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Asset managers slam ‘disgusting’ racism after England’s Euro 2020 loss

2021-07-12T18:00:10Z

4 min read

Diversity Asset Management Regulation

Bukayo Saka is consoled by coach Gareth Southgate. After their penalty misses during the Euro 2020 final, Saka and other Black players suffered racist abuse online.

View: The secret to killing the army of zombie firms that Covid has left us

2021-07-12T14:42:24Z

4 min read

Policymakers cannot continue to help all zombie firms

Barclays hires JPMorgan veteran Ward to head electronic trading

2021-07-12T12:47:48Z

1 min read

On the Move People

Peter Ward will join Barclays in September as head of electronic trading and digital strategy

TikTok owner ditched IPO plans on Chinese regulators’ data security fears

By

Xie Yu

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Liza Lin

2021-07-12T12:32:31Z

5 min read

Technology IPOs TikTok

Bank profits predicted to spike as JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and more line up results

By

Ben Eisen

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David Benoit

2021-07-12T10:17:31Z

3 min read

Investment Banking JPMorgan Goldman Sachs

‘If the EU is unduly difficult, we may change our approach’: MP Bim Afolami on saving post-Brexit regulation

2021-07-12T10:01:15Z

6 min read

Brexit Politics An Audience With An audience with

As a former senior executive in the corporate restructuring group at HSBC and a corporate lawyer at Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer before heading into politics, Bim Afolami is well acquainted with the needs of the City

Young investors ride pandemic market waves to outperform older generations

By Emily Nicolle

2021-07-12T09:55:45Z

2 min read

GameStop invest Asset Management

Analysis of Interactive Investor customer accounts showed those aged between 18 and 24 favoured investment trusts over direct stock investing

Boutique Bacchus Capital launches technology unit with van Wyk hire

2021-07-12T09:01:38Z

1 min read

On the Move Investment Banking Bacchus Fintech

Bacchus Capital, which is led by Peter Bacchus, has hired Chris van Wyk as its new head of technology banking advisory

Why high-quality firms have comfortably outperformed the S&P 500 recently

2021-07-12T08:25:51Z

3 min read

More than a quarter of the top Trust Across America companies are in the top decile of the Quality Shareholders Initiative

EU set to delay digital levy plans as G20 backs global tax deal

2021-07-12T07:57:33Z

2 min read

EU could give ground after Janet Yellen branded digital tax plans 'discriminatory'

Houlihan Lokey acquires boutique Baylor Klein in European expansion

2021-07-12T07:46:48Z

2 min read

Investment Banking

Traders gather for the IPO of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Scott Adelson, the bank’s co-president and co-head of corporate finance, said the acquisition of the Baylor Klein team is ‘a fantastic addition’

Credit Suisse Swiss compliance head exits after just four months in the job

2021-07-12T07:08:45Z

2 min read

Credit Suisse Investment Banking People

Troubles continue for the Swiss bank in the wake of crises on multiple fronts

Only five London bankers fired in wake of conduct rules — ‘Those are very, very low numbers’

By Lucy McNulty

2021-07-12T06:35:09Z

6 min read

Prudential Regulation Authority Financial Conduct Authority Regulation

The financial watchdog has its eye on senior managers, but are they really being held accountable?