Chris Newlands
Editor and Writer at Freelance
Journalist, writer and editor. Ex @FT, former business and money editor @theipaper, ex @FinancialNews editor. Author of The Virgin Money Maker
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1 week ago |
thebanker.com | Chris Newlands
It has been a long time in the making for BNY. Last week the US bank told staff that they would now have to be in the office four days a week, but it is not the first time the company has tried to apply the brakes on remote working. According to a memo from senior management at BNY, the bank wants its 51,000 employees to work from the office four days a week, up from three, from September.
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2 weeks ago |
thebanker.com | Chris Newlands
So much has happened since Donald Trump returned to the White House at the beginning of the year that it seems inconceivable we are only talking about his first 100 days as US president.
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4 weeks ago |
spearswms.com | Chris Newlands
You get the impression UBS has a lot of staff in its many offices around the world who believe they are superstars. Well, the Swiss bank now has a genuine contender: Anders Lindegaard, the decorated former professional footballer, who joined its wealth management division at the end of last year as a 'business developer'.
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1 month ago |
spearswms.com | Chris Newlands
What a difference a year makes. This time in 2024, St. James's Place, Britain's biggest wealth manager, had slashed its dividend in half, posted its first loss in 10 years and announced it had set aside £426 million to compensate clients for advice they didn't actually receive. As a result, its share price had tanked, with the Gloucestershire-based firm staring down the barrel of being relegated from the FTSE 100 index of the UK's biggest companies.
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1 month ago |
thebanker.com | Chris Newlands
The Bank of London is six months late in publishing its annual accounts as questions persist over the financial health of the troubled UK fintech. The fledgling clearing bank, which saw Labour grandee Peter Mandelson and US private equity boss Harvey Schwartz leave its board in October, should have filed its accounts for 2023 in September last year.
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Do or DEI: Donald Trump’s deadly attack on diversity. My piece for @TheBanker, featuring @thatginamiller, @MorrisseyHelena, @Citi, @BofA_News, @GoldmanSachs https://t.co/xFi6QEBRlt
Canary Wharf is a child of the 1980s, built at a time of shoulder pads and power suits. But decades later some of the district's biggest tenants are moving out. So what's next for Canary Wharf. https://t.co/VbevELasfc
Never before has the UK’s main financial regulator come under such a sustained attack. My piece for @TheBanker featuring @thatginamiller, @andyaga, @premnsikka, @BobBlackman, @TheFCA and @UKFtweets. https://t.co/U1f6QwpHGg
