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Capital Markets Union is ‘urgent’ to help EU face the coronavirus crisis

The High Level Forum on Capital Market Union put forward 17 recommendations to push forward the project

Bank of England reappoints chief economist Andrew Haldane for the third time

Haldane will serve out his tenure as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee

How investing giants gave away voting power ahead of a shareholder dispute

The catch is that if fund managers don’t recall the shares in time for votes, they can’t cast shareholder ballots

Activists include City statues in ‘hit list’ of landmarks they want torn down

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Statues of colonialists who profited or supported the slave trade are being targeted

Banks slammed for not joining a UK charter on race founded two years ago

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Racial diversity among firms has come to the fore amid the surge in activism surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement

Second wave of coronavirus would plunge global economy into 7% contraction

A temporary extension of the UK's trade negotiations with the EU would reduce economic uncertainty, the organisation said

Hedge funds were ‘amplifier of stress’ during pandemic volatility, says Sir Jon Cunliffe

The economist also said that the UK’s banking sector is set to endure 'very significant losses'

Jim O’Neill: explaining the pandemic performance differential

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There is a striking correlation between performance at containing Covid-19 and past economic-development rankings. This has lessons for the future

UK audit watchdog appoints new head of investor and stakeholder engagement

Kate O’Neill joins the FRC at a crucial time for the regulator as it prepares to transform into ARGA

Rally in Europe’s most high-risk corporate bonds masks lagging sales

US companies have rushed to raise much-needed cash from investors in the sub-investment-grade market in the weeks since the worst of the rout - in Europe, activity levels have remained low

1MDB’s suspected mastermind found fresh ways to move money in Kuwait

Low had turned to the oil-rich emirate’s royal family in early 2016, as US authorities began closing in and unraveling his life as a jet-setting deal-maker who financed the “The Wolf of Wall Street” movie and extravagant parties that drew Leonardo DiCaprio and other stars

Hedge fund managers in lockdown pile into luxury goods they can’t flaunt

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With salaries staying constant, but with much fewer overheads such as cleaners, nannies, and high-end holidays, hedge fund workers are among wealthy elites who have more to spend on other luxuries

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