Banks feel pressure from private credit
Nonbank lenders are now providing capital even to low-risk corporate clients. Private credit has become a recognised asset class and…
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Two trade deals and a rate cut in one week … are things looking up for UK plc?
You wait three years for a trade deal and then two come along at once. As of Monday, the UK…
The Guardian view on Reeves’s trickle-down economics: deregulation dressed as economic renewal | Editorial
Rachel Reeves’s Mansion House speech mattered less for what it changed than what it confirmed: she’s staying – and backing…
Wise goes to the US. Will its founder’s supercharged voting rights follow? | Nils Pratley
Back in 2021, the arrival on the London stock market of Wise, a rapidly expanding money transfer company, generated a…
Do I (in the UK) need to worry about the US stock market?
A trade war with China and suggestions Donald Trump will sack the head of the Federal Reserve have weighed heavily…
Gulf Coast shrimpers say tariffs are a lifeline for their industry
Shrimpers along the Gulf Coast are calling for stronger federal protections, saying unfair foreign trade practices and international investment are…
Reform of cash Isas is still on the agenda. Quite right, too | Nils Pratley
Hands off our cash Isas! Don’t punish savers for choosing safety! Don’t force everyone into stocks and shares! Think of…
Chipotle and Sweetgreen bet big on small farmers amid agriculture crisis
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins discusses President Donald Trump’s trade deal with Vietnam and how the ‘big, beautiful bill’ will help…
Nomura to buy Macquarie’s US and EU asset mgmt business for $1.8b
Nomura’s AUM is expected to be $770b after completion of the sale. Nomura is acquiring Macquarie’s US and European public…
Nationwide warns Reeves against cutting tax breaks on cash Isas
Britain’s biggest building society has waded into a row over whether the government should cut tax breaks on cash Isas,…