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Kwasi Kwarteng’s debt-funded tax giveaway has re-priced UK risk at a stroke, but the high cost may bring scarce benefit. -
The recent multi-decade lows experienced by the pound and the yen may have different origins, but they are also a reminder that history has a habit of repeating itself.
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Removing UK bonus caps and undermining the BoE could exacerbate a sterling crisis while entrenching US IB dominance.
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As the world’s biggest investment banks prepare to report third-quarter earnings in October, the signals are bad across the board.
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UK regulators have pushed big banks to establish an innovative form of payment that could leave fintechs struggling.
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HSBC’s interim result shows that banks are drawing a line under pandemic-related provisions, while simultaneously setting aside new ones for the disease’s economic cure. All banks must make this transition, but HSBC has other things to worry about besides: a campaign from China’s Ping An to split the bank in half.
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UK policymakers are trapped between reducing inflation and boosting the flagging economy.
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Corporate bond deals in euros are now a rarity as issuers and investors struggle to judge the new price of credit.
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Supply-chain disruption has driven up corporate stock holdings. Firms may move excess inventory off balance sheet.
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The International Chamber of Commerce is confident the UK Centre for Digital Trade & Innovation will spur standards.
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Stress tests mean that banks must assess their own climate impact. The glaring data gaps will close as the science progresses and methodologies evolve.
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Artificial intelligence has revolutionized cash-flow forecasting at educational services provider Pearson.
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The UK Electronic Trade Documents Bill is expected to greatly improve access to trade finance, particularly for contracts that use English law.
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Payment service providers have welcomed the UK Payment Systems Regulator’s plan to promote account-to-account payments, but much needs to be done to boost take-up.
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The global cryptocurrency platform is sponsoring the relaunch of a 122-year-old live music venue in London.
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In a volatile equity market, asset managers may now pay the price for having concentrated research spend on analysts from a few bulge-bracket firms.
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The UK bank’s new fund aims to deliver metaverse-themed investment opportunities to wealthy clients in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Banks need to be hyper-vigilant as threats grow from both malign and accidental disruption.
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How can sanctions work when banks spend billions on box-ticking compliance, but criminals still easily launder vast sums through the banking system?
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The provider of embedded banking to UK fintechs heads to Europe after its technology achieves speedy implementation of Russian sanctions screening.
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After the 2020 sale of its US bank, BBVA’s global ambitions in retail are alive and well. It has entered Brazil with digital bank Neon, ploughed more capital into UK app-based lender Atom Bank and launched in Italy in a way that presages branchless growth across the eurozone.
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The last big Wall Street broker-dealer has had a spectacular run in the last 20 years. It now wants to build ‘the best world-class global investment bank’.
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If regulated investors are to buy bonds on blockchain, incumbent infrastructure providers such as CSDs must embrace the very technology that threatens their traditional role.
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The specialist loan servicer and portfolio manager has grown fast but sees high demand from banks and investors to manage illiquid credit.
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SoftBank’s likely choice of the US to list Arm might say something about UK equity investor culture, but using it as evidence that London reform efforts are failing is a step too far.
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Brought in to help clean up Credit Suisse, the high-profile Portuguese banker has been forced to quit to preserve what is left of its reputation.
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Douglas Flint, former HSBC chair and current chairman of Abrdn, talks to Euromoney about climate change, his hope for the future and how he convinced CEO Stephen Bird to join the firm over fish and chips and a pint in an Edinburgh pub.
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Many observers remain unconvinced about the Scottish government’s official currency if the country were ever to gain independence.
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It might have the wind in its sails, but the bank will need to be nimble and smart if it is to find success in its three principle aims.
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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.
