Allianz told to pay $6bn after SEC charges three execs with fraud over Structured Alpha funds scandal May 17, 2022 The US financial watchdog has told German financial services behemoth Allianz to pay $6bn (£4.8bn) after charging three of its senior executives with fraud in relation to the $11bn collapse of the firm’s Structured Alpha funds. Allianz agreed to pay $1bn to the US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) and a further $5bn to investors, [...]
Investment firm HG Capital weathers turbulence of war in Ukraine and the pandemic May 10, 2022 Investment firm HG Capital Trust has weathered pressures of the war in Ukraine and the pandemic, as it reported its revenue up nearly five per cent. The London-listed firm’s share price was up 435.5 points at the end of March, with its net assets up to £2bn. Its top 20, representing almost 80 per cent [...]
Exclusive: Financial services in ‘digital arms race’, with 71 per cent making new products due to customer suggestions May 4, 2022 More than 70 per cent of finance leaders say firms are creating new products due to customers’ changing demands as part of a “digital arms race”. Banks and financial services are adapting to a new demographic according to results of a new survey commissioned by Yobota, of 251 top decision makers, exclusively shared with City [...]
HSBC’s biggest shareholder tells bank to spin off Asian business April 30, 2022 China’s largest insurer has told HSBC it should break itself up and separate out its Asian operations. Shenzhen headquartered insurer Ping An has told HSBC’s board it believes the London and Hong Kong listed bank should split itself up, in order to free up the its Asian business. The Chinese insurance giant, which owns a [...]
Asset manager Vontobel expresses shock at death of ‘highly respected’ young trader April 22, 2022 A young and “highly respected” trader at Swiss investment bank Vontobel has died at his desk, the asset manager has confirmed to City A.M. Vontobel said it had learnt with “great regret” that a young colleague died in its offices last week. The investment manager refused to comment on the cause of death and asked [...]
Former BNP Paribas banker denies terrorising colleagues during $4m employment tribunal April 21, 2022 A former BNP Paribas banker has denied terrorising his colleagues, after filing a $4m (£3m) lawsuit against the financial firm. Former BNP Paribas exec Omar Alami is seeking $4m in compensation for unfair dismissal, after he was fired for humiliating his co-workers in 2019. The ex-head of equity derivatives sales denied “insulting” his colleagues, [...]
Exclusive: Sun European’s managing director on private equity deal-making in the City post-pandemic April 21, 2022 Time for City A.M. to catch up with investment veteran and City insider Mark Corbidge, managing director and a member of Sun European’s Investment Committee.
Swiss banker who paid for strip clubs on expenses sentenced to almost four years for fraud April 14, 2022 A banker who has been jailed for fraud put strip club visits and holidays on expenses, a court was told. Former banker of the year in Switzerland, Pierin Vincenz, will spend almost four years in jail, after he was sentenced at the culmination of a high-profile case in the country. The ex chief executive of [...]
Exclusive: Unicorn Bank of London announces new deputy chief executive April 14, 2022 A new deputy chief executive has been appointed by the Bank of London, the second clearing bank to launch in the UK within the last 250 years. Tom Wood has joined the technology-based company which landed with a bang last year, being valued at £1.1bn. The first pre-revenue bank to reach unicorn status upon entering [...]
Exclusive: Cynergy Bank’s new London property director is former head of Lloyds’ capital team March 28, 2022 The former head of Lloyds’ property team in the capital has been unveiled as the new London director of Cynergy Bank. Mitesh Hathi will head the bank’s expanded team of 19, with more than £1.1bn on its balance sheet. They will will focus on small and medium sized firms in the capitals’s £2m-20m bracket, in [...]