Credit Suisse asks investors to ‘permanently erase’ documents linked to oligarch loans March 2, 2022 Credit Suisse has issued a legal request to investors asking them to “destroy and permanently erase” documents relating to its clients’ private jets and yachts, as it looks to prevent leaks of its dealings with now-sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
City minister John Glen outlines changes to ‘liberate businesses’ from EU regulations March 1, 2022 City minister John Glen has said his changes to EU financial services regulations will “liberate businesses” in the UK as he further outlines his package of reforms. Speaking to the Association of Financial Markets in Europe today, Glen said the post-Brexit changes “will remove unnecessary duplication and red tape for firms that want to raise [...]
Ukraine war boosts Bitcoin and green stocks as crypto helps Russians and oligarchs to get funds out March 1, 2022 Talks in Belarus between the Ukrainian and Russian committees yesterday were overshadowed by the intensifying military fight in Ukraine. Putin, who seems frustrated with the Ukrainian resistance, and the Westerns sanctions imposed sanctions to the West on his turn by closing its airspace to 36 countries and banning its residents from transferring hard currency abroad. [...]
Belarus joins invasion of Ukraine as troops cross border while 40 mile long Russian convoy nears Kyiv March 1, 2022 Mad March begins in Moscow: ICC to open war crime probe while Shell pulls $3bn out of Russia and Ukraine applies for EU membership.
Ukrainians made up half of all UK temporary worker visa applications in 2021 March 1, 2022 Around 45 per cent of applications for UK temporary work visas last year were made by Ukrainian nationals, who accounted for 19,858 of the total 44,114 applications made last year, according to new data shared with Morning Wire this morning. There was also an unusually high number of applications from Russian nationals, who accounted for [...]
Editorial: Businesses deserve credit for what are very big decisions February 28, 2022 Politicians sometimes resemble managers of struggling football teams; bad results are often written off as bad luck and outside of one’s control, but when the ball bounces in off somebody’s backside for a much-needed 90th minute winner they are, per the man in charge, often the result of some training ground masterstroke. So it is [...]
Ex-Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner says he forged divorce documents twice following double bigamy allegations February 28, 2022 A former Goldman Sachs banker has admitted that he “photoshopped” divorce papers so that he could marry American model Kimora Lee Simmons, after being called a “double bigamist” during a trial of his former Goldman Sachs colleague Roger Ng over his role in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal. Tim Leissner, who admitted charges of bribery and [...]
FCA fines Barclays for oversight failings as bank agrees to compensate customers of collapsed Premier FX February 28, 2022 City watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said this morning it has fined Barclays Bank £783,800 for oversight failings in its relationship with collapsed payments firm Premier FX. Barclays was Premier FX’s sole banker in the UK. “The financial penalty takes into account that Barclays has agreed voluntarily to cover the losses of Premier FX [...]
Shares in BP slump sharply following decision to sell stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft February 28, 2022 Shares in BP slumped sharply after the markets opened lower again in London. The oil giant initially dropped by as much as seven per cent, before moving back to roughly 5.58 per cent lower at 363p per share following its decision to sell its nearly 20% stake in Russian oil business Rosneft. The FTSE 100 [...]
Exclusive: BNY Mellon plots launch of crypto custody platform February 26, 2022 US bank BNY Mellon is planning to launch a digital asset custody platform to enable institutional clients to gain exposure to crypto.