The probe gripping Italy’s banking industry
Plus, private credit lenders submit to stress tests and a tumultuous few months at commodities trading giant Gunvor
Transcript: Swiss prosecutors file charges against Credit Suisse and UBS
Sonja Hutson talks to Mercedes Ruehl and Chris Smyth
Britain’s brokers provide evidence of a knee-high market recovery
Sales of big slugs of stock have picked up in recent months
Fall in board pay drives fears top directors will shun London
FTSE 100 non-executive fees trail inflation by almost 12% over the past decade, new research finds
ECB refuses to provide backstop for €140bn Ukraine loan
Central bank rejects role in European Commission proposal that uses frozen Russian assets
Meloni’s party pushes to declare Italy’s gold ‘property of the people’
Country’s central bank says it owns the reserves to ‘boost confidence’ in its financial system and in the euro
Brussels rejects Dutch request to dump manure on fields
EU regulations limit the amount of nitrates that can be deposited by the country’s livestock sector
Let me count the ways in which Labour isn’t working
The government’s muddled thinking on the economy is causing it to haemorrhage support on all sides
The UK Budget’s energy price cut won’t stop bills from rising
Neither the size nor the composition of the reduction addresses the system’s underlying problems
Designer Paul Smith: ‘Beautiful houses are best left alone’
His 19th-century west London home has perfect doll’s house proportions and is filled with missives, mementoes and trinkets — a joyful testament to a lifetime of curiosity and collecting
The hardliner who wants to make Chile great again
José Antonio Kast, who has appealed to anger over crime and immigration, would be the most rightwing president in 35 years of democracy
Adanola’s affordable leggings are chasing Lululemon
The gym-to-coffee shop womenswear brand from Manchester needs to stretch carefully
The billionaires and the bank boss: Italian prosecutors take aim
A 35-page warrant alleges a plot to seize control of Generali, one of the key players in Italian finance
Europe should repeal the directive that’s killing growth
It badly needs access to reliable fossil fuels from dependable allies like the US
Videos are the new start-up pitch decks
The pandemic forced tech founders to record messages when fundraising, now slick trailers are becoming the norm
UK pension funds dump US equities on fears of AI bubble
Public and private-sector funds concerned over market’s growing concentration in a small number of tech stocks
EQT weighs higher charges on large investors thanks to retail cash
Influx of money from wealthy individuals has made private equity group less reliant on traditional backers
Jemima Kelly tries reiki – the treatment with ‘joyraising’ powers
HTSI’s wellness sceptic attempts to feel the energy
North Sea executives tell Reeves windfall tax is weighing on investment
Warning comes as Harbour Energy says it will axe 100 of its offshore workforce after chancellor kept headline 78% levy
Will the next blockbuster drug come from China?
The biopharma industry is booming following record investment and improved supply chains
Royal splits and billionaire breakups: the women who remade divorce law
From reluctant recruits in a male-dominated profession to stars who have defined their field
Zara clothes reappear in Russia despite Inditex’s exit
Sale of branded products follows Spanish group’s insistence it was not returning to the country
Business school teaching case study: A cereal for growth
A social enterprise is tackling child malnutrition in Ghana, but can it balance purpose and profit as it expands?
Is the future of British high fashion with its high street?
Collaborations are bringing small labels to new audiences and big retailers the chance to revitalise their fashion credentials