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Andrew Bailey: No easy fixes for London Capital & Finance since FCA was a ‘broken machine’

2021-02-08T17:25:33Z

2 min read

FCA Andrew Bailey Regulation

Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, hit back at criticism that he failed to act quickly enough to prevent the collapse of London Capital & Finance, during his time as chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority

Even El-Erian bought bitcoin — here’s what you need to know about the cryptocurrency’s dizzying rally

2021-02-08T17:14:45Z

2 min read

Hedge Funds Fintech Bitcoin Asset Management Cryptocurrency

The economist Mohamed El-Erian bought bitcoin, thinking ‘I was the smartest person around’

Pension funds gauge bitcoin amid surge: ‘It has become real for a lot of clients’

2021-02-08T14:56:34Z

4 min read

Bitcoin Asset Management Pensions

A Bitcoin ATM machine in Barcelona, Spain. In the UK, research is being conducted into a handful of asset managers that have begun allocating money to bitcoin and other digital currencies

Biden must tell the EU that all multinationals should be taxed, not just America’s tech giants

2021-02-08T14:20:28Z

3 min read

Economics Politics View

Tesla piles $1.5bn into bitcoin — plans to accept payment in cryptocurrency

2021-02-08T13:18:27Z

3 min read

A Tesla store sign is seen on January 23, 2021 in Wuhan, Hubei Province

Elon Musk tweet puts rocket under Dogecoin – and Snoop Dogg may be helping

By

Penny Sukhraj

2021-02-08T13:02:45Z

3 min read

Fintech Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Elon Musk

The cryptocurrency Dogecoin was created as a 'joke' in 2013 by Jackson Palmer and Billy Markus to poke fun, using memes, at how cryptos were growing

Reddit CEO says WallStreetBets shows ‘the power of large communities’

2021-02-08T12:52:01Z

1 min read

GameStop Reddit Trading Markets

Steve Huffman, chief executive and co-founder of Reddit

Pandemic shakes up UK corporate broking: ‘It hasn’t been this busy since 2008’

By

Paul Clarke

2021-02-08T11:48:38Z

7 min read

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Cazenove was once corporate broker to 246 companies, over 100 more than UBS, its closest competitor

Renaissance, Pershing Square among hedge funds that declined in January

2021-02-08T11:21:33Z

3 min read

Hedge Funds GameStop Odey Asset Management Trading short-selling

Following a spike in market volatility, Bill Ackman's Pershing Square dropped in January

Martin Gilbert-backed AssetCo doubles stake in River & Mercantile

2021-02-08T11:13:10Z

1 min read

Martin Gilbert Asset Management

HSBC under pressure from global politicians to unfreeze ex-Hong Kong lawmaker’s accounts

2021-02-08T09:12:01Z

3 min read

How will the pandemic affect bonuses in financial services?

2021-02-08T08:20:05Z

4 min read

Pay and Bonuses View

Annual Covid jab similar to the flu vaccine not ‘unreasonable’, says health minister

2021-02-08T07:52:00Z

1 min read

Covid Coronavirus Vaccine

Members of the public wait in a queue to receive a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at a temporary coronavirus vaccination hub set up at the Colchester Community Stadium in Colchester, Essex, South-east England

GameStop saga has prompted calls for the wrong kind of democracy

By

David Wighton

2021-02-08T07:03:29Z

4 min read

GameStop IPOs View