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...Staley, who went on to become the chief executive of Barclays, was for a period Epstein’s private banker, and made several visits to his homes in Manhattan, Florida and the island of Little Saint James....
...Smart reads The go-between Former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley maintained contact with Jeffrey Epstein for longer than he has disclosed, Bloomberg writes....
...In 2009, according to the report, Epstein emailed Staley: “Ask Andrew about [the] island, tell him about your boat plans”, an apparent reference to Little St James, Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean...
...Staley declined to comment on the FT’s report at the time....
...The ruling was handed down just days before a case brought by New York attorney-general Letitia James is due to go to trial and adds to the mountain of legal woes facing the former president....
...Kirkland & Ellis has poached Linklaters tax partner James Morgan in London....
...The USVI said it was sent while Staley “was presumably visiting Little St James”, Epstein’s private island....
...Staley was Epstein’s private banker while at JPMorgan and made several trips to Epstein’s home on the island of Little Saint James over the years....
...Stephen Deckoff, the founder of Black Diamond Capital Management, an investor in distressed businesses, bought the two islands — Great St James and Little St James — for $60mn, less than half of the original...
...Last week unredacted excerpts from 1,200 emails exchanged between Staley and Epstein from 2008 to 2012 were released....
...Job moves Prudential chief financial officer James Turner has resigned following an investigation into his conduct....
...A host of FT columnists and commentators will be there, plus star speakers including Greg James, Fi Glover and Michael Gove....
...And why did JPMorgan accede to senior banker Jes Staley’s desire to keep Epstein on?...
...Smart reads Wealth for the win Andy Saperstein was a long-shot to replace Morgan Stanley’s James Gorman....
...It would nice to believe that JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon, Morgan Stanley’s James Gorman and Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan have surrounded themselves with strong executives who can push back against bad ideas...
...He succeeds James Yeh, who is retiring from the firm....
...Job moves Maria Vullo, a former Paul, Weiss litigation partner and superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, is tossing her hat into the race to succeed Letitia James as New York’...
...Morgan Stanley chief executive James Gorman has also indicated a desire to remain at the company he has led since 2010 for at least another three years....
...Jes Staley’s Barclays legacy shattered by Epstein links Staley’s bet on investment banking had finally started to bear fruit six years after he took charge at Barclays....
...Among others, there’s Jes Staley, the CEO of Barclays; Charlie Scharf, the CEO of Wells Fargo; Bill Winters, the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank; and Seth Bernstein, the CEO of AllianceBernstein....
...One good read My colleague Stephen Morris is very good on how Jes Staley’s departure from Barclays fits neatly into the history of that ill-starred bank....
...He also invited the economist Larry Summers and the then JPMorgan banker, Jes Staley....
...This week a well-meaning British organisation called The Purposeful Company will publish a new rejoinder on a question that has vexed the world of work since James Rowntree, that epitome of benevolent capitalism...
...Jes Staley, the sole chief executive of the investment bank for a few years after the duo left, now runs Barclays....
...“I personally think that the partnership with Amazon has been one of the most important things to have happened to Barclays in the past five years,” Jes Staley, Barclays chief executive, told me....
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