Shares of Wall Street firms rocked by new US tariff regime

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Donald Trump’s tariff regime pummelled Wall Street’s most powerful investment groups, many of which had expected just months ago that the president’s policies would fuel a golden age of economic growth and dealmaking.

Shares in some of the world’s biggest private capital groups including Apollo Global Management and KKR dropped more than 12 per cent on Thursday,…