We have to speak out, so we can build up April 27, 2023 In his debut column for Crypto AM, Philip Vasquez - co-founder of Damex.io - introduces The Damlex Journals - an honest view of digital assets.
Diane Abbott and Dominic Raab share the fate of being doomed to the fringes April 27, 2023 Diane Abbott and Dominic Raab didn't lose their battles because their politics was too radical; they lost because they proved gross incompetence, writes Will Cooling
Post-Brexit reforms will drive up pension fund investment in UK infrastructure, survey finds April 26, 2023 More than half of pension scheme leaders expect to increase their investment in UK infrastructure projects in the next year, with many arguing a series of pending post-Brexit reforms will be the “key driver” behind their plans, according to a new survey exclusively shared with City A.M. Over 60 per cent (62 per cent) of [...]
Credit Suisse and Silicon Valley Bank collapses flood City with idled talent April 25, 2023 Credit Suisse and Silicon Valley Bank’s failures have flooded the City with idled bankers looking for new work, a new report out today reveals. Over 4,000 more workers in the UK’s financial services sector were looking for a new gig in the first three months of this year, according to recruiter Morgan McKinley. Available financial [...]
Analysis: Sunak’s cringey love-in reminds us he’s a PM who wants to ‘do business’ April 25, 2023 There was no lectern for Rishi Sunak at the Business Connect conference. Striding across the stage at the glossy King’s Place venue in Islington, the PM was happily, confidently, on home turf; his equivalent of Starmer’s efforts to channel his inner toolmaker. While it was a slick suit and tie, as opposed to shirt sleeves [...]
Calm before the storm? Private equity deals come roaring back after subdued start to the year April 25, 2023 Private equity deals in the UK slumped to their lowest level since 2020 in the first quarter of the year - but analysts are predicting it may just be the calm before the storm.
Our fintech sector is stalling and taking the competitive pressure off of the big banks April 25, 2023 Innovation and creativity put the fintech industry ahead of the big players, but rather than pressing on the accelerator, they’ve allowed themselves to stall and handing the power back to the institutional banks, writes Andrew Beckley
Sunak pledges £100m ‘world leader’ AI boost as firms wooed at business summit April 24, 2023 Prime minister Rishi Sunak has insisted his government is undertaking “the most transformative changes to financial services regulations since the Big Bang”. Sunak insisted the Financial Services and Markets Bill was a “very significant piece of legislation”. He pledged that once the law was implemented, Solvency II reforms would “unlock tens of billions of pounds [...]
Recession jitters drive FTSE chiefs out of the top job April 24, 2023 Chiefs of the UK’s top companies have been exiting their roles at a doubly quick pace over the last year, driven by boards trying to insulate their firms from the economy being whacked by rising prices and interest rate hikes with a change in leadership, a new study out today shows. Some 38 chief executives [...]
Starmer can’t help but echo Blair with a tough on crime attack on the Tories April 24, 2023 Keir Starmer has done well in following Tony Blair's strategy of using crime as a slogan against the Conservatives. But he'll also have to convince voters that Labour can deliver on it, writes Eliot Wilson