Trump to authorise new sanctions against Turkish officials

...enable, facilitate and finance these heinous acts in Syria,” Mr Trump said. “I am fully prepared to swiftly...

Climate protesters take ‘October Revolution’ to City of London

...at the forefront of efforts to champion green finance — a key part of the answer to this global crisis.” The Bank of...

Priceline owner becomes latest to drop Facebook’s Libra

...financial system, sent a letter to G20 finance ministers warning that digital currencies presented “a host of...

Saudi Arabia expected to sign off on long-awaited IPO this week

Saudi Arabia is expected to officially approve long-awaited plans for the initial public offering of its state energy...

US private equity group to buy Sophos for $3.9bn

...“have tons of money to deploy, and the UK is very familiar to them”, said Ludovic Phalippou, professor of finance at the...

UK Ministry of Justice scraps proposed increase in probate fees

The UK government has scrapped controversial plans to overhaul probate fees which would have seen the wealthiest...

An Austrian bank’s brush with hot Russian money

...Vienna’s oldest and most opaque finance houses, into an uncomfortable spotlight. Little known outside the...

Total buys 37% of India’s Adani gas distribution business

French energy major Total is to buy 37 per cent of Indian conglomerate Adani Group’s gas distribution business as part...

Private equity must show more transparency

...types of finance. German companies have been at the centre of some of the industry’s largest deals this year. In the US...

China new energy vehicle sales drop 34%

New energy vehicle sales in China, the world’s largest car market, fell for the third month in a row as a slowdown in...

Opening Quote: US private equity house to buy Sophos in $3.9bn deal

...retail banking correspondent reports. Job moves UK Finance, the banking trade association, has appointed Charlotte Hogg...

Russia cyber aggression fuels tensions with west

...and Chinese meddling. This would involve finance and home affairs ministries simulating everything from fake news to...

Spying scandal weighs on Tidjane Thiam’s tenure at Credit Suisse

...establishment against the foreigners. Mr Thiam — a rare black foreigner in Swiss finance — heads a bank whose dominant...

The Last Bluff, by Viktoria Dendrinou and Eleni Varvitsioti

...averted an even bigger disaster. This is particularly the case with Mr Varoufakis’s short tenure as finance minister. At a...

Heed the warning of unsustainable climate trends

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Trafigura bets on Congo even as Glencore shuts mine

Swiss commodity trader Trafigura is helping to finance a $450m Congolese copper and cobalt facility even as Glencore...

Providers warn NHS pensions crisis puts patients at risk this winter

Patients will be at risk of unsafe care this winter unless an urgent solution can be found to the pensions crisis...

Rich divorcees face strains in new-found financial freedom

...potential of many divorced women. “Often they have had a back seat when it comes to finance, yet with new-found...

Global regulators put pressure on Libra with enhanced scrutiny

...of the struggling Libra project. In a letter to G20 finance ministers on Sunday, Randal Quarles, the head of the global...

Leonardo Del Vecchio, the Italian billionaire defying old age

...childhood in an orphanage, shook the world of Italian finance in September by acquiring a 7 per cent stake in Italian...

Facebook’s hubris comes at a heavy cost for Libra

...Facebook’s inability to demonstrate it has taken key steps to make its system safe. Last month, French finance minister...

Former FDIC head criticises financial company sold to Blackstone

...original institution where it can be used to finance loans. “The significant technology and infrastructure we’ve invested...

Morses hopes path of careful change will win out on UK’s doorsteps

...argues “non-standard finance providers” help those with poor credit histories — the unemployed, students,...

Investment pot overflows as Germany’s infrastructure crumbles

...off the drawing board.  Olaf Scholz, the finance minister, highlighted the issue last month in an interview with the...

Russia looks at alternatives to dollar for energy transactions

...-dollarisation” scheme that has seen the finance ministry’s bond programme issue all new debtin euros and roubles. The...

How hard has China been hit by the trade war?

How hard has China been hit by the trade war? The trajectory of trade talks seems to vary on a daily basis, but the...

Private equity firms go small after string of big deals collapse

...such as Ares, Antares and Owl Rock, which have raised billions of dollars to finance leveraged buyouts. This has eased...

China to scrap foreign ownership caps for fund companies from April

Giuliani says he is unaware of probe into his Ukraine activities

...finance laws. The pair allegedly were also involved in efforts to dig up dirt on Mr Biden and the Ukrainian business...

Lossmaking tech shares face rough ride as lock-up clauses expire

...fall 1 per cent according to Jay Ritter, finance professor at the University of Florida. “There has definitely been a drop...

Mastercard, Visa, eBay and Stripe quit Facebook’s Libra

...Mastercard and Mercado Pago had also quit Libra. The Libra alliance, a group largely made up of finance and technology...