• April 23 2025
  Moral Money

  New York’s warning to asset managers highlights risks of green retreat Premium content

  City’s pension funds are prepared to drop managers that do not have net zero goals

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• April 23 2025
  Due Diligence

  Elliott’s BP pressure campaign Premium content

  Plus, the man behind Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Project Jes’ and the private credit partnership that’s taking off

  
• April 23 2025
  Nomura Holdings Inc

  Nomura’s top banker says traders’ ability to go ‘max risk’ is now higher

  Christopher Willcox tasked with rebuilding wholesale business in wake of $2.9bn Archegos debacle

  
• April 22 2025
  Fund management

  New York pension funds put asset managers on notice over climate plans

  Comptroller demands credible transition plans aligned with city’s goal to reach net zero by 2040

  
• April 22 2025
  BP PLC

  Hedge fund Elliott turns up heat on BP with demand for deep spending cuts

  US activist discloses 5% stake and warns pivot back to oil and gas does not go far enough

  
• April 22 2025
  Markets volatility

  Dollar rout forces UK currency risk specialist to suspend shares

  UK-listed Argentex warns that falling greenback has resulted in margin calls hitting its liquidity

  
• April 22 2025
  Pensions industry

  Pension groups cut back on pioneering private equity investments

  Canadian pension funds are increasingly favouring partnerships with buyout firms

  
• April 22 2025
  Due Diligence

  Why I’m leaving London, billionaire edition Premium content

  Plus, Beijing-backed funds pause US PE investments and the big donors behind Trump’s record-breaking inaugural fund

  
• April 22 2025
  UK property

  Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund sues over City of London skyscraper

  Willis Building owner says tower at 50 Fenchurch Street will obstruct light

  
• April 22 2025
  Nomura Holdings Inc

  Nomura to buy Macquarie asset management units in its biggest deal since Lehman

  Japanese bank seeks growth in US and Europe with $1.8bn acquisition

  
• April 21 2025
  Private equity

  China pulls back from US private equity investments

  Industry executives report change of approach as Beijing bears brunt of Trump’s tariffs

  
• April 21 2025
  Wealth management

  Swiss private bank EFG courts wealthy Asian clients in London

  Dedicated team will target people looking to diversify where their money is managed in the face of US upheaval

  
• April 21 2025
  Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

  Peter Hargreaves to join Hargreaves Lansdown board following £5.4bn takeover

  Investment group’s biggest shareholder to return to oversight role on company he co-founded in 1981

  
• April 19 2025
  News in-depthIan Osborne

  Ian Osborne: fixer to the rich and powerful behind Epstein’s ‘Project Jes’

  A court case in London reveals messages mounting a campaign to install Jes Staley as CEO of Barclays bank

  
• April 19 2025
  LexNeil Woodford

  Neil Woodford times his second coming to perfection Premium content

  Former UK fund manager plots Easter comeback but his new ‘investment strategy platform’ has some obvious flaws

  
• April 18 2025
  Mergers & Acquisitions

  Capital One’s $35.5bn takeover of Discover Financial approved by US

  Fed and OCC’s decision marks the first major bank merger in more than five years

  
• April 17 2025
  Blackstone Group LP

  Blackstone president warns US risks recession without trade deals

  Progress in ‘tariff diplomacy’ will determine level of danger for economy, says Jonathan Gray

  
• April 17 2025
  Exchange traded funds

  The belated CLO ETF stress test

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• April 17 2025
  Worldpay Inc

  Global Payments to buy Worldpay in $24bn deal

  Three-way transaction will hand fintech FIS control of Global Payments’ issuer solutions arm

  
• April 17 2025
  Barclays PLC

  Brookfield strikes deal for Barclays’ payments business

  Seven-year timeline set over which private equity group could buy 80% stake in unit

  
• April 17 2025
  Binance

  Binance acting as adviser to governments on crypto regulations

  Move by world’s biggest digital assets exchange comes less than two years after it pleaded guilty to US criminal charges

  
• April 15 2025
  Blackstone Group LP

  Blackstone joins Vanguard to expand into individuals’ portfolios

  Big asset managers seek to bolster private offerings

  
• April 15 2025
  HP Enterprise

  Activist Elliott takes $1.5bn stake in Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  Hedge fund group seeks to turn around hardware and software manufacturer’s languishing performance

  
• April 15 2025
  Bank bonuses

  Bonuses surge for top traders at EU investment firms after cap is lifted

  European Banking Authority says variable pay for some staff has risen to more than €1mn

  
• April 15 2025
  Grant Thornton UK LLP

  Grant Thornton UK partners paid £682,000 as Cinven completes buyout

  Mid-tier firm MHA floats on London’s Aim as shake-up of sector gathers steam

  

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