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EXCLUSIVE: Starmer sounds alarm on house price ‘shocks’ as mortgage rates rise

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Sir Keir Starmer has warned about potential housing price “shocks” across the UK in the wake of dramatic mortgage rate rises. The Labour leader today told City A.M. there’s “no market confidence” in the government and that “we are going to see these shocks in mortgages and housing as a direct result of it”. Starmer […]

FCA slaps City broker with £531,000 fine over missing suspicious transactions

£531,000 FINE

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has slapped City stock broker Sigma with a £531,000 fine after it failed to identify 97 suspicious transactions. The watchdog also found the firm guilty of inadequately reporting 56,000 contracts for difference – an insurance tool used by market participants – between December 2014 and August 2016. Both former and […]
Uber’s former security boss found guilty of criminal obstruction over data hack

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Analysis: Bank of England averts market spiral, but pressure remains

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Hat tip to Mel Stride, Tory MP and chief of the treasury committee, for asking the Bank of England to explain why they launched an emergency support package for the UK debt market last week. If he hadn’t, we wouldn’t know there was a “self-reinforcing spiral” – how deputy governor at the Bank Jon Cunliffe […]

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What are the key factors that can sink M&A?

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2021 saw booming markets and the release of capital from investors that had built up during the pandemic. It was a record-breaking year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. This year, circumstances are quite different. Economies are now dealing with geopolitical issues like the Russia-Ukraine war, rising inflation and interest rates, and declining company valuations, […]
Renewable energy: the way forward for Europe?

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M&A Roundup: HY 2022

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