NEWS
FN’s Rising Stars share when things have gone wrong
This year’s crop of top young professionals on how they react to adversity
9 min read
Trading Places: Barclays hires new M&A boss, Julius Baer restructures again
Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond this week
3 min read
Newton Investment Management lags UK peers on gender pay gap
BNY-owned fund management group has the highest gender pay gap among its UK rivals, according to FN analysis
3 min read
Bank traders set to shine amid Trump market chaos
The five biggest US banks are expected to report bumper trading revenues shortly
3 min read
Meet the Rising Stars of fund management
This week’s asset management news, all in one place
3 min read
Julius Baer CEO Stefan Bollinger: Cost cuts won’t be felt until 2026
Ex-Goldman banker says headcount reduction was ‘unavoidable’ to ensure Swiss wealth manager is fit for the future
2 min read
Teneo, Hogan Lovells score £45m in fees from Russia-linked broker’s administration
City advisers have raked in tens of millions of pounds from the administration of two failed Russia-linked banks
3 min read
Private equity’s wealth spree in the spotlight as AFH deal terms raise conflict concerns
Acquisition matrix seen by FN shows the wealth firm only pays out if clients are moved across to its proposition
5 min read
Who are wealth management’s Rising Stars?
Four up-and-comers have been spotlighted in FN’s Rising Stars of European Finance 2025 list
1 min read
Big bonuses see women fall further behind men at Wall Street investment banks
Investment banks paid out bigger bonuses in 2024, and men have benefited more than women
3 min read
HSBC hands Blackburn top risk role as shake-up continues
The UK lender has given the leading compliance job to a 20-year veteran
1 min read
FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi reappointed for second term
Leader of the markets watchdog to stay on for another five years
EY fined nearly £5m over Thomas Cook audits
The collapse of travel company Thomas Cook in 2019 left thousands of holidaymakers stranded
Standard Chartered eyes private markets tie-ups in ultra high net worth push
Lender wants to ink deals with other ‘tier one managers’ to boost its investment club for the ultra wealthy
Barclays hires Centerview dealmaker Woeber to lead global M&A
The UK lender has tapped a veteran dealmaker to head up a key area of growth
Meet law’s rising stars of 2025
Catch up on this week’s top legal news
2 min read
Banks warned against dodging capital rules through risk transfers
Lenders are increasingly offloading credit risks from their balance sheets, but the Bank of England says some deals are ‘imprudent’
2 min read
The Rising Stars of European Finance reflect on their biggest career challenges
FN’s young guns have tackled new roles, work-life balance, and tough market conditions this year
11 min read
JPMorgan ‘beefing up’ private equity banking team ahead of long-term deal boom
The US bank is hiring bankers before an expected uptick in deal activity from private equity and infrastructure clients over the next five years
4 min read
Stifel shuttering research in Zurich and Frankfurt in European retreat
The US investment bank is set to close some research functions in Europe
2 min read
