Global turmoil put paid to financier Nat Rothschild's $2.07 billion (£1.3 billion) plans to buy a 75% stake in Indonesian mining business Bumi Resources Minerals... more
Graham Hand, boss of the lobby group representing UK construction consultants, British Expertise, threatens to throttle Foreign Office officials for preventing his members from re-taking their positions in Libya... more
If the Queen had not abolished the practice in 1958, today would have been the start of the summer season with three, high-profile debutantes coming out on the London market... more
Valuations of some recent commodity sector flotations look "incredibly bubbly", according to Better Capital chairman Jon Moulton, one the best-known names in the British private equity industry... more
Tony Hayward enjoys a phoenix-like recovery in the City as Vallares, the oil investment vehicle he co-founded with financier Nat Rothschild, closes its fundraising two days early after raising £1.35 billion, a third more expected... more
Three energy companies have tapped the London stock market for just over £1.3 billion of new capital to exploit ventures from the Baltics to Equatorial Guinea... more
A meeting between a dictator's son and a senior Cabinet minister at a classic English shooting party revealed how deeply the Gaddafi regime wormed its way into the British Establishment... more
Market Round-up: Two days after banking scion Nat Rothschild tied up his $3 billion three-way reverse take–over of two Indonesian coal-mining giants, competition for his crown and the attention of investors emerges from the darkness
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Financier Nat Rothschild says he raised £700 million for his London-listed mining vehicle, Vallar — £100 million more than targeted in a sign of the growing appetite for investment in the capital ... more
Financier says he has won the interest of a “world-class group of investors” as he set out mining acquisition plans to raise £600 million for his London-listed vehicle, Vallar... more
After being told last week that they will not receive their regular share of the firm's profits for the next six months, partners at City law firm Eversheds seem desperate to hold on to their perks... more
Few people in Britain have taken too seriously the claims by US Nobel economics laureate Paul Krugman and other luminaries that Gordon Brown's recapitalisation of the banks means he is a global superhero... more
George Osborne committed a cardinal sin in Corfu by disclosing details of private discussions he had had with Lord Mandelson while staying at Nat Rothschild's villa... more
They've known each other for years, so why did Nat Rothschild betray the shadow Tory chancellor? At stake for the former playboy turned hedge fund boss is a fistful of mega-deals with the controversial oligarch Oleg Deripaska
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AT a City lunch, Nat Rothschild sat quietly, waiting for others to speak. Given by one of the major private equity groups, it was a high-powered gathering. Among the guests were Marcus Agius, chairman of Barclays, Sir David Arculus, director of O2 and chairman of the Better Regulation Task Force and Ian Davis, managing partner of McKinsey. ... more
IF GEORGE Osborne, the shadow chancellor, finds himself fighting for his political credibility, he has only himself to blame. When the question arose as to whether he had sought to solicit donations to the Tory Party from the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska while on holiday in Corfu, he should have issued an entirely frank and full statement, or none at all. What he actually did was to declare that "we didn't ask for money; we didn't receive any". ... more
Finance: Mayfair, the centre of the London's hedge fund industry, is alive with speculation that one of the world's major hedge funds is set to collapse, bringing a fresh wave of selling and volatility on the world's stock markets... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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