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Schroders boss says Spacs will help City ’embrace new world’
Peter Harrison, chief executive of FTSE 100 listed asset manager Schroders, says proposals designed to encourage international companies to list in…
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Budget tax hike threatens plan for City post -Brexit fightback
Imagine you are the European boss of a US financial firm based in Canary Wharf. Post Brexit you are wrestling…
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Schroders predicts ‘favourable environment’ for active funds as assets reach new high
Schroders posted a 15% increase in assets under management last year, cementing its position as the UK’s largest listed fund…
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Pimco adds former White House defence expert to advisory board
Pimco, the US bond giant, has appointed a former White House staffer to its influential advisory board — the second…
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Vaccine rollout helps end dry spell for UK equity fund inflows
Investment funds that invest specifically in UK-listed companies turned a corner in February, with the rapid rollout of Britain’s Covid…
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GAM calls time on supply chain finance fund linked to Greensill
GAM, the Switzerland headquartered asset manager, has announced it will close an investment fund linked to Greensill Capital — the…
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New Citi CEO Jane Fraser unveils net-zero targets on first day at the helm
Citigroup chief executive Jane Fraser has used her first day at the helm of the US bank to unveil ambitious…
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Jon Little’s Alderwood Capital begins hunt for investors
Alderwood Capital, the fund management business launched by former Northill Capital founder Jon Little, has made a trio of hires…
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M&G pledges to end thermal coal investments
M&G, the UK-listed fund management group, will begin to phase out coal across its investments, making it the latest asset…
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JPMorgan to opt for ‘carrots and sticks’ approach to vaccine, says CEO Jamie Dimon
JPMorgan will not make a Covid-19 vaccination mandatory but will take a “carrots and sticks” approach to vaccines and the…
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Almost a quarter of companies will be net zero by 2030, say Fidelity analysts
Analysts working at investment giant Fidelity International, the $706bn asset manager, predict almost a quarter of all the companies they…
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Execs at City watchdog FCA face pay cuts amid fallout from LCF collapse
The City watchdog’s executive committee members face pay and bonus cuts as part of the fallout from the collapse of…
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Goldman Sachs asset management co-head Lane to step down
Eric Lane, the co-head of Goldman Sachs global asset management business, is stepping down six months after being appointed to…
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Barclays ECM exec Febrer-Bowen lands new role weeks after retirement
The former head of continental European equity capital markets at Barclays has secured a new role leading corporate development at…
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Trading Places: HSBC’s big shake-up, BofA reshuffles M&A, a brutal bonus season
HSBC has named a number of new senior leaders in Europe, the US and the Middle East as the lender…
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Jupiter assets reach new record, despite investors pulling £4bn
Jupiter Fund Management suffered net outflows of £4bn last year, despite the FTSE 250 group posting an increase in profits and a…
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JPMorgan CFO Jennifer Piepszak says investment banking fees could be up 30% on Q1 2020
Investment banking fees at JPMorgan in the first quarter are likely to be up over 30% on the same period…
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Vanguard, BlackRock singled out for $170bn coal exposure
Vanguard and BlackRock, the world’s two largest asset managers, have been singled out for having the highest exposure to the…
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Axa IM assets reach record high after bumper 2020
Axa Investment Managers, the asset management arm of the French insurance giant, posted a more than three-fold increase in new…
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St James’s Place to axe 200 jobs after Covid hit to profits
St James’s Place, the UK listed wealth manager, plans to axe 200 jobs following an almost 40% drop in pre-tax…
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HSBC shrinks bonuses for London investment bankers by up to 20%
Investment bankers in HSBC’s London operations have seen bonuses decline by as much as 20%, as the UK lender has…
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Chuka Umunna calls out UK investment body over ethnic diversity push
The Investment Association has been called out for a lack of ethnic diversity on its board, after itself urging some…
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KPMG fires starting gun on chief executive election post Bill Michael exit
KPMG UK has kicked off the race to succeed Bill Michael as chief executive after he resigned over a backlash…
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Pay slashed for StanChart chief Bill Winters amid missed targets, 40% profit drop
Standard Chartered has announced a dividend and share buyback scheme amid falling profit, along with a cut to the chief executive’s…
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Former HSBC chief operating officer joins London regtech board
The chair of the global banking unit at Boston Consulting Group in London has joined regulatory technology firm Napier as…
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Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon slams WFH as an ‘aberration’
Goldman Sachs chief executive David Solomon has sent the clearest message yet to homebound traders and investment bankers — don’t…
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UK investors ratchet up pressure on companies over ethnic diversity
The UK’s fund management lobby group will turn up the heat on companies in the coming months over ethnic diversity in…
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Investing heavyweights managing $21tn see FOMO driving bitcoin to $100k by year-end
Some of the world’s largest investors have indicated bitcoin is in bubble territory, with almost 30% predicting frenzied speculation will…
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Bank of America names Berendes, Brabazon new M&A leaders in Europe
Bank of America has shaken up the leadership of its mergers and acquisitions team in Europe amid global surge in…
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Billionaire philanthropy is a ‘PR scam,’ says CEO who raised his workers’ minimum pay to $70,000
He’s not buying what America’s billionaires are selling. The CEO known for increasing his employees’ base annual pay to $70,000…
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Wells Fargo strikes $2bn deal to offload asset management business
Wells Fargo, the US-headquartered bank, has struck a deal to offload its asset management arm in a transaction worth $2.1bn.…
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Standard Life Aberdeen paves way for rebrand after fresh deal with Phoenix
Standard Life Aberdeen, the FTSE listed asset manager, has sold the Standard Life moniker to UK insurer Phoenix Group —…
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Former Fidessa chair joins PwC spin-out
John Hamer, the former chief executive and chairman of trading software giant Fidessa, has joined LikeZero as the fintech firm’s new chair. LikeZero,…
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Invesco tops ‘dog funds’ list for sixth time
Invesco has topped a twice-yearly list of worst-performing investment funds for the sixth time running, with almost a dozen of…
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ESG is ‘no longer optional’ for asset managers, says Goldman Sachs
Funds focused on environmental, social and governance issues are “no longer optional” for asset managers and interest in them will…
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HSBC shakes up regional bosses amid push to Asia
HSBC has named a series of new senior leaders of its businesses in Europe, the US and the Middle East…
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