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Explainer: Why Germany, France and now Italy are refusing to use AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine

By

Emily Nicolle

2021-03-15T15:55:26Z

4 min read

Coronavirus Covid-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca

Nurse Susann Rettberg handles a syringe of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in Saxony during the coronavirus pandemic on March 15, 2021 in Dippoldiswalde, Germany.

Bitcoin slips from record high of $61,000 as regulatory scrutiny mounts

By

Emily Nicolle

2021-03-15T14:25:41Z

2 min read

Fintech Bitcoin

One year after lockdown: Nine ways Covid changed the UK

By

James Booth

2021-03-15T13:28:31Z

6 min read

Lockdown Coronavirus UK

Commuters crossing London Bridge. The average number of hours worked in the UK per person fell to 25.9 in April to June 2020, compared with 32.3 in the same period in 2019

An Audience with Daniel Pinto: Why ‘complacent’ London may just lose its finance crown

2021-03-15T12:51:48Z

5 min read

An Audience With An audience with Stanhope Capital

Bank of America UK and Ireland chair Mackenzie Smith retires after more than 35 years in the City

By

Paul Clarke

2021-03-15T12:15:00Z

2 min read

Bank of America Investment Banking People M&A

Simon Mackenzie Smith joined Merrill Lynch in 1996 from Morgan Grenfell, the City merchant bank acquired by Deutsche Bank in the 1990s

Back to work as UK lockdown lifts: How City firms are planning for a return to the office

By

Emily Nicolle

2021-03-15T11:19:23Z

2 min read

Remote Working Lockdown Coronavirus WFH Property

Many banks, hedge funds and insurers in the Square Mile are making plans for flexible working in preparation for post-pandemic life

Bank of England’s Bailey apologises to LCF investors amid GRG scrutiny

By

Emily Nicolle

2021-03-15T09:32:02Z

3 min read

RBS Bank of England FCA Andrew Bailey Regulation

Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, was head of the Financial Conduct Authority between 2016 and 2020

Long-time shareholders deserve extra perks for their loyalty to firms

2021-03-15T09:20:47Z

4 min read

AstraZeneca defends vaccine after Netherlands and Republic of Ireland join countries quitting jab

By

Emily Nicolle

2021-03-15T08:08:17Z

2 min read

Coronavirus Vaccine AstraZeneca

Dental hygienist and Covid vaccinator, Petra Moinar, prepares syringes with the AstraZeneca vaccine before it is administered at Battersea Arts Centre

UK should embrace the boom in Spacs despite signs of US bubble

By

David Wighton

2021-03-15T07:57:27Z

4 min read

Spacs IPOs View

Stripe boosted on $95bn valuation

By

Peter Rudegeair

2021-03-15T07:27:20Z

2 min read

Brexit equivalence deal for City is now so unachievable it’s ‘silly’ to bother

By

Lucy McNulty

2021-03-15T00:01:23Z

5 min read

“Six months from now, people will have almost forgotten there is such a thing as equivalence,” said a senior lobbyist at a bank in London