Banking
Reform’s rise sparks City interest
Nigel Farage’s populist party is no longer a ‘fringe phenomenon’, say senior leaders in the Square Mile, who are increasingly angling for time with the potential future government
European bank stocks have thrived. But shadows loom
Shares are up by a third this year, aided by the advance of the euro against the dollar. But with the ECB loosening and US tariffs a major uncertainty, the way ahead could be more difficult
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City hiring plummets to four-year low as firms grapple with economic uncertainty
Banks, fund managers and wealth firms among those cutting jobs
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Meet the leaders shaping the booming private equity secondaries sector
FN’s sister title Private Equity News has recognised the people behind the growth of the market
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Financial regulators should be wary of private credit
Regulators need to ensure a level playing field between banks and private credit
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JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon to meet chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of Labour government’s first Budget
Dimon will be accompanied by Filippo Gori, JPMorgan’s CEO of Emea and co-head of global banking
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Trading Places: Houlihan Lokey, Paul Weiss and Grant Thornton boost their ranks
Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond this week
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City firms keep quiet about DE&I spend and staffing
A&O Shearman and Santander were the only firms to disclose headcount in their dedicated DE&I teams when asked by FN
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Bank of America hires new head of Asia payments
BofA’s corporate payments business took in $2.6bn in the second quarter as bank looks to bolster digital growth
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Biggest banks can withstand severe downturn, $685bn in losses, US Fed says
Latest stress tests find banks remained above minimum capital requirements
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Trading Places: UBS’s great shake-up, Esposito heads to Miami
Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond this week
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ABN AMRO to buy private German bank for $730m
The Dutch bank is acquiring Hauck Aufhauser Lampe from Chinese conglomerate Fosun International
Finance’s AI job cull fears are overblown, tech leaders say
Ninety percent of City jobs will change, but many won’t be axed completely
Banks face another warning to crack down on private markets ties
New Basel Committee on Banking Supervision guidelines target exposures to non-bank counterparties
Deutsche’s drinking solution and Goal-dman’s footy finance: April’s diary
FN takes a tour to the lighter side of the City
Morgan Stanley’s wealth arm probed by multiple federal regulators
Focus is on whether firm sufficiently vets clients for money-laundering risk
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The merchant banker who could win the Masters
Stewart Hagestad is a player unlike any other. The 33-year-old amateur will compete at Augusta National this week, then head back to his day job on Wall Street.
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Big US banks are healthy. Earnings will show any ills
JPMorgan, Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo set to release first quarter results over the next week
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Lloyds Bank slashes risk management jobs in bid to speed up progress
Lloyds Banking Group to cut risk management roles as it shakes up the unit
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RBC’s female CFO firing highlights awkward truth of secret office relationships
Nadine Ahn was fired after a probe into an undisclosed personal relationship
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