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City grandees near definitive paper on solving UK’s listings crisis

Treasury rejects MPs’ motion to treat crypto as gambling

By Jeremy Chan

2023-07-20T11:48:09Z

2 min read

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City minister Andrew Griffith said treating crypto as gambling would create a regulatory misalignment between the UK and other jurisdictions

Andrew Griffith: Can the ‘intense’ City minister forge London 2.0?

By Justin Cash

2023-07-06T23:01:03Z

6 min read

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Griffith has talked up London's prospects, but not everyone in the City is convinced

Tom Mutton: ‘There is just no space to get a CBDC wrong’

By Alex Daniel

2023-05-29T23:01:38Z

8 min read

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Tom Mutton: 'Now we need to look at the realities — the practicalities of actually building and delivering a digital pound'

Treat crypto like gambling, says Treasury Committee

By Alex Daniel

2023-05-16T23:01:51Z

2 min read

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Chair Harriett Baldwin says she has heard nothing to dispel crypto's 'Wild West' reputation

Treasury looks for new head of cyber security – and it’s paying just £57,000 a year

By Alex Daniel

2023-03-30T12:16:39Z

2 min read

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The Treasury's advertised head of cyber security would be making roughly the same amount as a London Tube driver would earn in a year

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Morgan Stanley’s profit surges as dealmaking and equity trading fees jump

Wall Street execs caution on dealmaking rebound even as investment banking fuels profit rise

Citigroup’s M&A and debt bankers fuel 44% dealmaking fee jump

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Government chief economist job fails to attract women applicants

By Alex Daniel

2023-03-24T04:01:19Z

3 min read

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Clare Lombardelli is set to become chief economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

The Fintech Files: Youngsters want to run Britcoin, law firms beef up on crypto

By Alex Daniel

2023-03-07T13:08:22Z

3 min read

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Twenty-somethings think they have what it takes to launch a digital pound

Under-30s flood applications for Treasury’s prized ‘Britcoin’ boss job

By Alex Daniel

2023-03-07T00:01:45Z

3 min read

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Applications for the Treasury’s head of central bank digital currency were dominated by young people

Bank of England: Digital pound ‘more likely than not’

By Alex Daniel

2023-02-28T11:48:16Z

3 min read

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'I don’t think we’re behind any other advanced economies in where we are on this', top official tells lawmakers

The Fintech Files: Britcoin is ‘likely’, plus meet FN’s anti-crypto influencers

By Alex Daniel

2023-02-07T12:30:13Z

3 min read

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The BoE and Treasury said a decision won't come until the middle of the decade, meaning we won't see a digital pound until at least 2025

City minister Andrew Griffith said the government should 'protect consumers who are embracing this new technology'

What the UK’s new crypto rules could mean for traditional finance

The taskforce has set a target for at least 50% of senior leaders from the financial and professional services industry to come from a working class background by 2030

City must recruit 50% of bosses from working-class backgrounds, Treasury taskforce says

Regulators eye curbs on big bank dominance in Treasury market

Crosswell has held the top jobs at Innovate Finance, Britain’s fintech trade body, and at Nasdaq NLX

Charlotte Crosswell appointed chair of government-backed fintech body CFIT

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Wall Street execs caution on dealmaking rebound even as investment banking fuels profit rise

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Is TikTok an unregistered crypto exchange? Yes, this compliance expert tells the FCA

BlackRock creates active stewardship team to assist with private markets push

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Former Goldman Sachs executive Amar Kuchinad joins crypto firm Copper as CEO

Kirkland loses regulatory partner to Paul Weiss

BNP Paribas dealmaker McNaught departs in UK advisory shake-up

UK still working on government-backed NFT, officials say

By Alex Daniel

2022-10-25T08:28:02Z

2 min read

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NFTs are better known as celebrity status symbols through groups such as the Bored Ape Yacht Club, but the UK's coin agency says it is pressing ahead with its own plans despite the crash in crypto prices

FCA snubs post-Brexit ‘poster child’ Darlington in blow to government

By Justin Cash

2022-10-11T04:01:49Z

4 min read

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As the Conservative Party continues to try and ride out a rough period for its new leader Liz Truss, the Darlington campus initiative has suffered a setback

The UK’s first ever ‘anti-crypto’ conference is not just for haters — regulators want in too

By Alex Daniel

2022-08-09T23:01:16Z

5 min read

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Software engineer Stephen Diehl has organised the first ever 'anti-crypto' conference

The UK is ripping up the EU trading rulebook — five key takeaways from the Financial Services and Markets Bill

2022-07-25T23:01:09Z

4 min read

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New Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi launched a 330-page overhaul of rules for the UK finance industry post Brexit

Treasury

City grandees near definitive paper on solving UK’s listings crisis

Treasury rejects MPs’ motion to treat crypto as gambling

Andrew Griffith: Can the ‘intense’ City minister forge London 2.0?

Tom Mutton: ‘There is just no space to get a CBDC wrong’

Treat crypto like gambling, says Treasury Committee

Treasury looks for new head of cyber security – and it’s paying just £57,000 a year

Paul Clarke

Morgan Stanley’s profit surges as dealmaking and equity trading fees jump

Wall Street execs caution on dealmaking rebound even as investment banking fuels profit rise

Citigroup’s M&A and debt bankers fuel 44% dealmaking fee jump

Government chief economist job fails to attract women applicants

The Fintech Files: Youngsters want to run Britcoin, law firms beef up on crypto

Under-30s flood applications for Treasury’s prized ‘Britcoin’ boss job

Bank of England: Digital pound ‘more likely than not’

The Fintech Files: Britcoin is ‘likely’, plus meet FN’s anti-crypto influencers

What the UK’s new crypto rules could mean for traditional finance

City must recruit 50% of bosses from working-class backgrounds, Treasury taskforce says

Regulators eye curbs on big bank dominance in Treasury market

Charlotte Crosswell appointed chair of government-backed fintech body CFIT

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Is TikTok an unregistered crypto exchange? Yes, this compliance expert tells the FCA

BlackRock creates active stewardship team to assist with private markets push

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Former Goldman Sachs executive Amar Kuchinad joins crypto firm Copper as CEO

Kirkland loses regulatory partner to Paul Weiss

BNP Paribas dealmaker McNaught departs in UK advisory shake-up

UK still working on government-backed NFT, officials say

FCA snubs post-Brexit ‘poster child’ Darlington in blow to government

The Fintech Files: Institutions dive into digital assets – but the anti-crypto resistance is growing

The UK’s first ever ‘anti-crypto’ conference is not just for haters — regulators want in too

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Kirkland loses regulatory partner to Paul Weiss

Goodwin loses another partner to Debevoise