflicts ‘extensive damage’ on site of world’s largest LNG facility in Qatar

Tehran vowed to retaliate against Gulf energy plants after its South Pars gasfield was hit

Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026

Fed chief Jay Powell says Iran oil crisis will worsen US inflation

Short-term borrowing costs jump to highest level since last summer as central bankers lift forecasts for price growth

Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026

Russia considers sending armed naval patrols to protect ‘shadow fleet’

Putin ally Patrushev says Moscow could deploy ‘mobile firing groups’ after series of suspected Ukrainian attacks on ships

Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2026