The Fintech Files: LMAX bets tradfi will drive crypto boom, Coinbase dreams of diversifying, ex-UBS exec flips to fintech

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LMAX boss David Mercer’s pay doubles to £1.6m after bumper crypto year

LMAX is cashing in after a 340% rise in crypto trading volumes to $500bn

The Fintech Files: Institutional money will ‘drag us’ out of crypto winter, FCA goes on a hiring spree

'The weight of institutional money will drag us out of this downturn,' says David Mercer, the chief executive of LMAX

Trading Places: Point72, Caxton and T Rowe Price make hires

Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond this week

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Meet law’s rising stars of 2025

Residential home sales are hitting peaks last seen in 2006, just before the bubble burst, but this time mortgages are stricter, down payments are higher, and a tight supply is supporting prices. 

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The eyeeglass-maker was one of the original direct-to-consumer brands, but now, its sales are split about evenly between its more than 140 bricks-and-mortar locations and its online store. WSJ’s Charity Scott explains why this split is Warby Parker’s secret sauce.

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The country, a low-tax base for many U.S. multinationals, had been one of a small number of holdouts on an agreement that aims to overhaul global taxation.

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Trading Places: Barclays hires new M&A boss, Julius Baer restructures again

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

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The Fintech Files: LMAX bets tradfi will drive crypto boom, Coinbase dreams of diversifying, ex-UBS exec flips to fintech

LMAX boss David Mercer’s pay doubles to £1.6m after bumper crypto year

The Fintech Files: Institutional money will ‘drag us’ out of crypto winter, FCA goes on a hiring spree

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Private equity firms to slow wealth deals after UK boom: ‘It’s been like stacking shelves’

Trading Places: Barclays hires new M&A boss, Julius Baer restructures again

FCA snubs post-Brexit ‘poster child’ Darlington in blow to government

MPs accuse Treasury of ‘power grab’ as plans for post-Brexit City overhaul take shape

Ex-bank analyst Kwasi Kwarteng made chancellor as Liz Truss forms top team that could reshape the City

BlackRock, JPMorgan, Fidelity among City leaders paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

Fundsmith to wind up Emerging Equities trust as returns fall ‘below expectations’

Bankers bonus cap could be scrapped to boost City

Green Finance Special Report: Time to ditch the ESG group-think?

Liz Truss eyes merger of FCA and PRA

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Trading Places: Point72, Caxton and T Rowe Price make hires

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