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Friday, 17 September, 2021

FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
My biggest financial mistake: FT writers confess
As part of our FT Financial Literacy & Inclusion Campaign, some of our experts explain how they learnt the hard way . . .
Thursday, 27 May, 2021

Special ReportEurope’s Climate Leaders 2021
Can businesses deliver on their climate promises?
The FT-Statista listing highlights companies that are turning ambition into action
Thursday, 18 March, 2021

FT Wealth
Cyber attacks multiply on wealthy investors
Pandemic has sparked a rise in online fraud bids at family offices
Tuesday, 16 March, 2021

News in-depthFT Transact3 min
How the pandemic has fuelled money laundering
Tough business conditions and remote interaction are helping criminal operations
Monday, 1 March, 2021

UK Budget
Sunak to arm City for fightback with listings regime shake-up
Hill review will seek to make UK more attractive in competition for IPOs and with tighter focus on Spacs
Sunday, 28 February, 2021

Neil Woodford
FCA first alerted to concerns over Woodford’s business in 2015
UK regulator did not intervene until two years after issues were raised
Friday, 12 February, 2021

City InsiderUK companies
KPMG’s Bill Michael and his game of moans
Staff unimpressed by halfhearted initial attempts from their boss to apologise for his comments
Tuesday, 9 February, 2021

London Capital & Finance
Judge disputes Bailey account of why he asked not to be named in LCF probe
BoE head allegedly misrepresented his reasons to MPs about his attempts to have name removed from Gloster report
Monday, 8 February, 2021

Andrew Bailey
Bailey ‘angry’ at inquiry head’s criticisms over LCF scandal
BoE governor tells MPs Dame Elizabeth Gloster was wrong and his apology was misrepresented
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Monday, 8 February, 2021

LombardBryce Elder
Smaller companies pay the price for decades of boardroom excess
Spiralling indemnity insurance costs weigh on SMEs; private equity comes knocking for debt collector Arrow Global
Friday, 5 February, 2021

City InsiderCompanies
George Osborne steps up the stretching exercises
Former chancellor’s latest role prompts questions in the Square Mile
Wednesday, 3 February, 2021

KPMG UK
KPMG’s UK partners to take 11% pay cut amid Covid slowdown
Big Four accounting firm’s continued investment in staff and technology hits profit
Tuesday, 2 February, 2021

Financial Conduct Authority UK
FCA calls for full regulation of ‘buy now, pay later’ credit
UK financial watchdog finds ‘significant potential’ for consumer harm
Monday, 1 February, 2021

UK financial regulation
Bailey under fire for FCA failures over LCF collapse
Inquiry head tells MPs current BoE governor did not provide ‘adequate reason’ for lack of protection for investors
Friday, 29 January, 2021

UK companies
Richard Harpin’s Homeserve home run
Mr Harpin took a £300m demerged water company and turned it into a £3.7bn service and insurance group
Wednesday, 27 January, 2021

Accountancy
Investors warned of Covid delays to UK company reporting season
Auditors may struggle to verify financial data during lockdown, regulators say
Monday, 25 January, 2021

Special ReportCorporate Change and Technology
Accountants see IT investment pay off in pandemic
Crisis vindicates heavy spending on digital products at UK professional service firms
Friday, 22 January, 2021

UK companies
The mystery of Simon Wolfson’s Deliveroo directorship
News the Next boss is joining the board of the expanding food courier set several stories running
Friday, 15 January, 2021

UK insurance industry
UK businesses win right to insurance payouts for Covid losses
Supreme Court rules that policies do provide cover against impact of virus and lockdown measures
Friday, 15 January, 2021

Martin Gilbert
Martin Gilbert: knack of the right place at the right time
Jet-setting dealmaker’s fellow travellers are just the ticket in the City
Thursday, 14 January, 2021

Bitcoin
Bitcoin faces regulatory scrutiny after rapid rally
UK financial watchdog and ECB president call for more stringent rules
Thursday, 7 January, 2021

Financial services
Up to 4,000 UK financial services firms at risk because of pandemic, warns FCA
Industry-wide survey finds six in 10 groups expect coronavirus crisis to reduce their net income
Friday, 1 January, 2021

News in-depthMoney laundering
Why business is worried about trade-based money laundering
Financial crime watchdog sees cases involving everything from soft fruit to luxury cars
Friday, 1 January, 2021

UK financial regulation
FCA conduct rules lead to unfair treatment, warn lawyers
Concerns rise that UK regulator is outsourcing action on employee misconduct to companies
Tuesday, 22 December, 2020

UK financial regulation
Connaught investors accuse regulator of ‘lying’ over compensation
UK’s FCA deliberately understated amount owed in attempt to draw line under scandal, group says