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Jamie Dimon’s UK retail banking play is having A Bad One

Chase & status page

Mergers & Acquisitions

Twitter: What’s next?

Current creditors’ prospects don’t seem that bad. As for the banks? Lol. Lbo. Lmao.

Financial services

Private capital party, interrupted

But not over yet, says Preqin

Pensions crisis

A brief history of LDI

How an accounting tweak and a radical actuarial theory created a trillion pound asset class

How much would YOU pay to avoid deposition?

Around $54.20 per Twitter share, it seems

RBC: The UK’s double indemnity danger

Overwhelmed by gilt

Investment research

Listen to analysts, not management

Sometimes it really is a great quarter guys!

Further reading

That guy from the website; income tax reform; Google; ESG; Blackrock on LDI; Juul; Universal Music; and time’s arrow

Saudi Arabia’s oh so green bond offering

The Public Investment Fund’s ESG bonds leave a little to be desired

Foreign exchange

Forget about a new Plaza Accord

The Fed is not for turning

UK financial crisis

The Bank of England’s pause for fraught

Markets may have stabilised but there’s still blood in the water

Cryptocurrencies

SEC collars Kim Kardashian, crypto-shill

SEO terms: Kardashian, crypto, Instagram, DJ Khaled, Elon Musk, Howey test; disgorgement, Gary Gensler

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