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Vaccine timetable ‘realistic but not easy’, says England chief medical officer

2021-01-05T17:46:12Z

2 min read

Coronavirus Covid-19

Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty.

Deutsche Bank says UK double-dip recession ‘inevitable’ on Brexit, lockdown woes

2021-01-05T17:00:01Z

2 min read

Economics Lockdown Brexit Deutsche Bank

Ex-Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn appointed vice-chair of IBM

2021-01-05T15:10:08Z

2 min read

Gary Cohn, pictured during his time at the White House in 2018, has been named as the new vice-chair of IBM

Ex-chair of China’s state-owned asset manager sentenced to death for $260m bribery, bigamy charges

2021-01-05T15:02:18Z

2 min read

China Asset Management

Lai Xiaomin, former chairman of China Huarong Asset Management, confessed to crimes which included soliciting $260m in bribes, corruption and bigamy

Citi memo names Credit Suisse’s Lucy Baldwin to new senior equities role

By

Paul Clarke

2021-01-05T14:12:04Z

1 min read

Bank of America On the Move On the move Citigroup Credit Suisse Goldman Sachs

Lucy Baldwin has been hired in a new role combining equity research and sales within Citigroup’s markets and securities services unit

Fund managers slam ‘delusional’ narrative over Bitcoin rally: ‘It’s an interesting asset class, but that’s about it’

2021-01-05T14:09:40Z

4 min read

Gold Hedge Funds Fintech Bitcoin cryptocurrencies

Funds say that Bitcoin investment is limited to a handful of hedge funds and a select cohort of other professional investors

Will the race to the top for digital banks narrow the field?

2021-01-05T13:15:20Z

4 min read

Monzo The Fintech Files Fintech Revolut Starling Bank

Goldman Sachs memo urges only essential workers to come to office after UK lockdown tightens

By

Paul Clarke

2021-01-05T13:03:11Z

2 min read

Investment Banking Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs have told staff in their London staff that the bank will need to follow an approach that relies on “caution and flexibility” and say employees should come into the office if essential

Ex-tech boss Lawrence Jones charged with rape and sexual assault

2021-01-05T12:38:15Z

1 min read

Fintech People UKFast

Manchester Magistrates' Court in Manchester, northern England

Boris Johnson to hold evening press conference with medical experts on day one of third lockdown

2021-01-05T11:29:01Z

1 min read

Lockdown Coronavirus Covid-19 Politics

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to address the nation and hold a press conference at 5pm this evening on day one of the third lockdown

Billionaire Ray Dalio reflects on grief after tragic death of his son

2021-01-05T11:10:21Z

4 min read

People Bridgewater Ray Dalio

Bridgewater Associates founder, Ray Dalio has tweeted about his grief following the death of his son over the Christmas period

UK Treasury shells out £4.6bn in grants to help businesses during third lockdown

2021-01-05T09:31:47Z

2 min read

Coronavirus Covid-19 Rishi Sunak Furloughing Politics

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has made one-off grants available to businesses in the worst-affected sectors of retail, hospitality and leisure, worth up to 9,000 per property. These businesses will also receive 100% business rates relief

Responsible investment should improve and outperform the market, not become the market

2021-01-05T09:08:39Z

4 min read

ESG Asset Management View

Robey Warshaw profits slip by 63% ahead of pandemic deals

By

Paul Clarke

2021-01-05T08:58:19Z

2 min read

Investment Banking Robey Warshaw

Profits at Robey Warshaw, set up by Sir Simon Robey and Simon Warshaw, were down 63% last year

England’s lockdown to last until March at the earliest, says Michael Gove

2021-01-05T07:40:54Z

2 min read

Coronavirus Covid-19 England Scotland Politics Vaccine

Michael Gove MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office in the UK Government, expects the national lockdown imposed on 4 January to last until March, at the earliest.

GQG’s Tim Carver: Being part of the $1tn club ‘just doesn’t make sense’

2021-01-05T00:01:54Z

5 min read

GQG Partners Asset Management