SpaceX may donate stock to Trump’s savings accounts for kids, report says

Sources suggest Musk may be mulling big donation to Trump Accounts.

Barclays buys Canary Wharf HQ for £750mn

UK bank buys 999-year lease on London headquarters in one of Europe’s biggest office deals in recent years

Battery metals futures heat up as volatility stirs markets

Trading of cobalt and lithium futures contracts has risen this year on the leading European and US exchanges

It’s not just the super-wealthy using Lombard loans to buy property

Asset-backed lending is increasingly being deployed to stretch budgets and jump queues

Magnificent Seven stocks shed $2.2tn in Wall Street tech rotation

Investors switch to soaring chipmakers benefiting from hyperscalers’ vast AI spending

Yen weakens to 40-year low

Japanese currency slides past ¥162 as Federal Reserve’s hawkish shift piles on pressure

How Elliott is becoming the hedge fund industry’s new ‘Tiger cub’ factory

The vaunted investor Paul Singer has spawned a small army of new firms mirroring Julian Robertson’s ‘Tiger cubs’

Gold heads for worst quarter in more than a decade as retail frenzy fades

Expectations of higher interest rates fuelled by Iran war help end bullion’s record rally

BP deputy chief to leave company in latest upheaval at oil major

Carol Howle, the trading chief appointed deputy CEO less than three months ago, is set to retire

Private equity fund investors turn to debt-like deals in downturn

Backers of buyout funds agreed $9bn worth of ‘alternative’ transactions last year, up from $6bn in 2024

Burnham’s radical localism alone won’t fix the UK economy

His speech hits the right political notes but fails to offer a clear roadmap for growth

How the great wealth transfer is rattling Wall Street

Tens of trillions of dollars are moving between generations — and younger heirs feel little loyalty to traditional advisers