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

Historic Nasa Moon mission returns safely to Earth

Artemis voyage entranced world and highlighted space race between US and China

Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026

UK drops bill to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius after US opposition

British officials acknowledge the legislation had run out of time to proceed to the statute book

Posted on Friday April 10, 2026

Warsh’s confirmation as Trump’s next Fed chair risks delay

Sluggish process could leave Jay Powell at helm of central bank despite US president’s push for policy reset

Posted on Friday April 10, 2026

JD Vance says US-Iran talks should be ‘positive’ as negotiators arrive in Islamabad

Vice-president’s comments come ahead of crunch meeting in Pakistan that is focused on trying to resolve the conflict

Posted on Friday April 10, 2026

Cyber security stocks fall on worries over Anthropic’s advanced AI tool

Mythos model was able to detect critical software vulnerabilities that were missed by legacy systems

Posted on Friday April 10, 2026