Britain Financial News
17.12 / 15:29
Landmark
Future
regulatory
Kempen’s UK boss on the future of fiduciary management amid regulatory disruption
This year has been a landmark one for fiduciary managers — the firms offer advice and investment management for pension schemes.
17.12 / 15:29
Citi
HSBC
expansion
HSBC hires Nomura’s Chris Fincken for ongoing UK dealmaker expansion
HSBC has hired another senior dealmaker to bolster its investment bank in the City, part of an ongoing expansion of its UK-focused business.
17.12 / 15:29
UPS
Racing
Barclays set to join bank bonus race with 25% payout
Barclays is set to hike bonus payments by more than 25% in its corporate and investment bank, as firms battle to retain top dealmakers amid a record deal boom.
17.12 / 14:35
EU set to announce changes to Northern Ireland Protocol
The EU is set to announce significant changes to post-Brexit regulations that will allow medicines to continue to flow between Britain and Northern Ireland.
17.12 / 12:05
Waves
Landmark
services
Financial
Omar Ali: Why UK financial services will look beyond Europe in 2022
Omar Ali is Emeia financial services regional managing partner at EY
17.12 / 10:05
17.12 / 09:33
Art
Conservatives
Conservatives lose England seat they've always held in new rebuke to Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson's Conservative party lost one of its strongholds in central England in a parliamentary by-election, according to official results released on Friday.
16.12 / 22:03
UPS
Racing
Barclays set to join bank bonus race with 25% payout
Barclays is set to hike bonus payments by more than 25% in its corporate and investment bank, as firms battle to retain top dealmakers amid a record deal boom.
16.12 / 21:22
covid variant
Variant
France drastically restricts travel to and from UK over Omicron COVID variant
France is to heavily tighten entry conditions for people travelling both to and from the United Kingdom in order to limit the spread of the Omicron variant, the government said on Thursday.
16.12 / 19:06
Citi
HSBC
expansion
HSBC hires Nomura’s Finken for ongoing UK dealmaker expansion
HSBC has hired another senior dealmaker to bolster its investment bank in the City, part of an ongoing expansion of its UK-focused business.
16.12 / 15:34
Technology
Royal Family
dutch
Dutch royal family faces criticism over birthday party breaching COVID-19 rules
The Dutch royal family expressed regret on Wednesday for inviting 21 people to Princess Amalia's 18th birthday last week.
16.12 / 12:39
covid variant
Variant
France to tighten entry requirements for UK arrivals over Omicron COVID variant
France is to tighten entry conditions for people travelling from the United Kingdom in order to limit the spread of the Omicron variant, a French government spokesman said on Thursday.
16.12 / 10:08
Health
EU leaders to discuss booster jabs, energy prices and Russian aggression at council summit
EU leaders are back in Brussels for a one-day European summit with a busy agenda that promises discussions around booster shots, energy prices, migration routes and Russia's military build-up along the Ukraine border.
16.12 / 09:21
Health
Variant
UK registers record number of COVID-19 cases due to Omicron variant
The UK registered 78,610 daily COVID-19 cases on Wednesday — the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic as the highly transmissible new Omicron variant spreads.
15.12 / 20:23
coinbase
Kraken
UK
Bitcoin
UK Watchdog Teaches Coinbase, Kraken, and Others How to Advertise Crypto
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has decided to ban seven crypto-related advertisements. The latest batch of bans illustrates that, in their online communications, businesses must take great care to fashion their crypto-related messages in a maximally neutral way and avoid drawing the regulator’s ire.
15.12 / 20:19
business
coinbase
Kraken
Bitcoin
UK advertising watchdog bans crypto ads for Coinbase and Kraken
The Advertising Standards Authority, or ASA, the United Kingdom’s independent advertising regulator, has taken down another batch of cryptocurrency-related ad campaigns promoting several major industry firms.
15.12 / 18:28
Facebook
coinbase
Bitcoin
UK’s advertising regulator clamps down on crypto ads under “red-alert priority”
UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) recently noted that it aims to bring new guidance on cryptocurrency advertising. Meanwhile, BBC reported that the watchdog took down seven ads as “monitoring cryptoassets, like Bitcoin, is a ‘red-alert priority’…many ads fail to fully convey the risks of investing.”
15.12 / 15:01
Government
Technology
Health
Tesla
MPs
Embattled Boris Johnson faces MPs after Tory revolt against COVID-19 measures
Boris Johnson faces MPs on Wednesday just hours after nearly 100 of his own party revolted against his move to introduce COVID-19 "vaccine passports" in the UK.
15.12 / 13:29
Platform
Racing
licence
UK’s first P2P lender wins full banking licence
Zopa, the world’s oldest peer-to-peer lending platform, has at last been granted a full banking licence by UK regulators.
15.12 / 12:51
Citi
Talent wars and bumper deals — law firm leaders on their 2022 challenges
Coronavirus aside, 2021 was a stellar year for the UK legal market, with booming transactional markets driving record revenue and profits at City law firms.
15.12 / 03:09
UPS
KKR
Blackstone, KKR add London staff to prep for ‘tremendous growth’
The world’s biggest buyout shops have been on a hiring spree in London, beefing up their presence in the capital amid a frenzy of private equity interest in UK companies.
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