Commercial property confronts the ‘comedown’ from easy money
As René Benko’s Signa property empire implodes, the rest of the sector faces a reckoning
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Hedge fund Muddy Waters shorts Blackstone mortgage trust
Private equity firm rebuts short seller’s warning about ‘a lot of rot in its book’
Oh, Christmas tree: The economics of the US holiday tree industry
Peace, joy and profit margins: Retailers sell Christmas trees at a markup of up to 500%. Iuliia Bondar/Getty Images PlusChristmas today is a big business, and one part of that is the multibillion-dollar business of selling Christmas trees. The U.S.
Hearing highlights split in support for ‘Basel III endgame’ bank rules
Republicans sympathise with Wall Street executives’ concerns while some Democrats downplay effect on lending
E.U. Relaxes Trade Rules on Electric Cars From Britain
The British and European car industries had lobbied for a delay in a measure that would have added costly tariffs to many electric vehicles.
Michael Gove’s ground rent reforms risk backlash from UK investors
Government plans to cap payments could lead to compensation claims from pension funds, trade body warns
BlackRock to roll out first generative AI tools to clients next month
World’s largest money manager aims to gain an edge over rivals in race to harness emerging technology
Coventry bid for Co-op Bank could return lender to mutual ownership
Private equity-owned lender receives non-binding bid from UK’s third-largest building society
Hedge fund trader at heart of cum-ex scandal extradited to Denmark
Briton Sanjay Shah is accused of defrauding the Scandinavian nation of $1.3bn
PM focusses on fairness of tax bill, leaving limited space for opposition
Ahead of the visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, the political attention in Greece turned to tax issues on Wednesday as the parties debated the government’s contentious tax bill, which will see the self-employed taxed based on a minimum income.
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