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Q&A: Inside the latest cannabis company listing

2021-05-27T13:27:50Z

4 min read

Neil Mahapatra, chairman of Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies talks London listings for weed stocks

Brace for more shareholder fights after ‘major shift in power’ against oil giants

By David Ricketts

2021-05-27T11:38:42Z

4 min read

Climate change Royal Dutch Shell oil ESG Asset Management ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil suffered a bruising shareholder revolt at its annual general meeting

Hancock: Cummings’ ‘unsubstantiated’ dishonesty allegations are ‘not true’

By Bérengère Sim and Emily Nicolle

2021-05-27T10:56:35Z

2 min read

Coronavirus Covid-19 Boris Johnson

Matt Hancock said that Dominic Cummings had made 'serious allegations' that he intended to address

Tougher audit standards fall short on fraud, shareholder group says

2021-05-27T10:02:56Z

3 min read

Accountancy Financial Reporting Council Grant Thornton audit

Grant Thornton chief executive David Dunckley was blasted by MPs in 2019 after he told a parliamentary committee it was not an auditor's job to look for fraud following the discovery of a black hole in the accounts of cake shop Patisserie Valerie, which his firm audited

Jefferies fast-tracks junior bankers amid burnout and battle for talent

2021-05-27T09:49:44Z

3 min read

Jefferies Investment Banking Junior Bankers

Jefferies' move follows earlier efforts to retain its junior bankers which included offering a selection of fitness products including a subscription to Peloton

Zopa tells staff to ‘work from wherever’ for the rest of 2021

By Emily Nicolle

2021-05-27T08:29:28Z

2 min read

Remote Working Fintech Zopa

Zopa's 450 staff get a 90-day allowance to work from abroad

FRC not ‘strong enough’ to prevent corporate failure, CEO says

By Bérengère Sim

2021-05-27T07:12:35Z

2 min read

Accountancy Big Four FRC

Sir Jon Thompson

HSBC plans exit from US retail market

By

Frances Yoon

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Kimberly Chin

2021-05-27T06:56:21Z

4 min read

Investment Banking HSBC

Wall Street banks get prosecutor requests for information about Archegos

By

Margot Patrick

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Emily Glazer

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Juliet Chung

2021-05-27T06:33:17Z

1 min read

Investment Banking Archegos

US banking chiefs grilled over pay gap between execs and employees

By

Orla McCaffrey

2021-05-27T06:20:11Z

5 min read

Investment Banking

Here’s a top question for boardroom execs: ‘What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?’

By David Ricketts

2021-05-26T23:01:09Z

3 min read

MeToo Boards People

According to Dambisa Moyo, board members should be asking tough questions such as 'what's the worst thing you've ever done to another human being?' in order to gauge the 'moral compass' of potential senior employees