Finance

Surge in UK small and mid-cap bosses linking bonuses to ESG

Bosses of UK small and mid-cap companies are paying even more attention to ESG performance, which is increasingly being linked to their bonuses and impacting their ability to retain top talent. Despite concerns that […]

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Finance

Rates, retail, and Small Bang 2.0: FN’s breakfast business briefing

On 16 December, Financial News took to Times Radio’s airwaves to help present it’s morning business briefing. From interest rate hikes to the future of retail spending and reaction to the government’s plans […]

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Sam Bankman-Fried agrees extradition to US after chaotic court hearing

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried inched closer to being transferred into US custody to face criminal charges related to the cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse, after a chaotic court hearing here 19 December in which his […]

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Finance

The Fintech Files: SBF vs The US, and the year in crypto

Welcome to the Fintech Files, your weekly cheat sheet on the chaotic world of cryptocurrency. This is online editor Justin Cash, standing in for your regular crypto correspondent Alex Daniel, who is […]

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Finance

Bank of England says scrapping banker bonus cap could widen gender pay gap

Lifting the UK’s long-held cap on banker bonuses could increase the gender pay gap in the sector, according to a Bank of England study into plans to abolish the rules. Banks have […]

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Finance

Why Big Bang 2.0 won’t live up to its predecessor

Britain aspires to a second Big Bang in financial services such as the one famously unleashed by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. But the point of a Big Bang is that it […]

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UK tech firm’s £24bn investment doubled EU rivals for 2022

Britain’s tech sector raised more than double that of any other country in Europe this year, amid a sharp downturn in venture capital funding compared to 2021. UK tech firms raised £24bn […]

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Finance

Could tokenisation be the answer to greenwashing?

The ESG space has seen a major shift over the past 12 months with challenges over greenwashing dominating the headlines. With this comes the need to tie real-world examples of the benefits […]

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Finance

FTX founder extradited to the US to face criminal charges

NASSAU, Bahamas — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was transferred to US custody on 21 December to face criminal charges connected to the collapse of the crypto exchange, after a judge here approved his extradition. […]

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda associates Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang plead guilty to criminal charges

Two associates of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried have pleaded guilty for their roles in fraud that contributed to the cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse and are cooperating with federal investigators. Caroline Ellison, the former […]

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Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

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Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

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Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

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Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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