Why central bank digital currencies will never solve our challenges

Bankers must recognise that they can have a digital currency, confidentiality or stability — but not all together

The challenge of monetary tightening

The Fed’s latest interest rate hike is only one more step on the long and difficult road away from quantitative easing

Paul Hastings hires fourth White & Case infrastructure partner

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

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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The challenge of monetary tightening

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BlackRock assets hit new high despite ‘uncertainty and anxiety’ over markets

L&G, Abrdn reassure over property funds after Columbia Threadneedle suspension

Asset managers urged to tap retail, private markets amid expectations of global growth slowdown for years

Columbia Threadneedle freezes UK property fund as cash balance dwindles

London hedge fund Winton hunts for crypto hire

Australia’s second-largest fund manager First Sentier hunts for deals in UK and Europe

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