Apollo makes £1.5bn bid for London-listed Bodycote
FTSE 250 components group says takeover proposal is latest in several efforts by US firm to buy its business
Posted on Friday May 22, 2026The Musk banker who took a back seat to Goldman Sachs
Michael Grimes of Morgan Stanley had been widely expected to run SpaceX’s flotation
Posted on Friday May 22, 2026JPMorgan looks to offload exposure to $4bn in private equity-linked loans
Largest US bank in discussions over risk transfer as PE firms grapple with prolonged slowdown
Posted on Friday May 22, 2026Next Harvard endowment chief faces a private equity hangover
As CEO NP Narvekar nears retirement Ivy League fund will have to reckon with expansion into sluggish private holdings
Posted on Friday May 22, 2026The commodities trader aiming to challenge sheikhs and billionaires on the football pitch
Doug King has found a new arena for risk — English football club Coventry City
Posted on Friday May 22, 2026Wall Street bets on 2026 rate rise as Kevin Warsh takes charge of the Fed
Markets expect central bank to lift borrowing costs by end of year as Iran war intensifies inflation
Posted on Friday May 22, 2026Gilt relief rally sends yields to biggest weekly drop since 2023
Burnham pledge to stick to fiscal rules and pullback from bets on higher BoE interest rates drive rebound
Posted on Friday May 22, 2026Europe needs plan to replace US forces, says Czech president
Petr Pavel, a former Nato general, says allies need to get ahead of Donald Trump setting his own deadlines
Posted on Friday May 22, 2026America’s ‘simultaneity’ nightmare
Trump’s pre-emptive attacks are a traumatic break with the ideals of a globalised world but the playbook is not new
Posted on Friday May 22, 2026Regional mediators travel to Tehran in push for US-Iran deal
Pakistan’s powerful army chief Asim Munir expected to join talks designed to prevent resumption of full-scale war
Posted on Friday May 22, 2026