Risk vs reward December 9, 2020 BTC Euphoria attracts Risk MicroStrategy’s recent commitment to Bitcoin has turned the company and its CEO into a fully blown celebrity in the eyes of digital assets market participants. The fact that the company’s share price has performed so well since its venture into the Bitcoin market has only aided its cause. So much so [...]
An assassination in Tehran — that’s all about Joe Biden December 7, 2020 To outside weary eyes, the unending conflicts that go on in the Middle East amount to everyday background noise, a part of the paper to ignore amid the deluge of vaccine stories. But to disregard a recent assassination in Tehran would be a mistake. In a plot worthy of the best spy thriller, Dr Mohsen [...]
Solving the crypto-fiat conundrum: how banks can offer a premium and trusted crypto-fiat service November 30, 2020 PayPal recently announced that it will enable US users to buy and sell crypto currencies in early 2021. This has immediately fueled the interest of traditional banks in the cryptocurrency market, convincing many that it is simply impossible to ignore the record-high investor interest in digital assets. Financial institutions see the hunger for legal crypto [...]
Chinese business group calls for ‘new chapter’ in UK relationship November 24, 2020 The chief executive of the UK arm of the Bank of China has called for a “new chapter” in the relationship between the two nations after a year of increasing political tension. Relations between the UK and China have soured this year, with both the domestic and overseas activities of the world’s second largest economy [...]
COVID-19, the perfect storm for women: Work, trade and immigration November 24, 2020 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been profound. Economies around the world are in a state of extreme distress, and businesses in all sectors and of all sizes, are to reimagine if not transform their traditional work practices. Many are struggling with changing regulations or reduced demand, whereas others are wrestling with remote-work and [...]
New government website warns tech firms over China risk November 24, 2020 The government has launched a new website warning British tech firms about the risks of doing business with Chinese companies. The site, which carries the slogan “China. See the Potential. Know the Challenge.”, is designed to help UK firms negotiate the ethical, legal and commercial challenges when expanding into China or accepting investment from Chinese [...]
Heed the lessons of Nuremberg: The signs of genocide cannot be ignored November 20, 2020 Seventy-five years ago today, British judge Sir Geoffrey Lawrence opened the most famous trial in the history of jurisprudence. Sat in front of him, packed into Courtroom 600 in the German city of Nuremberg, were the few surviving architects of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. Having been charged with the murder of millions of innocent men, [...]
Brexit: UK not expecting trade deal to be closed this week November 17, 2020 Boris Johnson is not expecting to close an EU trade deal this week, with the UK's Brexit negotiators aiming for a final breakthrough at some point next week.
Editorial: Those who profit in Hong Kong must speak up in its defence November 11, 2020 US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s four freedoms, which he promised Americans in the face of economic strife and growing authoritarianism abroad, are freedoms that this newspaper is more than happy to sign up for. Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear? Well, they work for us. In London – [...]
Rishi Sunak announces post-Brexit outline for City of London November 9, 2020 Rishi Sunak has outlined the City of London’s future after Brexit, which will aim to provide stability for EU financial services firms operating in the UK while also trying to open up the sector to more international markets. Sunak said the Treasury today was unliterally publishing “a set of equivalence decisions for EU and EEA [...]