London venture firm Pact launches £30m seed fund November 24, 2022 Female-led venture capital investor Pact has revealed its first £30m seed fund today as it looks to pump cash into early-stage startups across Europe.
London investment will come roaring back after drop-off, says British Business Bank November 24, 2022 London’s firms will be forced to weather a sharp drop-off in deals in the coming months before they rebound in full force, a top official at the British Business Bank has warned.
Binance chief poised to snap up $1bn distressed crypto assets November 24, 2022 The chief of crypto exchange Binance said he may snap up $1bn worth of distressed assets in the sector as firms fail amid the shockwaves of FTX’s collapse.
Home REIT shares tank after attack from notorious short-seller November 24, 2022 Shares in property investor Home REIT tanked nearly 25 per cent yesterday after it came under siege from notorious short seller Viceroy Research over the quality of tenants in its property portfolio.
Credit Suisse predicts £1.32bn loss after clients pull cash from funds November 23, 2022 Beleaguered lender Credit Suisse said it expects to haemorrhage up to 1.5bn Swiss Francs (£1.32bn) in its fourth quarter after being rocked by a flood of outflows in October.
Crypto exchange OKX opens its balance sheet as sector scrambles to restore trust November 23, 2022 Crypto exchange OKX has revealed the state of its balance sheet today to prove to customers it has not been gambling with their cash, as the industry scrambles to restore confidence in the wake of FTX’s collapse.
FTX run as ‘personal fiefdom’ for Bankman-Fried, say lawyers November 22, 2022 Lawyers representing collapsed crypto exchange FTX said the firm was “effectively run as a personal fiefdom” for founder Sam Bankman-Fried today, as court documents showed the firm had splurged nearly $121m in property in the past two years.
L&G chiefs lay blame for LDI pension crisis at Truss’s door November 22, 2022 Legal & General chiefs said no one could have predicted the “extraordinary instability” that rocked pension funds in the wake of Liz Truss’s ’mini-budget’ today, as they pointed the finger squarely at the government for the scale of the crisis.
UK fintech ‘can’t assume talent will continue to flow from abroad’, warns sector chief November 22, 2022 The UK’s fintech industry cannot “rest on its laurels” and presume that a stream of talent will continue to flow in from overseas, the incoming chief of a government-backed fintech body has warned.
FTX bankruptcy team finds more than £1bn across Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire November 22, 2022 The team overseeing the bankruptcy of collapsed crypto exchange FTX has managed to located more cash held by Sam Bankman-Fried’s sprawling crypto empire, bringing the total to $1.24bn (£1.04bn).