Asia’s rising riches protect insurers against China’s policy shifts

So long as the region’s wealth accumulation continues to outpace that of most developed economies

Posted on Friday August 21, 2026

HSBC spends $68mn on biggest cull of senior bankers since financial crisis

Reduction came as Europe’s largest lenders shed biggest number of highly paid bankers since 2020

Posted on Friday August 21, 2026

Guggenheim loan trades in distressed territory after investor call

Chief executive Mark Walter’s business empire has come under pressure amid probe into his insurance holdings

Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026

Quant funds rocked as Treasury boosts buybacks and Moderna shares leap

Tumultuous session puts further pressure on momentum trades that have been unsettled since AI-related stock sell-off

Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026

Nvidia looks well placed to benefit from the next stage of the AI boom

The world’s biggest chip company is using its balance sheet to seed new markets and a new business model

Posted on Thursday August 20, 2026

Scott Bessent takes on bond vigilantes in $32tn Treasury market

Wall Street investors say move to buy more long-term US debt is a ‘band-aid on a bullet hole’

Posted on Friday August 21, 2026

Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did

Young non-graduate men face unique setbacks

Posted on Friday August 21, 2026

Burnham should beware the perils of cost of living policy

Like Starmer and Sunak before him, he risks focusing too much on things beyond his control

Posted on Friday August 21, 2026

Healey warned to limit Budget borrowing amid bond sell-off

New chancellor plans to stay ‘well within’ Labour’s fiscal rules, say allies

Posted on Friday August 21, 2026

The battle over golf’s future

New management wants the sport to become more commercial, but others worry billionaires have too much say

Posted on Friday August 21, 2026