‘Show restraint on pay’, fund managers tell FTSE bosses November 10, 2022 Fund managers are urging the UK’s top bosses to rein in their pay this year as the economy is rocked by a cost of living crunch.
Sunak handouts: 8m Brits start receiving £324 into their bank accounts from today November 9, 2022 Close to 8m low income Brits will start to receive payments of £324 into their bank accounts from today as part of the Government’s cost-of-living support. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will start making the payments directly into eligible people’s bank accounts from Tuesday. There is no need for people to apply or [...]
Lenders need to ‘step up’ to support customers, says FCA chief November 7, 2022 The City watchdog said that lenders need to “step up” to support their customers today as they are battered by soaring mortgage rates and rising prices this year.
Evelyn Partners assets tumble £4bn amid market volatility November 7, 2022 Wealth manager and financial services group Evelyn Partners reported a slump in its assets to £52bn today as it became the latest money manager to reveal the damage wreaked by market volatility in the third quarter of the year.
Exclusive: FCA threatens buy-now pay-later firms with jail time using financial promotion ‘loophole’ November 7, 2022 The City watchdog has written to buy-now pay-later chiefs warning they could face up to two years in jail if they fail to fall in line with financial promotion rules, as it uses a “loophole” to clampdown on the products despite not directly regulating them, City A.M. can reveal.
FCA makes lenders pay £12m back to 60,000 as pandemic lessons learnt November 3, 2022 The City’s financial watchdog (FCA) is telling lenders to pay back millions in compensation to borrowers after having learnt lessons from poor practices in the pandemic. A report published by the Financial Conduct Authority this morning outlines that £12m has been paid out to thousands of companies in difficulties. Its executive director of consumers and [...]
Business travel is back, but not as we knew it November 3, 2022 | Sponsored After the challenges of recent years, business travel continues to bounce back. American Express’ latest research finds that over four in 10 (42%) UK businesses are looking to increase the amount of business travel they undertake over the coming year. 1 The research proves that travel and the value of in-person connections go hand-in-hand in driving [...]
Apollo snapped up $1.1bn from UK pension funds in cash scramble November 2, 2022 Apollo Global revealed it bought over $1bn of assets from distressed UK pension funds as they scrambled to raise cash in the near-meltdown sparked by Liz Truss’s tax-cutting mini-budget.
Looking ahead to the FED this evening November 2, 2022 | City Talk Wednesday the 2nd of November today and we are a few hours away from the next monetary policy update from the Federal Reserve. Looking ahead to today’s meeting the FED is widely expected to hike their target Fed Funds range by another 75 basis points to bring it to a range of 3.75%-4%. This would [...]
Calls for Swiss-UK trade deal grow as financial firms ramp up pressure November 2, 2022 A group of top financial firms has ramped up pressure on the government to strike a “ground-breaking” trade deal with Switzerland today in a bid to ease the flow of cash between the two financial centres. The value of trade between the UK and Switzerland hit £38.4bn last year but companies including Credit Suisse, Deloitte, [...]