Banks and fintechs gear up for fight over funding of high street hubs
Traditional banks want online-only operators to fund hubs required to mitigate branch closures
US equity market developments during the AI boom
This box analyses developments in US equity markets during the recent AI boom and highlights recent signs of heightened price differentiation within the broader equity market rally. It shows that, over the past years, US equity valuations have been bolstered by strong realised and expected earnings tied to the AI boom. Risk appetite in US equity markets has been strong, with compensation for equity risk falling to relatively low levels during this period.
GSI tensions and defence moves raise stakes in Greek–Turkish relations
Turkey’s renewed warnings towards Greece are increasingly being viewed in Athens not as isolated bursts of rhetoric, but as part of a broader shift in a relationship that in recent years has operated under a carefully managed - and always fragile - calm.
ELAS builds party machinery, stokes row over heating oil as Kasidiaris targets comeback
As Greece enters a long pre‑election period marked by economic anxiety and political volatility, Alexis Tsipras is accelerating efforts to turn ELAS into a fully-fledged nationwide organisation capable of competing in the next general election.
David Ellison slays foes of his $110bn goliath
Paramount Skydance has clinched a settlement with US states that sued to block its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
Deutsche Bank’s asset manager explores curbs on German property funds
DWS considers emergency measures as investors pull money from open-ended retail product
Why Blackstone’s latest plans at Lloyd’s of London have sparked a firestorm
Private capital investors are now competing head-on with insurers, shaking up the sector
Polymarket presses Europe to treat its bets as financial products
US prediction markets platform is seeking to be regulated as a financial services firm rather than under a patchwork of gambling legislation
World’s biggest derivatives exchange finally set for $46bn market debut
Long-delayed listing by National Stock Exchange of India comes amid rising scrutiny of options trading
Trump and Xi Meet Amid an Uneasy U.S.-China Trade Truce
Beyond warm meetings between their leaders, the countries are engaging in tit-for-tat measures that call into question the stability of their arrangement.
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