Commentary
Why dynamic investing among pension funds has raised the bar for asset managers
Asset managers must recognise that they can no longer be complacent, seeing themselves as distant vendors or relying on past mandate successes
HSBC opts for compromise candidate after shambolic search for new chair
Brendan Nelson looks far from the ideal person to chair HSBC. He certainly doesn’t fit the description of the candidate the board seemed to be looking for
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Why UK talent is vital to digital gilt market success
DIGIT will enable skills and talent from across the UK to come together to help grow the next generation of financial services markets
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Why Deutsche Bank’s battle against the Wall Street giants is far from over
The German lender has turned its fortunes around, but it can’t expect everything to keep going its way
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Faltering City job growth spotlights threat to finance from the Budget
The veneer of competition for talent hides a much gloomier outlook for the sector
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Does the FCA need a rebrand?
The watchdog must show how loosening red tape is not necessarily in the industry’s best interest
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City tries to kill Budget tax threat to banks and partnerships
Lobbyists will be out in force to water down what could be painful tax hikes for the Square Mile
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What AI can learn from real-life wealth managers
Human advisers need to make sure their algorithms don’t go off the rails
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Sustainable finance is a growth opportunity for the UK
The Financial Conduct Authority’s Sacha Sadan explains the role financial services firms can play in helping to grow the green economy
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Barclays builds confidence even as Wall Street rivals power ahead
Investors are betting that a strategy to turn around the lender’s investment bank is starting to bear fruit
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Wall Street banks are surging ahead even before deregulation bites
EU and UK lenders could struggle as Donald Trump looks to slash red tape
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First Brands collapse clouds efforts to democratise private assets
Credit funds have taken a hit since the US supplier of car parts went bust owing billions
Why corporate leaders can’t obsess over culture wars
Recent backlash to a Black hiring scheme risks eroding meaningful change
Why City firms can’t ignore employee burnout
Financial services now faces a reckoning as more professionals report chronic stress, disengagement and emotional exhaustion
AstraZeneca’s stamp duty loophole risks pushing UK share trading to New York
Politicians want to keep hold of a prized listing, but they might have cost the taxpayer in doing so
Firms fight for bankers and lawyers, but it’s hard times for graduates
Banks are hiring talent ahead of an expected deal boom — but at the top, not the bottom
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Truth and ethics in private equity: Jon Moulton’s diary
The truth and nothing but is a fine sounding maxim, but can it apply to the grey areas of business?
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Why the London Stock Exchange needs to go it alone
Spinning the London Stock Exchange out of its data-obsessed parent would give the City a champion with only one mission: UK growth
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Think banks face tough competition now? Just wait for tokenised money market funds
Tokenised MMFs could be a major threat to bank deposits
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Why on earth has it taken so long to reform short-selling rules?
The case in favour of reform is strong, but it has taken nearly six years to do it
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