Politics
Jeremy Hunt mints £50,000 in a week from bank speeches
Former chancellor is the most prolific MP on the financial sector speaking circuit
Ex-City minister Tulip Siddiq sentenced in Bangladesh
Corruption allegations result in two-year prison sentence
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Finance firms hand MPs nearly £500,000 for speeches in lucrative year
Former prime minister Rishi Sunak and ex-chancellor Jeremy Hunt have made side hustles out of City speaking engagements
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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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Euronext boss backs German chancellor’s vision for single European stock exchange
The pan-European bourse owner has made a slew of acquisitions in recent years
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EU commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque: ‘I’ve never let anyone set me aside because I’m a woman’
The EU’s financial services chief talks diversity and why the bloc’s biggest obstacle is market fragmentation
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Why corporate leaders can’t obsess over culture wars
Recent backlash to a Black hiring scheme risks eroding meaningful change
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FCA unveils ‘elevator pitch’ in bid to silence critics
Watchdog overhauls communications strategy in bid to show true value of regulation
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EU commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque: Private markets can’t replace public trust
The bloc’s financial services lead tells FN that while alternative assets will be key to solving demographic challenges, transparent markets give savers confidence
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Trump’s push to ditch quarterly reporting could lure more UK firms to US, City warns
The US president has proposed moving to half-yearly financial reports to lighten the load on businesses
Philip Hammond’s crypto firm Copper reports $40m UK loss
Revenue jumps at the digital asset custodian, but Copper says it will continue to keep a lid on costs
How far have regulators really bent to Rachel Reeves’ will?
Opinion in the Square Mile is split over whether cutting regulatory barriers will improve growth
Nigel Farage: The FCA has a ‘radical political agenda’
The leader of Reform UK wants to shift powers away from the markets watchdog and towards Threadneedle Street
Private equity bosses speak out on UK wealth exodus: ‘It will take some time to reverse this’
Well-heeled executives are quitting Britain for more lenient tax jurisdictions such as Italy and Dubai, creating a headache for the UK government. The trend shows no signs of stopping
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Private equity MD resigned as Tory councillor after confrontation with shop owner
Tiwari joined Peak Rock’s London office in April
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The government fired the CMA’s chair. Then it deleted the messages
WhatsApp records were set to disappear, the Department for Business and Trade confirms
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City minister vows ‘targeted support’ for AIM tax breaks
The London Stock Exchange has called for clarity around the future of tax incentives
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Philip Hammond named chair of Ventura Capital advisory board
Ex-UK chancellor Hammond takes role at tech investor
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