Banking

City hiring plummets to four-year low as firms grapple with economic uncertainty

Banks, fund managers and wealth firms among those cutting jobs

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Meet the leaders shaping the booming private equity secondaries sector

FN’s sister title Private Equity News has recognised the people behind the growth of the market

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Financial regulators should be wary of private credit

Regulators need to ensure a level playing field between banks and private credit

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City firms keep quiet about DE&I spend and staffing

A&O Shearman and Santander were the only firms to disclose headcount in their dedicated DE&I teams when asked by FN

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Bank of America hires new head of Asia payments

BofA’s corporate payments business took in $2.6bn in the second quarter as bank looks to bolster digital growth

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Michael Barr, vice chair for supervision at the US Federal Reserve, speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Martin Gruenberg, the embattled head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., told lawmakers calling for his resignation that he was moving quickly to overhaul the agency's workplace culture after a probe detailed complaints of sexual harassment and discrimination at the agency. Photographer: Allison Robbert/Bloomberg

Biggest banks can withstand severe downturn, $685bn in losses, US Fed says

Latest stress tests find banks remained above minimum capital requirements

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ABN AMRO to buy private German bank for $730m

The Dutch bank is acquiring Hauck Aufhauser Lampe from Chinese conglomerate Fosun International

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Finance’s AI job cull fears are overblown, tech leaders say

Ninety percent of City jobs will change, but many won’t be axed completely

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Banks face another warning to crack down on private markets ties

New Basel Committee on Banking Supervision guidelines target exposures to non-bank counterparties

Regulators are probing whether the bank has been sufficiently investigating the identities of clients and where their wealth comes from

Morgan Stanley’s wealth arm probed by multiple federal regulators

Focus is on whether firm sufficiently vets clients for money-laundering risk

Stewart Hagestad is one of the world’s top amateur golfers as well as holding down a job as a banker

The merchant banker who could win the Masters

Stewart Hagestad is a player unlike any other. The 33-year-old amateur will compete at Augusta National this week, then head back to his day job on Wall Street.

JPMorgan just logged its most profitable year ever

Big US banks are healthy. Earnings will show any ills

JPMorgan, Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo set to release first quarter results over the next week

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Lloyds Banking Group has reviewed its risk function

Lloyds Bank slashes risk management jobs in bid to speed up progress

Lloyds Banking Group to cut risk management roles as it shakes up the unit

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RBC jettisoned one of its most senior female executives over a secret relationship with another employee

RBC’s female CFO firing highlights awkward truth of secret office relationships

Nadine Ahn was fired after a probe into an undisclosed personal relationship

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The claim against Solihull-based Paragon Bank is being heard in Birmingham

Paragon Bank auditor fired for whistleblowing, tribunal told

Internal auditor claims concerns over accuracy of reports were ignored by management

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Branson has a net worth of around $2bn

Sir Richard Branson set for £670m payout from Nationwide’s Virgin Money takeover

Branson will also receive royalties of £15m per year for the use of the Virgin brand

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