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UK adds 12 countries to travel ‘green list’ from 17 May
UK residents will be able to visit 12 countries or territories from 17 May without having to quarantine on return,…
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Irish investment bank Davy hires five as it eyes UK expansion post-Brexit
Ireland’s biggest stockbroker, Davy, has named five new senior hires for its London operation and plans to bolster its UK…
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KPMG appoints new audit head as senior changes continue
KPMG UK has appointed Catherine Burnet as its new head of audit, replacing Jon Holt, who was elevated to chief…
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Trading places: Hires for Bank of America, Allen & Overy and Cboe Europe
Bank of America hired a senior dealmaker from Citigroup in Paris as it continues to build up its presence in…
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Winklevoss, Musk, Cuban: Here’s who’s backing dogecoin
Dogecoin is everywhere, dogecoin is life. Or at least, that’s what some of its biggest supporters think. The cryptocurrency, first…
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BNP Paribas hires Goldman Sachs banker Heuer to bolster ECM team
BNP Paribas hired a top Goldman Sachs equity capital markets banker as revenues in the sector continue to surge on…
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Allen & Overy swoops on Linklaters for double partner hire
Allen & Overy has made a rare double partner hire from Magic Circle rival Linklaters in London, bringing in two…
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Odds favour Khan for London mayor win — but bettors put ex-Wall Street broker Rose next
The likelihood of Sadiq Khan clinching the title of mayor of London for another term is all but certain, according…
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Cboe poaches BofA’s Tiefenbrun to head European equities unit
Exchange operator Cboe Europe has hired Natan Tiefenbrun as senior vice president, head of European equities. Tiefenbrun is joining Cboe…
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Numis plans investment bank expansion after record start to the year
City broker Numis more than doubled investment banking fees in the first half of its fiscal year as UK initial…
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FCA unveils proposals for long-term asset fund
The UK regulator has unveiled plans for a new fund structure that would allow investors to allocate money more “efficiently”…
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London mayoral election: What are the candidates’ plans for the City?
Londoners will soon be heading to the polls to decide who their next mayor will be. The pandemic has been…
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Tech giants shift to hybrid working as Coinbase ditches Silicon Valley base
Tech companies are moving towards a hybrid working strategy, phasing in plans for remote working as some opt to ditch…
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PayPal wants customers to embrace cryptos for payment
PayPal Holdings is looking to expand its lucrative business of enabling customers to pay merchants with crypto assets, but the…
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Citigroup mulling crypto service for clients
US bank Citigroup is considering the introduction of cryptocurrency services as institutional interest in digital currencies increases. Itay Tuchman, the…
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HSBC investment bank boss on Asia push: ‘We’re not deprioritising the UK’
HSBC’s major shift towards Asia will not mean scaling back in the UK, according to the co-head of its global banking…
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Jamie Dimon is about to cancel all his Zoom meetings
The chief executive of JPMorgan is “done” with Zoom meetings and full-time working remotely. “I’m about to cancel all my…
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FCA fines boutique investment bank Sapien Capital in first cum-ex trading case
The Financial Conduct Authority has fined boutique investment bank Sapien Capital £178,000 for failing to identify financial crime relating to…
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Volkswagen Profits Jump and EV Sales Double. Why the Stock Is Falling.
