The Fintech Files: Hedge funds that are going big on crypto

Your guide to the week’s biggest fintech stories

The hedge funds that changed the game

Billions of dollars have poured into multimanager firms in the past few years, but few have managed to match the success of Citadel, Millennium and Point72

Balyasny hires Point72’s Francine Fang to lead quant business

Fang joins Balyasny after eight years at Point72

Meet the FN100’s female hedge fund stars

Find out why Man Group’s Robyn Grew, Systematica Investments’ Leda Braga, and Point72’s Jade Harber all rose to the top this year

Steve Cohen’s Point72 Ventures backs Swiss securities platform

GenTwo is looking to securitise the $80tn non-bankable asset market

The Fintech Files: Meet TP ICAP’s crypto bosses, why Amundi doesn’t believe the hype

Fintech Files rounds up what's going on in fintech and crypto this week

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

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

Trading Places: Deutsche Bank hires ECM veteran, Paul Weiss boosts London office

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.

TEST:Ireland Signs On to Global Deal Seeking to Curb Tax Avoidance

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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

Point72

The Fintech Files: Hedge funds that are going big on crypto

The hedge funds that changed the game

Balyasny hires Point72’s Francine Fang to lead quant business

Meet the FN100’s female hedge fund stars

Steve Cohen’s Point72 Ventures backs Swiss securities platform

The Fintech Files: Meet TP ICAP’s crypto bosses, why Amundi doesn’t believe the hype

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Brooks Macdonald assets hit £19bn despite persistent outflows

HSBC’s Stuart White: My daughter was self-harming and attempted suicide. Bottling up my emotions didn’t help.

Traders afraid of layoffs ‘close to breaking point’ as work-life balance suffers

Davos 2023: Fidelity International, EY bosses say deglobalisation fears are overblown

Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and climate activists call on HSBC, Barclays to stop funding fossil fuels

HSBC UK boss Stuart White: Ditching fossil fuel firms won’t fix climate crisis

Inside the City’s battle to halt the menopause attrition: ‘There is a deluge of women leaving’

City women speak up on struggles with menopause: ‘I thought I had early onset dementia’

Davos Day 3: Transport woes, mediocre jobs and crypto parties

State Street asset management boss says anti-ESG backlash has been ‘challenging’

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

Trading Places: Deutsche Bank hires ECM veteran, Paul Weiss boosts London office

Meet law’s rising stars of 2025

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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