UK banks send regulation warning as private credit threat rises November 11, 2025 Top bosses of UK banks have fired a warning shot over the country’s status as a competitive financial hub as the government’s efforts to overhaul regulation risk missing the mark. Michael Roberts, the top boss of HSBC Bank and chief of corporate and institutional banking, told lawmakers on Tuesday the Treasury’s deregulation work was a [...]
BBC has no right to taxpayer money if it cannot prove impartiality November 11, 2025 Unless the BBC can prove, definitely, that it is unbiased, it has no right to taxpayer money, writes Oliver Dean.
Evelyn Partners sells employee benefits business to Howden November 11, 2025 Insurance broker Howden has agreed to acquire the employee benefits consultancy arm of Evelyn Partners. The insurance intermediary group has agreed to acquire Evelyn Partners Financial Services (EPFS) for an undisclosed amount. Subject to regulatory approval, the deal is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2026. The acquisition is pitched to enhance [...]
Musk’s $trillion pay package is impossible to justify November 11, 2025 The Notebook, where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today it’s investment analyst Susannah Streeter with the pen Radio phone-ins, social media feeds and TV news programmes have all been taken over by talk of Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar deal. I was woken super early by one producer and the phone barely stopped ringing, [...]
Janus Henderson Announces Appointment of Financial Advisor and Legal Counsel to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors November 10, 2025 Janus Henderson Group plc (NYSE: JHG) (“Janus Henderson” or the “Company”) today announced that the independent special committee (the “Special Committee”) of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) has retained Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC as its financial advisor and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as its legal counsel. The Special Committee was formed [...]
Vbrick Joins Polkadot sub0 SYMBIOSIS in Buenos Aires as Media Partner and Sponsor; CEO Paul Sparta to Keynote on Content Authenticity November 10, 2025 Vbrick, the leading end-to-end enterprise video solution provider, is proud to announce its participation in the upcoming Polkadot sub0 SYMBIOSIS conference, November 14-16, 2025, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As an official media partner and sponsor, Vbrick will power multi-lingual live streaming of the event and spotlight its Verified Authentic framework as a core innovation in [...]
Legal sector defies economic headwinds with rising headcount and profits November 10, 2025 Despite ongoing pressure on salaries and increases in employment taxes, legal firms have reported an average headcount increase of nearly 4 per cent over the past year. According to the ‘law firm benchmarking report’ by professional service firm Crowe, the headcount growth was concentrated among fee earners, but nearly half of firms reported either no [...]
Yubico to Accelerate Passkey Adoption with Identity Verification Partnerships, Bolstering Defense Against AI-Driven Fraud November 10, 2025 YubiKey as a Service to support IDV with HYPR and Nametag Unifying Secure Onboarding and Verified Trust
Trump threatens BBC with $1bn lawsuit November 10, 2025 Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn for the editing of a speech by its Panorama programme. The Corporation has been given a deadline of Friday 14 November to make a “full and fair retratction” of the documetary ‘Trump: A Second Chance?’. BBC chair Samir Shah has apologised for an “error of [...]
Autumn Budget: How could Rachel Reeves change salary sacrifice rules? November 10, 2025 Salary sacrifice schemes have allowed Brits earning more than £100,000 to avoid high taxes since the 1970s. While a pay rise can be lucrative for some employees, for others being dragged over the £100,000 threshold can be financially damaging, particularly for parents of young children who risk having their free childcare hours pulled away and [...]