The Volkswagen logo is seen on the bonnet of a vintage Beetle car. Photograph by Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images Volkswagen stock…
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Here’s where the UK’s green-list holiday destinations could be this summer
The government is set to unveil a list of countries approved for travel, following the launch of its traffic-light system…
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Be sceptical of fads — operate within your circle of competence
As the old joke goes, St Peter had some bad news for an oil prospector who appeared at the pearly…
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JPMorgan just promoted 52 to MD in Europe — Here are the names
JPMorgan has promoted 52 people to managing director within its corporate and investment bank in Europe, the Middle East and…
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Telegraph owner Sir Frederick Barclay ordered to pay £100m in divorce proceedings
Sir Frederick Barclay has been ordered to pay his wife Lady Hiroko Barclay a total of £100m as part of divorce proceedings, newly…
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US watchdog mulls stricter rules after Archegos debacle, GameStop mania
WASHINGTON—Wall Street’s top regulator will study potential new rules related to two recent episodes of stock-market turbulence — the GameStop…
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Dogecoin’s chances of hitting $5 in 2021 near 20% as price hits record high
The likelihood of dogecoin reaching $5 in value this year is at 17%, according to bookmakers, as the meme coin’s…
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Outcry as Chicago’s trading pits are closed permanently
The exchange operator CME Group said it would permanently close most of its open-outcry trading pits in Chicago, ending one of the…
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Fans of the beautiful game kicked capitalism into the long grass
Europe has discovered its moral Rubicon, the frontier beyond which commodification becomes intolerable. The line in the sand that Europeans…
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Here’s how bitcoin is coming to Wall Street
Traders will soon be able to track the performance of the world’s two biggest cryptocurrencies on Wall Street, as S&P…
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Lazard CEO eyes banker recruits as dealflow surges — ‘2022 will be even better’
Independent investment bank Lazard is ramping up recruitment for both senior dealmakers and junior bankers as activity has surged to…
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Klarna takes up WeWork space for new London office in hybrid working strategy
Payments fintech Klarna is to open a new office hub in London, opting for hot-desking magnate WeWork as it builds…
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Ken Moelis sees banker travel slashed by two-thirds even amid ‘busiest time I’ve ever seen’
Veteran dealmaker Ken Moelis said that investment bankers could spend half the amount of time travelling in the wake of…
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Virgin Money secures half-year profit on slump in bad Covid-19 loans
Profit surged at challenger bank Virgin Money in the first half of its financial year, after it set aside less…
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Amundi investors urged to revolt against CEO’s €3m pay package
Amundi shareholders should oppose a pay deal awarded to outgoing chief executive Yves Perrier, say two influential proxy advisers. Glass Lewis and…
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BNP Paribas names Sandro Pierri as asset management CEO
BNP Paribas has named Sandro Pierri as chief executive of its fund management business. Pierri, currently deputy CEO of BNP…
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Standard Chartered tops ranking of City’s highest-paying investment banks
Standard Chartered has topped the rankings as the highest paying investment bank in the UK, according to an analysis of…
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Fintech startup Lanistar obtains FCA approval
Lanistar, the fintech startup which last year landed itself in hot water with several regulators, has received approval from the…
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Goldman Sachs to ramp up UK staff at Plumtree Court HQ from 21 June
Goldman Sachs is set to ramp up employee numbers in its UK headquarters from 21 June, when the government lifts…
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Credit Suisse chair Horta-Osorio buys $1.2m of shares amid Greensill, Archegos crises
New Credit Suisse chair Antonio Horta-Osorio has bought $1.2m of the Swiss bank’s stock. An unnamed board member bought CHF1.1m of…
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Billionaires and blockchain – What’s behind the rise of Ethereum?
2021 has been a wild year for ether. Thanks to several factors including a slowly progressing update to its underlying…
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Credit Suisse banker demoted over Greensill shows off seven-bedroom Provence farmhouse
Eric Varvel, the Credit Suisse asset management head demoted after the Greensill Capital collapse, is marketing his expensively renovated seven-bed…
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Berkshire picks Greg Abel as Warren Buffett’s successor in CEO role
Berkshire Hathaway’s famous chief executive Warren Buffett, the billionaire who has led the conglomerate for more than 50 years, is…
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Barclays to ramp up Canary Wharf and New York office numbers from June
Barclays will start ramping up employee numbers in Canary Wharf and New York from June, with the bank’s chief executive…
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HSBC hikes junior pay and kicks off hiring spree amid deal surge
HSBC is increasing salaries for junior bankers, expanding recruitment and accelerating promotions in the latest efforts from a large investment…
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‘We no longer believe we can grow together’: Bill and Melinda Gates are divorcing
Billionaire couple Bill and Melinda Gates are divorcing after 27 years of marriage. “We continue to share a belief in…
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WSJ News Exclusive | Dell Reaches Deal to Sell Boomi to TPG, Francisco Partners
Dell Technologies Inc. DELL -1.67% struck a deal to sell its Boomi cloud business to private-equity firms Francisco Partners and…
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Decision Day 2021: How Teens Are Sharing College Acceptances (and Rejections) After a Rough Year
As long as there’s been social media, there have been people sharing their accomplishments, to the delight or displeasure of…
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New Credit Suisse chair Horta-Osorio resets agenda after Archegos, Greensill saga
Credit Suisse’s new chairman signalled a broad re-evaluation of the bank’s risk taking and said strategic changes could be in…
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Half of new money went into European sustainable funds in the first quarter
Sustainable investment products have continued their winning streak, attracting half of all the new money entering European funds during the…
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Trading Places: Ex-Woodford sales head joins ETF firm, former KPMG chief exec quits and Credit Suisse risk head stands down
Simon Dale, the former head of retail at Woodford Investment Management, has joined exchange traded fund boutique HANetf to oversee…
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Business conferences could return without social distancing this summer
Large events such as business conferences could return safely this summer without the need for enforced social distancing, a report…
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