UK house prices edge higher despite Budget uncertainty
Bigger than expected rise takes average property cost to £272,998
Financial Policy Committee Record - December 2025
Our Financial Policy Committee (FPC) meets to identify risks to financial stability and agree policy actions aimed at safeguarding the resilience of the UK financial system.
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
Britain’s brokers provide evidence of a knee-high market recovery
Sales of big slugs of stock have picked up in recent months
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
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
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
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
5 Lessons from the End of the Larry Summers Era
Summers’ influence was immense, but so were his blind spots. It’s time for economics that values people and the planet over power and prestige.
The era of Larry Summers’ dominance in American economics is over. It’s a good moment to take stock.
Many super funds are still failing retirees, even as millions prepare to stop work
vitaly gariev/UnsplashToo many superannuation funds are still failing to provide sufficient support to retirees, three years after being urged to lift standards, Australia’s top regulators have warned.
This failure to prepare comes despite the massive demographic wave of Australians already in or about to enter retirement.
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