From UK 8:51pm

Germany shows way on and off the pitch

Economy is thriving thanks to long-term planning

From WORLD 8:00pm

Apple hearing unlikely to solve tax bind

Decades of bouts over corporate levies failto yield best policy

BANKS 7:07pm

How Co-op Bank quietly hung up a closed sign

Mutual stopped taking new corporate business in March

From WORLD 6:57pm

Kuroda promises to stabilise bond market

Market volatility delivers blow to Japan’s turnround

From RETAIL & CONSUMER 6:53pm

Valeant nears $9bn Bausch & Lomb deal

Purchase of eyecare maker could be made in days

From PERSONAL FINANCE 6:47pm

Directors’ Deals: latest trades

Round-up of boardroom trading

From UK 6:45pm

Ministers urged to devise exit strategy for Help to Buy scheme

Head of mortgage body sees risk of disruption to housing market

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Make the most of . . . a £500,000 pension pot

Would you spend on yourself or preserve for heirs?

FINANCIAL SERVICES 6:34pm

Hargreaves Lansdown eyes launch of ‘elite’ funds

Concern group will only flag up products that offer low charges

To Let Signs UK ©PA From PERSONAL FINANCE 5:53pm

Call for better rental protection

Check your letting agent has client money protection

From PERSONAL FINANCE 5:51pm

Borrowers urged to complain to BoI

Bank announces mortgage rise reprieve for 1,200

BANKS 12:46pm

Stepic ready to resign from Raiffeisen

Austrian banker’s move follows scrutiny of Asian property deals

FINANCIAL SERVICES 12:14pm

Investor 3i makes offer on Barclays unit

Private equity investor group to boost infrastructure business

FINANCIAL SERVICES 12:28am

Ally agrees to ResCap settlement terms

Creditors will need to agree to $2.1bn deal

12:13am

Occupational funds win EU rules reprieve

Regulators shelve plans for stricter solvency requirements

From MARKETS 12:03am

Commerzbank and UniCredit slide

Commerzbank and UniCredit slide as banks suffer

From UK 12:01am

Labour plan to merge small funds

Poor value pension schemes are targeted

BANKS 11:10pm

Raiffeisen probes chief’s property deals

Lender investigates whether Herbert Stepic complied with law

FINANCIAL SERVICES 10:32pm

Goldman completes its ‘rigorous self-examination’

Bank attempts to manage its financial and reputation risks

From LEX 10:28pm

Mortgage insurers: renewed interest

Investors regain taste for complex mortgage debt

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