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Barclays: The bet that paid off
Since Jes Staley took charge of Barclays at the end of 2015, he has faced constant questions over his ability to reposition the firm as a credible force in investment banking. Sticking to his guns in the face of activist shareholder pressure, he now looks vindicated, but growing from here presents a new challenge.
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As their involvement in fintech matures, large banks are focusing on building standalone digital businesses rather than just taking stakes in third-party startups through venture capital funds and accelerators. Can these new in-house ventures disprove the thesis that incumbent banks can’t create disruptive business models? -
The first three months of the year have been tough for many investment banking business lines, but Europe’s banks are putting up a good fight against the might of the US firms.
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A blunder in its exchange-traded notes business is set to cause Barclays a fresh headache that it doesn’t need.
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Losing your chief executive in messy circumstances is never a good look, but Barclays does at least have momentum in its investment bank as it looks for a fresh start in 2022.
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Questions over chief executive’s personal judgement finally end his successful stewardship of the UK lender.
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Barclays all but left Asia five years ago but is slowly returning to relevance in the region. The hire of Angela Liu from Deutsche Bank as its first China chief executive is a step in the right direction.
