Sachem Head Capital Management, a New York-based activist investor, has secretly amassed a 2.3% holding in Worldpay through contracts-for-difference. The news came as the payments processor was putting the finishing touches to a takeover deal with American rival...
Visa Europe has reportedly offered Charlotte Hogg the post of chief executive. Ms Hogg was effectively forced to resign as deputy governor of the Bank of England in March 2017, after failing to disclose that her brother worked in a senior role at Barclays iZettle has...
Barclays will be notified within two weeks on whether it faces a second set of criminal fraud charges over its emergency 2008 cash call with Qatari investors, according to the FT. Barclays’ chairman, John McFarlane, has said that Euro clearing should be kept in London...
Boston Consulting Group and the Association for Financial Markets in Europe have warned that Europe’s SMEs will be the biggest losers if banks face significant restructuring costs and extra capital requirements from a hard Brexit. Their research found that UK-based...
HSBC has been given the go-ahead from the China Securities Regulatory Commission for its securities joint venture in China. HSBC owns 51% of HSBC Qianhai Securities. Qianhai Financial Holdings owns the remaining 49% stake AJ Bell has launched a Lifetime ISA on its...
