5 jobs that might just pique your interest this week May 25, 2021 | City Talk Have you been thinking about making a change lately? We don’t blame you! Having spent almost 18 months in some form of lockdown, it feels like now is the right time to change things up. That might mean you’re going to dye your hair, or maybe get a shiny new car. It might also mean [...]
Investment professionals must beware of the cyber risks in portfolios May 25, 2021 | City Talk Internet security blog posts are usually more at home on the inside pages of IT trade publications than on the front pages of international newspapers. The one published by Microsoft Corporate Vice President Tom Burt on 2 March, about the emergence of “state-sponsored threat actor” Hafnium, was a notable exception. A new threat had emerged, [...]
Cash clueless: Nearly half of Brits don’t know what an overdraft or mortgage is May 24, 2021 A new study has found that more than one in four people in the UK don’t feel confident when it comes to handling their personal finances. The research, carried out by debt management company Lowell and shared with City A.M. this evening, found that just a third of people claim to feel “very confident” when handling [...]
Black Lives Matter activist in ‘critical condition’ after being shot in the head May 24, 2021 A Black Lives Matter activist has been left in critical condition after being shot in the head in London on Sunday morning. Sasha Johnson, a member of the Taking Initiative Party and mother-of-three, had received ‘numerous’ death threats before the incident in Peckham. “It is with great sadness that we inform you that our own [...]
Klarna mulls London stock market float after post-Brexit listing revamp May 21, 2021 Klarna is weighing up a potential stock market float in London, but has said its decision will rest on changes to listing rules in the capital after Brexit. Chief executive Sebastian Siemiatkowski said London had the opportunity to strengthen its reputation as a global financial hub by attracting more fintech firms and banks. “As Brexit [...]
Sunday Times Rich List: Who are the UK’s wealthiest women? May 21, 2021 The lack of women in the boy’s club of billionaires was loud and clear in the Sunday Times Rich List released, so where and who are the UK’s wealthiest women? Bet365’s Denise Coates, who leads the online gambling company after re-mortgaging her father’s chain of betting shops to raise the cash to expand her website, [...]
Seven golden ethical principles May 21, 2021 | City Talk The opportunity is now for all leaders to lean into restoring public trust in corporate governance, as we begin to build back better in the wake of a series of corporate failings. The global pandemic and our return to work presents an opportunity for organisations and leaders to re-establish a culture that is built on [...]
Robinhood to allow users to buy into IPOs May 20, 2021 Trading platform Robinhood has said it plans to roll out a platform to allow its users to buy into initial public offerings (IPOs) in a move aimed at democratizing finance. To date users of the commission-free app, as well as other amateur traders, cannot not buy into stock of a newly listed company until its [...]
Climate risk start-up Cervest closes $30m funding round May 20, 2021 A tech start-up which has developed a number of tools to help firms keep track of climate risk has today closed a $30m Series A funding round. Cervest, which was founded in 2016, uses its “climate intelligence” platform to allow companies to keep track of environmental threats to their assets. Venture capital firm Draper Espirit [...]
Vodafone: Pandemic-induced remote working hit women hardest May 20, 2021 Nearly half of all women who leave the workplace for over a year suffer from a loss of confidence, according to a new report today, which urged employers to further support employees as they flock to offices once again. As Covid restrictions are being eased, the study published today by Vodafone, found that women can [...]
