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  • Finance

    Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, has roughly halved its exposure to so-called blank-cheque companies, claiming the fast-growing sector, which has…

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    Equity funds on sale in the UK gathered a record £3bn in new money during April, as investors ploughed money…

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    JPMorgan is offering 24-hour access to ambulances, hospital beds for quarantining employees and payment for vaccines for its staff in…

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    New FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi has raised the prospect of greater scrutiny on non-bank finance in the wake of…

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    Forget banker, accountant or lawyer — your kids could be embarking on careers as brain simulation specialists, space tour guides…

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    Ether has reached a market capitalisation of more than $500bn, making the cryptocurrency worth more than financial heavyweights like JPMorgan and…

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    As non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, burst into the mainstream, so too have the marketplaces that host their sales. The race…

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    Citigroup hired a Deutsche Bank dealmaker to bolster its technology investment banking team in Europe, a key focus for the…

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    Staff at London fintech firm GoCardless will soon be able to spend up to 90 days per year working from…

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    Law firm Hogan Lovells has paid tribute to one of its corporate partners who has died at 40. Richard Diffenthal…

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    When Aedamar Comiskey takes up her role as the first female senior partner in Linklaters’ 183-year history on 1 July,…

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    We must not let the Chinese get too far ahead. The UK must be at the forefront of the development…

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    New UniCredit chief executive, Andrea Orcel, has shaken up the Italian lender’s upper ranks, slimming down its executive committee and…

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    TOKYO— SoftBank smashed profit records in its home country, riding a series of blockbuster initial public offerings to an annual…

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    Travellers will be able to use the NHS app as a Covid passport from next week, according to the UK…

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    ExodusPoint Capital Management has taken up a large short position in Deliveroo, amid a difficult market debut for the UK…

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    JPMorgan will ramp up employee numbers within its England offices from 21 June, asking all its City staff to prepare…

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    Innovate Finance, the industry body representing the UK’s fintech sector, has appointed Lloyd’s of London chief digital officer Louise Smith as its…

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    Linklaters has elected global corporate head Aedamar Comiskey as its new senior partner, becoming just the second Magic Circle law…

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    Lex Greensill, founder of the eponymous supply chain finance firm Greensill Capital, apologised for the company’s collapse and took full responsibility…

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    FCA staff say they are a third more likely to go the extra mile than before the pandemic, according to…

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    Footfall across the City’s tube stations has crashed to as little as 10% of its pre-crisis level, figures provided to…

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    Bank of England boss Andrew Bailey recently said cryptocurrencies hold no intrinsic value, and warned investors to buy them “only…

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    That’s the official UK government line before the fourth and final step of its road map come 21 June, when the Prime Minister…

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    Former Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he first became concerned that Greensill Capital might be in “serious financial…

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    Among the world’s 50 biggest asset managers, just 3% of chief executive officers are women, a report by recruitment firm Heidrick…

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    UBS is paying its junior bankers a one-off bonus of $40,000, nearly double some of its rivals, as investment banks…

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    Independent investment bank Stifel is offering analysts a $10,000 “appreciation” bonus, even if they have already announced their resignation, in…

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    Jamie Dimon has had enough of Zoom, and he’s not the only one. The JPMorgan boss said he’s keen to…

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    Eccentric billionaire Elon Musk is considering accepting dogecoin as payment for products at electric car firm Tesla, months after introducing…

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    Brad Levy has big changes planned for Symphony, the $1.4bn financial communications provider he is soon to take over. With…

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    It all started with an explosive leaked survey from 13 Goldman Sachs analysts, whose complaints of shocking workloads and brutal…

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    What is remarkable about the increase in nationalist sentiment across the developed world in recent years is that it is…

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    The government has confirmed that the UK will move on to the next stage of its economic reopening. Under Step…

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    The Treasury is selling down another 5% of its stake in NatWest Group. The bank remains majority state-owned, but the…

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    Kirkland & Ellis has hired Clifford Chance private equity rising star Gregory Scott as a partner in its London office. Scott…

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    Jefferies has hired two senior Deutsche Bank equity dealmakers, another sign that competition for talent in the sector is heating…

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    Fund managers holding healthcare and pharmaceutical stocks have questioned the US government’s decision to support a waiver on Covid vaccine…

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    The likelihood of dogecoin surpassing $5 in value by the end of this year is increasing, jumping week-on-week despite a…

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    UBS is looking into offering its wealthy clients access to cryptocurrency investments, in the latest example of a large bank…

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    Deliveroo’s flopped IPO and concerns about restrictive listing rules in London have led to fears that the City could be…

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    The UK must take urgent steps to improve London’s attractiveness as a destination for tech company listings over New York, a…

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    Societe Generale SA is targeting a higher profitability for its global banking and investor solutions unit, which includes investment banking…

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    Should you dump all your stock market funds on the first of May, go away, and come back again for…

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    The split between Bill and Melinda Gates, announced last week, has been in the works for a long time. Gates…

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  • Tech

    Benson Hill Inc. is going public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company in a deal that values the plant-growing…

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    KPMG has reportedly been sued for more than £6m by property company Mount Anvil, which said it was hit with…

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    Cryptocurrencies have continued their meteoric rise in recent weeks, with alternative players such as ether and dogecoin gaining ground on…

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    Activist investor Sherborne Investors has sold its entire stake in Barclays, ending a three-year battle with the UK lender’s chief…

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    Sadiq Khan has emerged victorious in the race to become London’s next mayor. The Labour candidate received 40% in the…

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