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The current inflation run is similar to other episodes in history, but with important differences
A customer’s groceries are rung up at a store in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. David…
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Fresh wave of travel restrictions triggered on new Covid-19 variant reported by South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — Dozens of countries restricted travel to and from South Africa and neighbouring nations on 26 November, hoping to contain…
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Barclays expands prime broking as rivals pull back after Archegos
Barclays is making a fresh push into prime broking after rivals retreated in the wake of steep losses from the collapse…
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Europe’s next Covid wave may present a new problem for central banks
Europe is in the grip of a virulent, fourth wave of coronavirus disease infections that risks further dampening its economic…
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Why the Retail Industry Is Fighting Vaccine Mandates
The holiday shopping season has arrived, and retailers are ringing it in by doing everything from cutting prices to stocking…
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City must ‘own the bad numbers’ on ethnic diversity and start talking about action
The City must “own” its bad record on ethnicity and start talking about how to boost representation, according to a leading diversity…
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Key inflation figure for the Fed up 4.1% year over year, the highest since January 1991
Gasoline prices are displayed at a gas station on November 16, 2021 in San Mateo County, California. Liu Guanguan |…
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Hambro Perks Spac chooses London after FCA overhaul
Technology-focused venture capital firm, Hambro Perks, has unveiled a £150m special purpose acquisition company set to list on the London…
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The House’s Build Back Better Act is a milestone for place-based solutions
Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act, which boasts an array of social and climate…
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Starling chief Boden blasts failed open banking regime
The UK’s open banking regime has flopped because there is insufficient demand for the service from both consumers and fintechs, Starling Bank chief…
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FCA chair shouldered ‘huge burden’, report finds, as campaigners call for consumer champion to fill role
A review of the Financial Conduct Authority’s board has heaped praise on outgoing chair Charles Randell, as campaigners continue to…
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Why Schroders’ Sue Noffke is still backing UK stocks after Brexit
As the world slowly begins to emerge from the Covid pandemic, investors are starting to re-evaluate portfolios and question whether…
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ESG should face ‘greater attention’ from regulators, says securities watchdog
IOSCO has published recommendations to combat growing scepticism that ESG claims could be tantamount to greenwashing amid a market lacking…
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AssetCo and Premier Miton table bids for River & Mercantile
River & Mercantile, the £47.6bn UK-listed asset manager, has been approached by Premier Miton and AssetCo with separate offers to…
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Houlihan Lokey adds 14 dealmakers in rapid European expansion
Independent investment bank Houlihan Lokey has made a major push into covering the business services sector with the addition of…
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Citigroup to hire 100 roles into new digital assets unit
Citigroup has named a new head of digital assets within the division housing its investment bank, and will hire an additional…
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Behind the Powell pick: a bet the economy has room to grow and inflation will fade.
President Biden’s decision to renominate Jerome H. Powell to head the Federal Reserve reflects the president’s belief that despite high…
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Tory MP paid by accountancy ‘lobby group’ opposed IR35 tax on consultants
A Conservative MP who was paid thousands of pounds a year by an accountancy ‘lobby group’ spoke in Parliament against…
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Home sales rose in October as investors rushed into the market
Real estate broker Rebecca Van Camp places a “Sold” placard on her sign in front of a home in Meridian,…
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Biden not budging on EV tax credit shows America still comes first
Breadcrumb Trail Links News FP Energy FP Economy Electric Vehicles ‘Canada underestimated the protectionist bent of the Democrats’ Author of…
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Elizabeth Warren calls for Trump Spac deal investigation
Senator Elizabeth Warren is asking the US Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate former President Donald Trump’s deal to take his…
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Mark Mobius says pile 10% into gold, and calls China crackdowns ‘a good thing’
With China and inflation two of the biggest topics on investors’ radars, the timing could hardly be better for our…
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SEC puts hedge funds in crosshairs with stock lending disclosure push
The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving to bring greater transparency to the securities-lending market, where short-selling hedge funds borrow…
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Warren Buffet-backed Paytm falls sharply on first day of trading
MUMBAI — Shares in the owner of Indian mobile-payments company Paytm fell sharply on their first day of trading, after…
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Google survives £3bn class action as lawyers predict drop in group claims
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Google in a £3bn lawsuit brought on behalf of over four million…
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Equal Pay Day shows why the City needs to step up on diversity
Maike Currie is head of personal finance and markets content at Fidelity International. Thursday 18 November 2021 is Equal Pay…
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FCA pushes back against Unite’s union ultimatum
Bosses at the Financial Conduct Authority have pushed back against efforts by workplace union Unite to force it to recognise a…
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KPMG set to face £15m legal claim over negligent Quindell audit
KPMG could be hit this month with a £15m legal claim stemming from its audit of insurance outsourcer Quindell’s 2013…
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JPMorgan sues Tesla for $162m over Elon Musk’s tweets
JPMorgan Chase sued Tesla, seeking to recover $162.2m and accusing the electric-vehicle company of breach of contract over warrant transactions that…
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Crypto firms lawyer up as regulatory clouds gather
Crypto firms are beefing up their in-house legal and compliance teams in the face of a crackdown from regulators across…
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Inflation in Britain climbs to a 10-year high.
