Komainu has just completed the first ever Series B round funded in bitcoin. Its co-chief executive tells FN why he’s confident digital assets still have a future
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George Osborne’s former chief of staff says asset managers have to evolve — and explains why he used to have a screen dedicated to Donald Trump’s Tweets
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Fiera Capital’s Emea boss says the asset manager is slowing its breakneck pace of acquisitions to focus more on wealth management
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Threadneedle Street’s number two on prudential policy discusses government pressure to grow and why pay limits were a bad idea
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The ‘accidental investment banker’ has been at Houlihan Lokey his whole life — and his expansion plans include getting ‘an awful lot’ of others to join him
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M&G’s CIO for equities, multi-asset and sustainability on active management in uncertain times and what the UK can do to breathe life into its stock market
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The private equity manager’s co‑founder says London’s markets have many problems, including tedious reporting rules, but it takes a lot to beat the City
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Simmons & Simmons’s boss is stepping down and heading to Italy for a new role. He hopes he’s left the law firm in good shape and ready to deal with AI
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The 280-year-old wealth manager Rathbones has learnt new tricks from its Investec merger and is ready to embrace passive investment and Instagram
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Allspring’s CEO says he’s looking to grow the asset manager internationally. Is he worried his private equity backers might have shorter term plans?
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The CEO of Lazard Asset Management Limited talks about the challenges for the sector, the impact of the Magnificent Seven and his alternative career option
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Top bankers, lawyers and private equity executives graced our pages this year
Standard Chartered’s CFO on ‘trying something new’, boosting the share price and the importance of cross-selling
JPMorgan’s new co-head of global banking is not just taking over the role, but embarking on a big overhaul of the Wall Street bank’s business
One of the few female leaders of a major bank, the head of BNP Paribas’s City operations wants to ensure no woman gets left behind in the AI revolution
The Railways Pension Scheme wants to use its £34bn in assets to improve audits – it could pull money, vote against directors and more
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Voted the UK’s most powerful Black man, Forbes’s career started out in telesales after football failure. He has risen through the ranks in tech and private equity
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The hedge fund’s emerging markets head wants traders to know their strengths and weaknesses
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A year into the role, the head of the audit watchdog wants to help turn the sector around
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Stonehage Fleming’s clients include the descendants of the famous spy’s creator. But the wealth manager’s UK chair says it eschews glamour in favour of the fundamentals
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