Pay attention to an O2 IPO — a big company priced to go is a rarity
Telefónica is expected to float the UK mobile company this autumn
Bank of England’s surplus shows the real price of pensions
Cobham can always turn to its allies in the City at times of trouble
Carney is delusional if he thinks BoE prevented Brexit meltdown
Monetary policy is powerless to influence the behaviour of companies and individuals
PM should stop faffing about over Hinkley Point
Vanity schemes divert talent and skilled labour from the new infrastructure Britain really needs
Persimmon suggests Brexit housing market fears overdone
Persimmon’s numbers defy fears, but the sector still has little incentive to build a lot more homes
Welcome to the Alice in Wonderland world of UK government bonds
The BoE’s fresh round of stimulus will hit corporate pension funds but will not make chiefs invest
Cutting rates would be madhouse economics for the Bank of England
More QE would just intensify the pain for pension funds
LSE-Deutsche Börse merger stumbles on ‘technical error’
As DB bosses lower bar for shareholder acceptance, opposition among regulators and politicians mounts
The unusual appeal of ‘unsafe havens’
Rush into overpriced government bonds knocks risk-reward balance
Housebuilders’ shares look like better value than their homes
Sector sell-off leaves stock looking better value than house prices
The sustainability of Royal Dutch Shell’s dividend
Oil major accounts for over a tenth of total dividends paid by UK companies and a cut would shock
Bats to the future for the LSE
London Stock Exchange faces competition in its indices business
Big is not beautiful in UK bank ratings
Quality measures show advantages of being a smaller and simpler group
Cobham shareholders stung by banker’s fee
Debt spurs rescue rights issue at defence group
M&S’s buyback smacks of poor judgment and a lack of flair
Burberry has joined retailer in similar move as trading stays tough
Competition kerfuffle behind BAA break-up
From retail banking to airports, it has been an eventful week for Alex Chisholm
Thames Water’s pension hole echoes BHS
Deficit has grown from £38m to £249m in a decade
Asda the wild card in UK supermarket price war
More cuts from Walmart-owned chain could see industry profits halve
Deeper reasons behind BHS pension woes
Reliance on low-yielding bonds eats into the industry
Green dreamers should remember there’s life in big oil yet
Forecasts of the end of the oil age have been as wrong as they have been frequent
No wonder ex-Treasury chief wants to cut and run on RBS stake
Headwinds for the bank still majority-owned by UK taxpayers don’t look like easing anytime soon
Brussels, not Ofcom, will rule on O2 deal
A purely British affair will not be settled by London regulators
BHS tests Pension Protection Fund
Time to economise on the number of Budgets; Checking out Hotel Chocolat bonds
King’s financial pawnshop for all seasons
BoE pawnshop might classify assets like a CDO Squared as financial porn
A rabbit caught in Deutsche’s headlights
There have been a few genuine mergers but they are a recipe for acrimony
