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Guess which Spac Leonardo DiCaprio and Orlando Bloom invested in?

By

Dave Sebastian

2021-08-18T16:36:33Z

2 min read

BuzzFeed planned a Spac but collided with NBCUniversal — here’s what happened

By

Benjamin Mullin

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Amrith Ramkumar

2021-08-18T16:35:04Z

7 min read

Auto insurer Hagerty plans listing via Spac deal

By

Dave Sebastian

2021-08-18T16:19:49Z

1 min read

Coinbase’s $4bn cash pile is part of a plan to prepare for stricter rules

By

Kristin Broughton

2021-08-18T15:20:36Z

3 min read

Fintech Coinbase

PJT Partners hikes junior salaries as boutiques edge ahead of larger rivals

2021-08-18T13:09:31Z

3 min read

Credit Suisse Investment Banking Deutsche Bank JPMorgan M&A Goldman Sachs HSBC

PJT was set up in 2014 by Paul Taubman

Jupiter expands in the US with key hires from Janus Henderson, Allianz

By Penny Sukhraj

2021-08-18T13:06:55Z

1 min read

Trading Places People Jupiter Fund Management On the move

Binance hires ex-US Treasury investigator to combat crypto money laundering

2021-08-18T11:40:48Z

1 min read

Fintech FCA Barclays Cryptocurrency On the move

Greg Monahan has more than 30 years of US government service, the majority of which as a US Treasury criminal investigator responsible for money laundering, tax and related financial crime investigations.

The City has the richest bankers, but Brexit sees 100 flee

2021-08-18T11:21:48Z

2 min read

Investment Banking Brexit

The moves to the continent were largely down to Brexit relocations, which have sped up this year after the UK formally left the bloc in December

Virtual compliance: Will City workers keep toeing the line from home?

2021-08-18T10:38:43Z

8 min read

Investment Banking Fintech Technology Regulation

Companies must balance privacy concerns for home workers with the need for regulatory compliance

BHP shares down following investor criticism of plan to ditch primary London listing

2021-08-18T08:19:59Z

3 min read

Legal & General Asset Management Markets

BHP mining for iron ore in Australia

Citigroup hires Credit Suisse dealmaker Shah to drive technology M&A

2021-08-18T07:39:32Z

2 min read

Citigroup Investment Banking M&A

Citigroup is expanding its investment banking unit in a bid to catch up with Wall Street rivals

Afghanistan bank governor fears economic collapse

2021-08-18T07:22:48Z

2 min read

Economics Politics

Displaced Afghans queue for aid at a camp in Kabul, the nation's economy is in a beleaguered state; a World Bank report earlier this year before the Taliban's advance described it as 'shaped by fragility and aid dependence'.

Why Jump’s retail move to pull in the likes of the Reddit army could be a hit

By David Ricketts, Bérengère Sim and Trista Kelley

2021-08-17T23:01:17Z

3 min read

The Jump Trading Group is launching a new business unit to execute stock orders on behalf of retail investors

Boutiques up the ante in six-figure bidding war for junior bankers, but beware brutal hours

2021-08-18T04:01:41Z

5 min read

Investment Banking Goldman Sachs

Ken Moelis of Moelis & Co said the bank was “hiring as many people as we can” in the junior ranks