Inflation in Britain rose to its highest level in nearly a decade in October after soaring energy prices hit household…
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France’s Melanion Capital to launch ‘green’ bitcoin-focused Spac
Melanion Capital is to list a special purpose acquisition company focused on acquiring and developing businesses linked to “green and…
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Hong Kong hits back after allowing JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon to skip quarantine
A 32-hour visit to Hong Kong by JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon has drawn attention to how shut-off the Chinese…
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Extending clearing equivalence is a dose of post-Brexit realism
Olivier Fines is head of advocacy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the CFA Institute The European Commission’s decision to…
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Spac targets beauty market as former L’Oréal executives create $1.2bn firm
Skincare company Obagi and makeup brand Milk Makeup are merging with Waldencast Acquisition Corp. , a special-purpose acquisition company founded by two…
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Meet Stephanie Brobbey, the private wealth lawyer trying to get the rich to give up their money
Living with purpose sounds like a nice idea, but can often get lost in the stresses and strains of everyday…
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Kalifa predicts more M&A as fintechs fight for survival
Ron Kalifa, one of the leading names in UK fintech, is predicting more merger activity in the sector as firms…
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BlackRock’s iShares boss says the firm is in no hurry to launch crypto ETFs
One of BlackRock’s top executives has ruled out an imminent foray into crypto exchange traded funds, citing an “opaque” regulatory…
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Bank of England’s Jon Cunliffe says bitcoin threat to financial stability is ‘getting closer’
The threat that cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin pose to global financial stability is “getting closer”, a top Bank of England…
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A record 4.4 million people quit in September as Great Resignation shows no signs of stopping
A record-high 4.4 million people, or 3% of workers, quit their job in September, according to the Labor Department’s latest…
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Trading Places: Compton takes IB reins at Barclays, BNP Paribas lands ECM banker
Here’s this week’s roundup of who is changing jobs at the top of the City. Barclays named Paul Compton as…
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Ex-JPMorgan exec says she was fired for flagging concerns on compliance issues
A former JPMorgan compliance executive has sued the bank for retaliation, saying it fired her after she pointed out gaps…
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How Binance took the crypto market by storm, then caught the eye of governments
The world’s fastest-growing major financial exchange has no head office or formal address, lacks licenses in countries where it operates,…
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Home prices are now rising much faster than incomes, studies show
During the Covid pandemic, home prices have shot up nearly nationwide while household income fell. As a result, homeownership became…
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Fuel, housing costs boosted October’s inflation. Here’s what it means for the Fed’s stance on interest rates
A gas pump at an Arco gas station in San Diego, California. Mike Blake | Reuters October’s surge in consumer…
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Credit Suisse’s legal troubles are dragging on its plans to rebuild
Credit Suisse is vowing to end reckless risk taking at the bank. The cost of earlier misdeeds are likely to keep…
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U.S. consumer prices jump 6.2% in October, the biggest inflation surge in more than 30 years
Inflation across a broad swath of products that consumers buy every day was even worse than expected in October, hitting…
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Expensive and growing: Loudoun County, Va.
Loudoun County is rapidly growing, high-priced county located in a growing, high-priced metropolitan area (Washington, D.C.). All but one of…
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Ride hailer Gett edges closer to $1bn Spac merger
Gett is nearing a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company that would take the corporate-transportation platform public with a roughly…
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Household debt total passes $15 trillion for the first time
U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this photo illustration. Jose Luis Gonzalez | Illustration | Reuters Household debt passed $15…
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