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The Fintech Files: Kraken’s ‘savage’ layoffs, more trouble for crypto hedge funds
Staff at Kraken have become the latest victims of the crypto winter after the US-based exchange announced 1,100 job cuts.…
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LSE’s voluntary carbon market makes debut listing
Launched back in October, the London Stock Exchange’s voluntary carbon market has listed its first fund. Foresight Sustainable Forestry, an…
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Blackstone stops redemptions from real estate fund as stock slides
Blackstone shares took a big hit after the investing giant’s real-estate fund aimed at wealthy individuals said it would limit redemptions.…
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Ex-Goldman Sachs MD Adam Iqbal joins Capstone as portfolio manager
Hedge fund Capstone Investment Advisors has hired Goldman Sachs managing director Adam Iqbal to strengthen its portfolio management team. Iqbal,…
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FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried says he didn’t know scale of bad Alameda bets
Sam Bankman-Fried said that he didn’t intend to commit any fraud or use customer funds to back leveraged bets that…
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Credit Suisse’s comeback plan hasn’t won over investors yet
Credit Suisse $4.2bn share sale and sweeping restructuring were supposed to regain the market’s confidence. Instead, more investors are betting against the bank.…
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London Metal Exchange fights back against nickel lawsuits: ‘The market had become disorderly’
The London Metal Exchange has defended its decision to cancel billions of dollars worth of nickel trades earlier this year…
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BlackRock’s Europe boss: We’re exploring digital assets in Emea
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has started to assess how the plumbing underpinning the crypto market can be applied…
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ESG indices jump 50% but new investors are still unsure
ESG futures indices are booming, but many new investors are still not confident enough to back them. CME Group’s global head…
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Abrdn, Amundi, Aviva Investors: FTX collapse a ‘major setback’ for crypto uptake
Heavyweight fund groups including Abrdn and Aviva Investors said other big name investors that have steered clear of cryptocurrencies will be extra…
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Autumn Statement: City workers hit with new taxes as Hunt takes aim at dividends and capital gains
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has upped the tax burden on City workers through changes to dividend and capital gains treatment in…
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Contagion fears emerge at crypto bank Silvergate Capital after FTX debacle
Earlier this month, Silvergate Capital gathered its staff to celebrate its transformation into the go-to bank for the crypto market.…
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Why PE’s investor appetite is waning
Investor appetite for private equity is coming under strain. The latest Rede Liquidity Index score – a closely followed industry benchmark…
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Why the Bank of England is struggling to calm markets
A crisis in UK government debt markets accelerated after a fresh attempt by the Bank of England to extend support…
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Bank of England boosts bond purchases programme amid ‘fire sale’ risk
The Bank of England added inflation-linked government bonds to its programme of bond purchases after a fresh attempt to extend…
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Germany leapfrogs UK to become Europe’s most shorted market as recession fears surge
Germany just leapfrogged the UK to become the most shorted market in Europe as economic worries grip the continent. The German market…
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Xavier Rolet: Clearing is the ‘litmus test’ for London’s global crown
The former chief executive of the London Stock Exchange Group Xavier Rolet said London’s ability to hold on to clearing services…
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Roiling British markets push pension funds into real-time firefighting
Pension funds, used to thinking in decades, have been thrown into real-time firefighting mode by the crisis roiling British markets.…
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Bitcoin, ether dive on red-hot US inflation data
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were falling on 13 October, in line with stocks, as they reacted to key inflation data. Bitcoin…
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Coinshares, Metaco bosses brace for 18 months of crypto ‘suffering’
Hopes that the crypto winter will soon thaw are looking increasingly remote, chief executives tell Financial News, as many prepare for…
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US investors’ appetite for European football stakes reaches fever pitch
It’s always been the beautiful game. Now, for American financiers, it’s the bountiful game. Top-level football in Britain and Europe…
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Crispin Odey soft closes flagship hedge fund after major pound and coal wins
Crispin Odey has closed his flagship European hedge fund to new investments after scoring big wins from shorting the pound in the…
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Fidelity snaps up cut price crypto talent amid industry downturn
Fidelity’s European crypto chief Chris Tyrer says the firm is cashing in on this year’s downturn in the digital assets sector by…
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When the stock market celebrates, the bond market spoils the party
Ben Emons is a managing director of macro strategy at Medley Global Advisors US Federal funds futures keep being repriced…
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Blackstone stock weighed down by investor concerns over real estate bets
Investor concerns about Blackstone’s big retail real estate fund have weighed on its stock in recent months and comments by…
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Stocks have rallied, but the nine painful stages of this bear market are not even halfway done
Michael Sincere is the author of Understanding Stocks. His latest book, How to Profit in the Stock Market, explores bull…
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HSBC’s dealmaking fees slide 47% in third quarter as boom fades
Fees from HSBC’s dealmakers nearly halved in the third quarter, but a 20% surge in trading activity helped its overall…
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Andreessen Horowitz bet on crypto at the worst time — here’s why
As cryptocurrency prices soared last year, no investor bet more on the sector than Andreessen Horowitz. The storied venture-capital firm…
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Why traders – not investors – will win from Robinhood’s crypto battle with Coinbase
Robinhood Markets this week expanded the number of cryptocurrencies available to trade on its platform, underscoring how the broker is poised…
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How one of London’s newest hedge funds might win big on rising rates
A new London-based hedge fund has its eyes on rising rates as its “biggest opportunity” after launching last week. Andromeda…
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Billions pulled from Chinese bonds amid yuan slump
Foreign investors’ sales of Chinese yuan-denominated bonds picked up again in September, official data showed, reflecting continued pessimism over China’s…
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Regulators eye curbs on big bank dominance in Treasury market
Regulators are looking to broaden trading in the immense $24tn market for US Treasury securities, a potential power shift away from the…
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FTX crisis bruises BlackRock, VanEck: ‘Crypto industry will need to work twice as hard to rebuild bridges’
Investors in BlackRock’s and other firms’ crypto products saw values plunge on 9 November as the embattled digital assets industry…
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Binance backtracks on deal to rescue FTX amid crypto firm’s $8bn shortfall
Crypto exchange Binance reversed course on a rescue offer for FTX on 9 November, leaving the prominent digital firm with…
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Qatar’s $200bn property finance headache
On Sunday 18 December, when the 2022 Football World Cup comes to a close, Qatar faces a daunting question: what…
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Binance-FTX rescue deal slammed as ‘humiliation to decentralisation’ as crypto prices slump
Binance’s surprise buyout of rival crypto exchange FTX has tanked the price of bitcoin, drawn intense criticism from some corners…
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Standard Chartered’s crypto firm plots Abu Dhabi outpost in 2023
Standard Chartered’s crypto spinoff Zodia Markets is planning to expand into Abu Dhabi next year, making the emirate its first…
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Ireland tops list of most-shorted European markets
Ireland has leapfrogged France and the UK to become the most shorted European market, amid rising bets against firms including…
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US justice department said it seized crypto once valued at $3.3bn
The US Department of Justice said on 6 November it had seized cryptocurrency once valued at $3.36bn from a Georgia…
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