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Jean Pierre Mustier has spoken candidly with Euromoney throughout his five years of running UniCredit. Here is the inside story of how the first foreign chief executive of Italy’s international banking champion came close to continental leadership but left in acrimony – after clashing with the country’s financial establishment and with chairman-elect Pier Carlo Padoan.
In making his long-awaited recommendations on how to improve London’s standing as a venue for raising capital, Jonathan Hill faced the challenge of how to reform while not racing to the bottom.
Citi’s new CEO Jane Fraser set out her vision statement this week. It was solid stuff, but Euromoney suggests some bolder moves for the US bank in Asia.
More companies are preparing to accept payment in crypto as the number of customers with digital wallets swells. But a confusing proliferation of payment methods means that innovation has made collecting payments harder, not easier.
The link between share ownership and voting rights has been weakening for a long time. With dual-class share structures more popular than ever, is the struggle to resist their rise now over?
Banque du Caire was on the cusp of completing a $500 million listing in London and Cairo last year when Covid hit. Chairman Tarek Fayed meets Euromoney to talk about investing in people and digital – and why he still wants to do an IPO.
Laos has twice postponed a bond that it badly needs to issue. A small country with few financing options, hit by Covid, downgraded and in debt to China – its problems are not unique.
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Jean Pierre Mustier, speaking to Euromoney after his departure from UniCredit
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Jon Parry, partner at White & Case, on the change in the competitive landscape
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CFO Amrita Ahuja at the time payment company Square bought $50m of bitcoin
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Tarek Fayed, chairman of Banque du Caire, sees trade and investment opportunities
Citadel founder Ken Griffin may have felt more annoyed than threatened by his day testifying to Congress about volatility in GameStop and other stocks popular with retail investors, but scrutiny of market making and clearing is set to increase.
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