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When he joined in May 2021, Antonio Horta-Osorio, Credit Suisse’s new Chairman, went out and acquired $1.2 million worth of shares in the group. Showing just how serious he was about the job. Less than 9 months later he was gone.

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How I Bluffed My Way to a Six-Figure Job Offer From Binance’s Regulatory Team (Part Two)

January 20, 2022

Is Binance serious about becoming “even more compliant?” Or are they simply seeking to hire a couple of people who appear to be experts, just so they can say to the regulators that they have? The company might make grand announcements about doubling its number of compliance staff, but that does not mean much if this is how they are going about their recruitment.

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How I Bluffed My Way to a Six-Figure Job Offer from Binance’s Regulatory Team (Part One)

January 13, 2022

I was keen to investigate how serious Binance really was about cleaning up their act, and how robust the compliance recruitment processes of the world’s biggest cryptoexchange are. So I decided to apply for the role under a fake name and with false credentials.

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Is BNP Paribas building Europe’s first Mega Bank?

January 12, 2022

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How I Bluffed My Way to a Six-Figure Job Offer

January 6, 2022

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Why is Deutsche Bank focusing on ESG?

December 29, 2021

Only a few months ago Deutsche Bank became entangled in a story about ‘greenwashing’.

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Ethereum’s price predictions in 2022

December 27, 2021

Vitalik Buterin is not as outspoken as Elon Musk or a host of other celebrities who have joined the cryptocurrency and NFT bandwagon.

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Why ION MarketFactory is focussed on Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA)

December 2, 2021

MarketFactory and TradeFeedr's partnership will allow market participants across the sell-side, buy-side, regional banks, hedge funds, brokers and central banks to connect, analyse their trading data and collaborate. The entire foreign exchange market will gain the most from our partnership.” Trading Cost Analysis TCA

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Binance alleged to have collected biometric data unlawfully in US

December 1, 2021

Binance is facing a class action lawsuit in Illinois, which alleges that the world’s largest cryptoexchange has unlawfully collected its users’ biometric data.

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Why you should sell your Coinbase stock

November 29, 2021

Coinbase have had lower than anticipated sales and marketing expenses in Q3, the report continues. They anticipate that sales and marketing expenses will be approximately 10% of net revenue for full-year 2021. Compared to what the firm spends on technology and development, marketing is less than 7% of that amount today, let alone of the net revenue.

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Bitcoin ETFs bring regulated crypto to global banking

November 15, 2021

ETFs have been the buzzword for both the finance and crypto industries in the last quarter of 2021. Australia’s contribution has been the BetaShares ETF (a fund investing in global crypto-linked companies) launching in early November and delivering over $40m in trades on the ASX debut.

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China equities: Beyond the recovery

June 25, 2021

The recent correction in Chinese equity markets highlighted the uncertainties of the global pandemic recovery. But amid the ongoing transformation of the world’s second-largest economy, we see a long-term story that should support investment opportunities.

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What is the interest rate in the UK?

June 24, 2021

‘Financial market measures of inflation expectations suggest that the near-term strength in inflation is expected to be transitory.’ Much as many economists and the Fed in the U.S. have suggested.

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Stock Markets in China look Bearish, should you worry?

March 25, 2021

Just over a year ago, Trump was talking about reaching some kind of understanding with China when we covered a story about his time at Davos. This week we saw the U.S., the EU, Canada and the UK sanction China for alleged human rights abuses. Things have definitely taken a dramatic turn.

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How much disruption has Lex Greensill caused Credit Suisse?

March 15, 2021

The $10 billion or so of assets that Greensill sourced for the bank’s clients is not a substantial amount of exposure, but it is still a problem Credit Suisse could do without.

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How WealthiHer are redressing the imbalance for women

March 1, 2021

Covid-19 has disproportionately impacted women, with 62% saying financial plans have been affected, including retirement plans

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