By: Lars Mucklejohn

Banking and Fintech Reporter Lars Mucklejohn is a reporter at City A.M. covering banking and fintech. For tips and stories, he can be contacted at lars.mucklejohn@cityam.com and posts at x.com/LarsMucklejohn

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Brookfield: Private capital giant files to create UK insurer amid pensions deal boom

July 8, 2024

Canadian private capital giant Brookfield has reportedly applied to establish an insurance company in the UK as it looks to grab a slice of Britain's booming pension insurance market.
Timpson boss and Covid adviser Patrick Vallance join Keir Starmer’s government

July 6, 2024

Keir Starmer has named Timpson boss James Timpson and former chief scientific adviser to the government Patrick Vallance as junior ministers after Labour's historic election victory.
Could Smith & Nephew ditch the London Stock Exchange?

July 4, 2024

Smith & Nephew is facing questions over whether it could ditch its London listing after activist investor Cevian Capital took a stake in the medical equipment manufacturer.
Deutsche Bank starts cutting jobs at Numis after merger

July 4, 2024

Deutsche Bank has started cutting jobs at Numis after the German giant acquired the City-based investment bank for £410m last October.
Barclays to sell German consumer finance business in latest European disposal

July 4, 2024

Barclays has struck a deal to sell its German consumer finance unit to Vienna-based financial group Bawag as the FTSE 100 lender tries to streamline its operations in continental Europe.
Smith & Nephew shares jump after activist investor Cevian takes stake

July 4, 2024

The FTSE 100 firm's stock price rose as much as seven per cent in early trading, with Cevian taking a shareholding of just over five per cent.
Government should penalise UK start-ups that list abroad – City lobby group

July 4, 2024

An influential City lobby group has urged the next government to explore methods of penalising start-ups that receive taxpayer-funded support if they later opt to list or move valuable operations outside the UK.
UK payment firms urge next government to make tech giants refund fraud victims

July 4, 2024

The UK payments industry has issued an election-day plea for the next government to make tech giants liable for the reimbursement of fraud victims, in a bid to alter new rules placing the burden on the financial sector.
Peel Hunt enjoys revenue boost amid ‘pick up’ in capital markets activity

July 4, 2024

Peel Hunt has reported signs of a recovery in IPO activity as the investment bank and London Stock Exchange alike look to bounce back from a challenging 2023.
JPMorgan overtakes Barclays in UK deal fee ranking in blow to investment bank

July 3, 2024

JPMorgan has jumped ahead of Barclays to take the top spot in a UK deal fee league table in a blow to the British lender's investment banking ambitions.

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