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French group BPCE bids for remaining 30% stake in Natixis

By

Paul Clarke

2021-02-09T17:04:50Z

2 min read

Investment Banking M&A France

BPCE is absorbing the investment banking unit into the larger French financial group after months of speculation

Index’s Jan Hammer reveals his 2021 forecast for the City

By

Emily Nicolle

2021-02-09T16:17:55Z

5 min read

The Fintech Files Fintech Venture Capital

Jan Hammer, general partner at Index Ventures

More than half of bank traders expect to stay home at least four days a week in 2021

By

Paul Clarke

2021-02-09T14:23:52Z

2 min read

Investment Banking Trading JPMorgan

More than half of traders working in large investment banks believe they will continue to work from home for at least four days for the rest of 2021

Deloitte hires former UBS FIG dealmaker Stevens

By

Paul Clarke

2021-02-09T13:42:32Z

1 min read

On the Move On the move Investment Banking UBS People

Book and pay £1,750 for quarantine before flying to the UK: What new Covid rules mean for travellers

2021-02-09T13:17:01Z

3 min read

Coronavirus Covid-19

UK travellers will be required to book and pay for a quarantine package and choose a designated hotel to quarantine in for ten days after their arrival home

City of London Corporation says firms should employ artists to help make London ‘alive’ again

2021-02-09T12:22:37Z

2 min read

City of London Corporation Coronavirus Covid-19

BlackRock names Cohen head of Europe business as Lord heads to Hong Kong

2021-02-09T10:22:30Z

2 min read

On the Move On the move Asset Management BlackRock

Rachel Lord will relocate to Hong Kong to lead BlackRock’s business in Asia Pacific

UK M&A soars to 20-year high as pent-up demand unleashes deal ‘tsunami’

By

Paul Clarke

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Lina Saigol

2021-02-09T09:58:55Z

4 min read

Investment Banking Brexit M&A Vaccine

Apple-supplier Dialog Semiconductor became the latest company to attract interest from foreign buyers after it agreed to a $6bn all-cash bid from Japan’s Renesas Electronics

US law firm Armstrong Teasdale acquires City law firm Kerman & Co

2021-02-09T09:40:54Z

2 min read

Legal Services Professional services

Numis to kick-start European office within a year after Brexit deal bites smaller brokerages

By

Paul Clarke

2021-02-09T09:32:04Z

2 min read

Numis Investment Banking Brexit

Bitcoin surges to record high of $48,000 after Elon Musk’s Tesla invests $1.5bn

2021-02-09T09:24:24Z

2 min read

A bitcoin ATM in the Big Apple Tobacco Shop in New York City. Tesla announced on Monday that it purchased $1.5bn worth of bitcoin. The car company also announced that it will start accepting payments in bitcoin in exchange for its products

Family sues Robinhood app over young trader’s suicide

2021-02-09T09:01:46Z

3 min read

GameStop Trading Markets Robinhood

Robinhood faces class-action lawsuits over its decision last month to restrict trading in several highflying stocks, including a lawsuit saying its conduct directly and proximately caused the death of a user

Fidelity International turns to new surveillance tech to track staff communications

By

Lucy McNulty

2021-02-09T08:00:10Z

2 min read

Signal Fintech compliance Fidelity International Regulation Whatsapp

Fidelity International is among firms grappling to find better ways to monitor home-bound employees during the pandemic

‘Inconceivable before Brexit’: Banks again plot job moves out of London as pressure mounts

By

Paul Clarke

2021-02-09T00:01:32Z

5 min read

Citigroup Investment Banking Brexit People JPMorgan Goldman Sachs

Thousands of jobs could be moved from London’s financial districts as investment banks have begun to rethink how they staff their European operations post-Brexit