Dutch chipmaking equipment group predicts ‘significant increase’ in sales this year

Metal has gained more than 20 per cent this year amid geopolitical volatility and questions over US currency

From Switzerland, Partners Group built a $185bn business by serving individual investors. Bigger US rivals have the market in their sights

Europe has a key role to play in building a successor to the US-led global order

Celestial calendar meets high finance, as billionaire’s personal impulses shape plans to raise $50bn in record listing

Alpine currency at strongest level since 2015 shock appreciation, putting pressure on central bank

Martin Kocher untroubled by single currency’s current level but says further appreciation could drive down import prices

Stocks rise with inflation expectations as fund managers anticipate more stimulus despite strong growth

Stablecoin group owns at least 116 tonnes of bullion, making it one of biggest winners from blistering rally

‘Cease and desist’ letter forces Barb and Kantar to halt measurement service just months after its launch

As patients and residents struggle to access deteriorating public services in England, NHS trusts are stepping in

The US president has hemmed in hardliners and softened his rhetoric after the shooting of Alex Pretti

Government should extend time to pay from six to 12 months, says Lords committee

Interior minister says US federal agents will only work in ‘their diplomatic premises’ for Milan Cortina Games

Octopus chief adds to debate over critical sector as PM embarks on first trip to Beijing by a British leader since 2018

The city is growing faster than the national average after an economic transformation that started 30 years ago

Bank claims allegations made in lawsuit this week against wealth chief Andy Sieg were ‘fabricated’

US homeland security chief under fire after weekend killing of protester by agents in Minneapolis

AI start-up in talks to raise new funds from Coatue, GIC, Iconiq and Sequoia at $350bn valuation

Loose fiscal policy no longer makes sense now that Japan has escaped deflation

Increasingly bifurcated economy undermines strong GDP and productivity growth

Gold surges to further record high as worries over US currency mount

White House proposal would keep reimbursement rates about flat and cut into revenue of coverage providers

Authorities take steps to keep government running in case of attack as regional countries race to defuse tensions with US