Ben Martin

A rebound in trading in the oil and gas markets helped to drive a bigger rise in first-half profits than had been expected at the world’s biggest interdeal

Banks lent more than £30 billion in riskier mortgages in the year to March, despite rising interest rates.Data obtained by Mazars, the accountancy group, from

The departures of a string of senior employees from Hambro Perks have increased uncertainty at the top of the venture capital firm after the abrupt exit of its

UBS was hit with $1.4 billion in penalties last night by authorities in the United States for its role in selling mortgage-backed securities that were at the

The City watchdog is expanding its scrutiny of how financial services firms handle their political exposures in the wake of Nigel Farage’s row with Coutts. The

Retailers including B&M and Poundland are eyeing possible bids for the stricken discounter Wilko, it emerged last night.Wilko collapsed last week and administra

A central pillar of Britain’s financial system was hit by disruption yesterday after a vital payments service used by homebuyers and run by the Bank of England

The private equity firm that owns PG Tips has revived plans for a stock market flotation that would put a multibillion-pound price on the buyout house.It emer

The taxman has paid out more than £500,000 in the past year for tip-offs about tax fraud by informants such as disgruntled employees and former spouses, the hig

The threat of strikes in Australia causing disruption to the world’s gas supplies moved a step closer after unions warned that there could be a walkout at offsh