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Lloyds Banking Group PLC
Lloyds backs fund for local non-profit lenders
...Elyn Corfield, chief executive of Lloyds’ business and commercial bank, said she was “delighted to support the CDFI sector to back local businesses, with a focus on deprived areas, and ensure they have access...
March 4, 2024
UK local government finance
The Monaco hedge fund boss tied up with an indebted English town
...The council has since withdrawn the investment, but retains £37mn in other Altana funds, many of which Warrington simply describes as “managed accounts” with little to no detail on the underlying investments...
April 24, 2024
FT Live
Bank of the Year Awards 2024
Recognising the best in banking globally
Wednesday, 4 DecemberLondon, UK
UK local government finance
Hunt pulls £200mn from councils after clawing back house sale funds
...“There’s ‘no money’, I know, but of course they [central government] take it away from us in local government,” he added....
March 7, 2024
Glencore
Activist demands Glencore move its primary listing from London to Sydney
...Tribeca Investment Partners, an Australian hedge fund, wrote to Glencore’s board this week with a list of proposals to boost the share price, which it said had lagged behind rivals since the Swiss commodity...
March 13, 2024
News updates from March 26: Baltimore road bridge collapses; Trump’s social media business soars in market debut
UK apprenticeship minister Robert Halfon resigns
...Robert Halfon has stepped down as apprenticeship minister forcing UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to make further changes to his ministerial team....
March 26, 2024
ExplainerUK local elections
Will Rishi Sunak be crushed by the May 2 local elections?
...Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, local election gurus at University of Plymouth, wrote last month that the Tories could lose 500 seats if the party repeats its poor 2023 local election performance, when...
April 19, 2024
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
European companies
Breaking down financial sanction ‘fatbergs’
...A competent team of plumbers is sorely missing....
March 22, 2024
US financial regulation
US regulator pauses plans to scrutinise big investors in banks
...Industry groups contend there is no need to change the current system....
April 25, 2024
BBC
MPs hit out at BBC for cutting local radio to fund regional online services
...The report urged the BBC to “refresh” its strategy after finding it was behind schedule with parts of it and had offered no plans to get back on track....
April 16, 2024
UK government spending
Only 10% of UK levelling up funds spent, say MPs
...It also recognised recent attempts by the department to evaluate the programme’s success but said it was “concerned it has no long-term plans to measure the impacts” of the funds....
March 15, 2024
Due Diligence
A lifeline for Canary Wharf Premium content
...Commercial real estate firms are being pummelled across the board, and banks could be among those left holding the bag....
April 25, 2024
Takeover Panel UK
A local regulator for local people
...It took The Forest Company until late 2023 to convince the Panel that it had no UK presence so should be released from the extra obligations....
April 24, 2024
Richard Layard
Rationing access to apprenticeships is increasing the UK’s skills deficit
...Although nearly half now go to university, more than 30 per cent get no education or training at all beyond the age of 17. This is far worse than our competitors....
October 26, 2023
UK local elections
UK ‘pothole crisis’ threatens Conservative party ahead of local elections
...An ally of Harper said Labour had no plan to improve transport, adding: “The government has set out our plan to invest the biggest ever increase in funding for local road improvements that we’re getting...
April 16, 2024
LexIPOs
Hong Kong’s bubble tea IPO flop is a sign of the market times Premium content
...During a time of high competition for scarce funds, heading to market ahead of its rivals didn’t serve it well. june.yoon@ft.com...
April 23, 2024
FT Live
Future of Asset Management North America
New models for the next age of fund management
Wednesday, 25 SeptemberNew York, NY, USA
House & Home
What does ‘local’ actually mean?
...Still, it is a middleman and although local retailers who use it can proudly say they stock West Country produce, they have no direct contact with the producers....
March 30, 2024
UK politics
Two founders of Teesworks regeneration project hit out at mayor Houchen
...“That’s the enormity of what’s been given up,” said Booth, adding that the money “could have gone into making lives better” through local investment in training, skills, transport and culture....
April 26, 2024
The FT ViewThe editorial board
England’s promising experiment with metro mayors
...This has the added benefit of giving mayors a stronger stake in the success of their local areas....
April 8, 2024
Andy Haldane
How to stop local government in England becoming a Greek tragedy
...Urban wealth funds would manage those assets on a pooled but local basis....
April 6, 2024
Exchange traded funds
Charles Schwab eyes UK rollout for US-domiciled ETFs
...The FCA held a consultation earlier this year on the forthcoming regime, which will allow asset managers to apply to sell non-UK funds to local investors....
April 26, 2024
Alison Wolf
Fixing apprenticeships would be a vote-winner
...It has committed to allowing half of the apprenticeship levy to be spent on non-apprenticeship training....
February 12, 2024
Watches & Jewellery
The UK school building local knowledge of watchmaking
...Jon Weston — one of the school’s six trustees and managing director of West Midlands-based Rudell The Jewellers — says the UK is a significant market for the industry....
November 17, 2023
LexUS financial regulation
SEC tussles with shadow trades in the US Treasury market Premium content
...But it is crucial to the pipework of the financial system. Increasingly, the plumbers who engage with it are sophisticated hedge funds and high-frequency traders....
February 9, 2024
News in-depthUK local elections
Dorset Tories tell Sunak’s MPs to ‘stay away’ in local election battle
...You’ve got no added value. It’s local elections. I want to keep it local’.” He cannot remember the last time Sunak came to Dorset....
April 20, 2024
LexBank of Japan
Bank of Japan’s historic shift will boost local lenders Premium content
...Local banks have over $700bn in reserves that are currently paying no interest, according to central bank data. It is not just banks that have piles of idle cash....
March 19, 2024

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