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Paying staff to get vaccinated? City may be set for a collision course with Wall Street

2021-08-06T16:22:13Z

7 min read

Covid-19 Legal Services People

A number of firms across financial services and other sectors have begun incentivising employees to get jabbed against Covid-19

Houlihan Lokey raises junior salaries to $105,000 amid sector burnout crisis

2021-08-06T13:41:21Z

2 min read

Investment Banking Junior Bankers

Houlihan Lokey has already made efforts to bolster junior pay and improve morale

Investors beware — vaccines aren’t a silver bullet for markets

2021-08-06T12:39:10Z

5 min read

EU watchdog preparing to issue guidance on anti-money laundering rules

2021-08-06T12:31:01Z

3 min read

Regulation money laundering

Can the FCA keep up with the City’s post-Brexit demands?

2021-08-06T12:04:25Z

4 min read

FCA Brexit View

Huge questions remain for the City going forward, not just over where the FCA chooses to go from here, but also whether it has the energy to pull the trigger on real change

Trading Places: HSBC’s Tarda jumps to Credit Suisse, Liberum hires Peel Hunt’s How

2021-08-06T11:22:44Z

3 min read

On the Move On the move Trading Places People

Trading Places

Staff evacuated after fire hits Royal Exchange

2021-08-06T10:11:59Z

2 min read

The fire at the Royal Exchange is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault in an air conditioning unit

Government hunts for new UK accountancy watchdog chair amid industry overhaul

By Penny Sukhraj

2021-08-06T09:01:35Z

2 min read

Accountancy FRC

Keith Skeoch, the former chief executive of asset manager Standard Life, took on the role of interim chair in October 2020, after stepping down from his SLA role earlier in the year

Tidjane Thiam’s Spac pursues $1.5bn Latin American fintech target

By Emily Nicolle

2021-08-06T07:23:00Z

2 min read

Spacs Fintech Tidjane Thiam Emerging Markets

Tidjane Thiam's Freedom vehicle raised $345m in March via a listing on the New York Stock Exchange, advised by JPMorgan, Bank of America and Broadhaven

Delta variant pushes BlackRock to delay US office return as UK on track with hybrid working

2021-08-06T06:21:19Z

2 min read

Coronavirus Covid-19 Asset Management BlackRock

At least 50% of BlackRock's US staff have worked from the office in the past 30 days

Amundi CEO Baudson on taking on BlackRock’s Aladdin and M&A plans: ‘I’ll look at whatever comes to the market’

By David Ricketts

2021-08-06T04:01:21Z

5 min read

Asset Management Lyxor Amundi

Valerie Baudson, chief executive of Amundi