Covid
Moderna short-sellers lose $119m in 24 hours amid new Covid vaccine success
On 17 August, Moderna shares jumped by more than 7%
António Horta-Osório fined for quarantine breach
Former Credit Suisse boss receives a lower fine because he used his private jet
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BlackRock freezes London back to work plans as Omicron cases soar
BlackRock announced its Future of Work program in November, requiring staff to come into the office at least three days a week
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Abrdn boss on why flexible working is here to stay: ‘We’ve proved remote work on a large scale can be effective’
Stephen Bird, CEO of the £535bn asset manager, says Covid has upended how we work
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EU launches vaccine passport as UK prepares to update travel green list
The UK could add 20 more countries to the travel green list
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Fidelity International, JPMorgan scramble to vaccinate India staff as nation reels from Covid
IHS Markit, Goldman Sachs and Barclays have also said they’re watching their operations in India, a hub for technology, back office and call centre operations that employ thousands
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Office headcount seen falling to 80% of pre-Covid levels as flex work becomes norm
Eric Adler, chief executive of PGIM Real Estate, says there will be less need for desks as people return to the office
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Back to the office — Here’s what we know about who’s going back and when
Here are the return to work plans from JPMorgan, PwC, Goldman Sachs, Starling, KPMG and more
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European fund manager pay gains beat UK peers amid Brexit ‘uncertainty’
Europe saw 'less impact of Covid restrictions, Brexit and the continuing shift from discretionary to tracking' investment mandates in 2020
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We failed to foresee the pandemic — other risks are staring us in the face
Climate change is an existential threat, and gun crime and domestic terrorism could erode democracy in the US
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No ‘immediate plans’ for Covid-19 vaccine passports, says housing minister
The government is carrying out a review into 'Covid-status' certificates
UK to review Covid certificates in a move towards reopening venues
The government had initially said they would not be implementing a Covid-19 vaccine or test passport
El-Erian: No one is safe until everyone is safe
Minimising the risk of yet more destabilising Covid variants is crucial if countries are to turn the corner on a shock that has wrecked lives and livelihoods
Annual Covid jab similar to the flu vaccine not ‘unreasonable’, says health minister
The government remains under pressure to control the outbreak of the South African variant
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TP ICAP’s ‘disappointing’ Europe trading delay highlights City Brexit snags
Canaccord Genuity told clients that TP ICAP’s statement was ‘disappointing’ and that it will ‘take investors by surprise’
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TUC calls for ethnicity pay gap reporting as pandemic hits Black and minority groups harder
One in 12 BAME workers are now unemployed, compared to one in 22 white workers
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Active funds ride ESG boom to reach record £1.7bn December haul
The monthly inflows were the largest since July 2015, helped by a boom in ESG
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UK aims for 15 million vaccinations by mid-February as it reaches ‘worst point’ of pandemic
The vaccines will be rolled out for the top four priority groups
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