UK banks’ profits slashed by more than half June 28, 2021 Big UK banks’ profits have slid by more than half over the last year, according to a ranking of the world’s largest lenders published today. UK lenders included in The Banker’s top 1,000 World Banks 2021 experienced a 53 per cent drop in profits. Losses were attributed to the severe damage the pandemic has inflicted [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? June 23, 2021 Morning Wire‘s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email [email protected] to be featured. Barclays Corporate Banking appoints new head of real estate Barclays has appointed a new head of real estate for corporate banking this week, following the retirement of the former-lead. Jason Constable, [...]
Hong Kong races ahead of London and New York in bid to get bankers back in the office June 21, 2021 Hong Kong races ahead of London and New York in bid to get bankers back in the office
HSBC to sell French retail bank to Cerberus-backed My Money Group June 18, 2021 HSBC has agreed to sell its French retail banking arm to My Money Group, a company backed by private equity firm Cerberus. The transaction has been agreed, wrapping up an 18 month effort by HSBC to shed the struggling business as it shifts its investment focus to Asia. My Money Group on Friday announced the [...]
Exclusive: Meet the former UBS and JPMorgan heavyweights shaking up private banking May 28, 2021 As the economy is slowly switching into recovery gear, activity in the City and beyond is starting to pick up again. That is also the case for Vestrata, a relatively new fintech player that is taking the wealth management and private banking space by storm by bring machine learning and automated risk metrics into the [...]
Hong Kong HSBC and Citibank bankers threatened with prison if they deal with billionaire Jimmy Lai’s accounts May 27, 2021 Hong Kong HSBC and Citibank branches have been sent letters by the city’s security chief over billionaire media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s accounts – threatening up to seven years in prison, according to Reuters. The media moguls’ assets, including his stake in publisher Next Digital and local bank accounts, have come under fire in recent weeks [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? May 26, 2021 Morning Wire‘s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email [email protected] to be featured. Johnson & Johnson hires EU consumer health director US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has hired a new London-based area managing director for consumer health in northern Europe. Charmaine England, who [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? May 19, 2021 Morning Wire‘s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email [email protected] to be featured. Ex Co-op CEO joins Boomin’s board Property site Boomin has bagged itself a retail veteran this week, who is set to join the board as a non-executive director at its next [...]
Extinction Rebellion co-founder arrested after attacks on Canary Wharf banks May 11, 2021 Extinction Rebellion co-founder Gail Bradbrook was arrested at her home this morning for conspiracy to cause criminal damage and fraud after her group attacked banks in Canary Wharf. Activists from Extinction Rebellion smashed the window frontage of HSBC and Barclays last month. They have also targeted Lloyd’s of London, where they dumped fake coal outside [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile this week? April 28, 2021 Morning Wire‘s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every Wednesday afternoon. Email [email protected] to be featured. Cazoo bolsters board after $7bn NYSE listing After its $7bn New York Stock Exchange listing through its AJAX merger, UK online car retailer Cazoo has confirmed that a new non-executive director [...]