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Blackouts and a fear of getting fired: Confessions of a top woman in finance with a drinking problem

Financial services needs to step up to stop bullying around drinking, this insider says

'One thing that really bugs me is that employers still insist on alcohol being a major part of any work event'

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Neil Woodford returns as financial commentator: ‘I am neither hero nor villain’

Accountancy

EY tried to engineer a major split between its audit and consulting businesses

EY’s Project Everest failed: Here’s what you need to know one year on

The Big Four accountancy firm called time on its break up plans in April last year

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ESG

Performance might have improved, but funds backing female-led businesses still bled $1.4bn last year

Gender diversity funds haemorrhage cash amid anti-ESG backlash

Diversity champions warn the backlash against 'woke investing' is spreading

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Meet 3 of this year’s Rising Stars of European Finance

The full list on 29 April will include people working across fund management, investment banking, hedge funds, accounting, regulation, trading, market infrastructure, crypto and law

Triton drops consumer focus after padel bet flops

Fund groups hike pay for top bosses as UK plc races to compete with US rivals

Hipgnosis Songs Fund agrees to $1.4bn Concord takeover

Ken Griffin’s hedge fund Citadel to move to new London development

Why State Street’s Hannah Smith didn’t aspire to be on the board: ‘I don’t see any role models’

State Street exploring acquisition of SocGen’s custody arm, reports say

BNP Paribas: No big London IPOs until 2025

Houlihan Lokey pushes into sovereign advisory with Lazard hire

Former Shell boss joins KKR to advise on climate investments

Liontrust outflows swell to £6bn

Brooks Macdonald reports more outflows as cost-cutting continues

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Ken Griffin’s hedge fund Citadel to move to new London development

The Fintech Files: Funding drought continues, but not for crypto

Wise shares slip despite income and revenue growth

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Morgan Stanley to cut 50 dealmaking jobs in Asia

City fund groups risk losing business over poor ethnic diversity

The Fintech Files: Funding drought continues, but not for crypto

Morgan Stanley’s dealmaking fees rise 16% despite M&A slide

Bank of America’s dealmaking unit jumps 35% on capital markets gains

PwC pushes back at Evergrande letter

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Apple can trade more than the whole of Euronext on a single day. The exchange's London boss says that needs to change

Euronext’s Simon Gallagher: How EU markets can solve their performance gap

The new boss of the exchange’s UK office is returning to the City after two decades away. His first job is to help bring Europe’s markets together

Wise shares slip despite income and revenue growth

Amundi agrees tie-up with US-based Victory Capital

Capital Group is back as a big Deutsche Bank shareholder

UBS increasing capital by $25bn is right level, say Swiss authorities

Checkout.com plans China growth push

Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon: AI is an ‘unprecedented’ opportunity

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Former Shell boss joins KKR to advise on climate investments

PwC appoints new global audit, advisory heads

EY UK financial services law head quits for Alvarez & Marsal after job cuts

Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies to lead Marex’s New York IPO

EY UK financial services law head quits for Alvarez & Marsal after job cuts

Freshfields wins prized mandate on CVC IPO

Goldman Sachs pay jumps 12% as investment banking fees rebound

Franklin Templeton turns toward private investing as mutual fund business shrinks

CVC set to launch IPO, seeks valuation of up to $16bn, sources say

Another surge in financing its institutional trading clients helped drive overall fixed income, currency and commodities trading up by 10% over the first quarter last year

Goldman’s turnaround isn’t yet mission accomplished

While key parts of the firm’s strategy are really working, analysts are asked questions on the projectability of the strong performance

Carmine Di Sibio stepped aside after partners balked at his vision for a new-look EY. But what does the future hold for the Big Four firm?

EY’s Project Everest failed. What now for the conflict-ridden Big Four?

EY's radical plan to split its business was scrapped last year, but difficult questions remain for it and the broader professional services sector

Banks are making new technology a priority, with major impacts on the job market

‘Revenge of the liberal arts graduates’: How AI will upend dealmaker jobs

AI is set to transform banking, removing grunt work for juniors and changing some roles beyond recognition — if they survive at all

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley all pick up mandates for IPO

CVC IPO plans: What you need to know

Buyout giant lines up major listing

Blackouts and a fear of getting fired: Confessions of a top woman in finance with a drinking problem

EY’s Project Everest failed: Here’s what you need to know one year on

Gender diversity funds haemorrhage cash amid anti-ESG backlash

Meet 3 of this year’s Rising Stars of European Finance

Triton drops consumer focus after padel bet flops

Fund groups hike pay for top bosses as UK plc races to compete with US rivals

Hipgnosis Songs Fund agrees to $1.4bn Concord takeover

Ken Griffin’s hedge fund Citadel to move to new London development

Why State Street’s Hannah Smith didn’t aspire to be on the board: ‘I don’t see any role models’

State Street exploring acquisition of SocGen’s custody arm, reports say

BNP Paribas: No big London IPOs until 2025

Houlihan Lokey pushes into sovereign advisory with Lazard hire

Former Shell boss joins KKR to advise on climate investments

Liontrust outflows swell to £6bn

Brooks Macdonald reports more outflows as cost-cutting continues

Ken Griffin’s hedge fund Citadel to move to new London development

The Fintech Files: Funding drought continues, but not for crypto

Wise shares slip despite income and revenue growth

Morgan Stanley to cut 50 dealmaking jobs in Asia

City fund groups risk losing business over poor ethnic diversity

The Fintech Files: Funding drought continues, but not for crypto

Morgan Stanley’s dealmaking fees rise 16% despite M&A slide

Bank of America’s dealmaking unit jumps 35% on capital markets gains

PwC pushes back at Evergrande letter

An Audience With

Euronext’s Simon Gallagher: How EU markets can solve their performance gap

Wise shares slip despite income and revenue growth

Amundi agrees tie-up with US-based Victory Capital

Capital Group is back as a big Deutsche Bank shareholder

UBS increasing capital by $25bn is right level, say Swiss authorities

Checkout.com plans China growth push

Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon: AI is an ‘unprecedented’ opportunity

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Houlihan Lokey pushes into sovereign advisory with Lazard hire

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EY UK financial services law head quits for Alvarez & Marsal after job cuts

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