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Paul Weiss set to move into Twitter’s UK headquarters in Soho

2023-10-12T14:43:56Z

3 min read

Private Equity Legal Services Real Estate London Kirkland & Ellis

Legal giant to land a new London home at 20 Air Street in the West End, close to key private equity firms

Ex-Barclays CEO Jes Staley banned by FCA for misleading statements on Jeffrey Epstein relationship

2023-10-12T09:41:17Z

4 min read

Investment Banking Barclays People

Jes Staley's relationship with Epstein stretches back to his time as a private banker at JPMorgan

KPMG fined record £30m over Carillion auditing scandal

2023-10-12T06:48:28Z

2 min read

Accountancy Carillion FRC KPMG

Outsourcing and construction company Carillion’s collapse in 2018 was a major corporate scandal (James Beck/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Goldman Sachs sues Malaysian government over $2.5bn 1MDB settlement

2023-10-12T06:43:45Z

2 min read

Investment Banking People Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs, whose CEO is David Solomon, has sought arbitration in a London court over the settlement

Why Axa IM’s Isabelle Scemama is wary: ‘The mood is optimistic… maybe too optimistic’

2023-10-11T23:01:31Z

5 min read

Private Equity Axa IM

Consolidation is not the only topic on Isabelle Scemama’s radar: diversity, or the lack of it, is too

Argonaut Capital boss Barry Norris slams firms using ESG to hide ‘terrible’ performance

2023-10-11T23:01:19Z

2 min read

Hedge Funds ESG

Argonaut's outspoken boss Barry Norris says investors should look at returns as well as climate and social goals

ESG funds worth billions poised to rise on defence stock rally amid Hamas-Israel conflict

By Kristen McGachey

2023-10-11T23:01:34Z

5 min read

ESG Asset Management Politics

Defence giants like Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems have seen shares spike since Hamas launched a shock attack on Israel

Meet the former BlackRock MD looking to give UK fintechs a £1bn boost

By David Ricketts

2023-10-11T23:01:48Z

4 min read

Fintech UK Asset Management BlackRock

Former BlackRock MD says early stage funding is critical for UK fintechs if the City wants to compete