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Johnson: UK’s new Covid variant may be more deadly

2021-01-22T17:12:38Z

3 min read

Coronavirus Politics Vaccine Boris Johnson

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will stress that achieving the goal of two million doses per week does not mean England's tough national lockdown rules will be eased in the near future

New BBC chair set to probe £1m in legal bills to fight staff pay disputes

2021-01-22T16:33:14Z

3 min read

Pay and Bonuses Legal Services Diversity Politics Women in Finance Pay gap

Pelosi set to deliver impeachment article on Monday to kick off second trial against Trump

2021-01-22T16:00:30Z

2 min read

Donald Trump Joe Biden Politics

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Covid infection rate slowing as R number drops below 1 for first time since lockdown

2021-01-22T14:29:13Z

3 min read

Coronavirus Covid-19 Politics

Event organiser faces £10,000 fine after police bust Hackney wedding with 400 guests

2021-01-22T13:57:48Z

3 min read

Coronavirus Covid-19

Government denies plans to pay £500 to Covid sufferers

By

Lucy McNulty

2021-01-22T13:26:33Z

2 min read

Coronavirus Covid-19 Politics Boris Johnson

Dame Helena Morrissey hits back at City leader’s comments on China human rights abuses

2021-01-22T13:14:22Z

2 min read

City of London Corporation China Politics Catherine McGuinness Helena Morrissey

Dame Helena Morrissey retweeted one commenter who said: 'The City either has a moral compass or it doesn’t, even if that’s inconvenient from time to time.'

Investors pile record $255bn into stocks as bull market seen raging into 2021

2021-01-22T12:48:16Z

2 min read

Bank of America Hedge Funds equities Trading Asset Management fixed income Emerging Markets

The election of Joe Biden and a Democrat controlled Senate has helped buoy stock markets

EU’s financial services chief says realities of Brexit ‘have come home to roost’

2021-01-22T12:45:28Z

2 min read

EU Brexit financial services

EU commissioner in charge of financial services, financial stability and the Capital Markets Union Mairead McGuinness, said that Brexit would inevitably lead to a change in relations between the UK and EU

Is the UK meeting target of two million Covid shots a week? Boris Johnson will report back this evening

2021-01-22T11:16:31Z

2 min read

Coronavirus Politics Vaccine Boris Johnson

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will stress that achieving the goal of two million doses per week does not mean Englands tough national lockdown rules will be eased in the near future

Citigroup narrows global gender pay gap to 26%

By

Paul Clarke

2021-01-22T09:29:16Z

3 min read

Citigroup Investment Banking Women in Finance

Citigroup became the first major US bank to name a woman as chief executive, with Jane Fraser, currently president and head of its consumer bank, set to take over from Corbat in February

Former Jupiter chief Edward Bonham Carter moves on to chair digital wealth firm Netwealth

2021-01-22T09:02:42Z

2 min read

People Asset Management Jupiter Fund Management On the move

Edward Bonham Carter

Government may pay out £500 to individuals who test positive for Covid-19

2021-01-22T08:55:44Z

2 min read

Coronavirus Covid-19 Politics

Challenges for City post Brexit as London clings to crown as a ‘leading’ financial centre

2021-01-22T08:05:15Z

3 min read

City of London Corporation Brexit Politics City

The City looks set to struggle as the UK is behind the US’ total number of listed foreign companies and Hong Kong for its increasing number of foreign IPOs, while London also has the slowest broadband speeds of all global financial centres

JPMorgan board keeps Jamie Dimon’s pay steady at $31.5m

2021-01-22T07:56:52Z

2 min read

Jamie Dimon JPMorgan

JPMorgan's SEC filing showed Jamie Dimon was paid a base salary of $1.5m and 'performance-based variable incentive compensation' of $30m

Meet the high-flying bankers riding the Spac wave

By

Paul Clarke

2021-01-22T00:01:38Z

5 min read

Citigroup Investment Banking Tidjane Thiam Deutsche Bank Spac IPOs JPMorgan Goldman Sachs

Clockwise from top left; Garth Ritchie, Tidjane Thiam, Makram Azar, Doug Braunstein, Michael Klein and Gary Cohn