London Expects Only Half of Bankers to Return to Their Offices by Year-End July 30, 2020 By Huw Jones London’s normally buzzing financial districts will still be a pale shadow by the end of the year, as banks plan...
London Market Group Launches Template for Free Trade in Financial Services July 17, 2020 The London Market Group (LMG) launched a paper outlining an ambitious approach to free trade in financial services, using the...
London Workers Seek Assurance Transport System Is Safe Before Returning to Offices July 9, 2020 By Huw Jones Workers in the City of London need to have greater confidence that traveling on the capital’s public transport system is...
Some Facts About London’s Role in Insuring the Slave Trade June 19, 2020 By Guy Faulconbridge London is facing up to its role in insuring the slave trade as part of a sweeping global reassessment of...
When UK Insurers, Banks Emerge from Lockdown, Their Employees Face New Normal May 21, 2020 By Lawrence White, Carolyn Cohn and Pamela Barbaglia Limits on elevators, thermal imaging and temperature checks will greet a first wave of traders and bankers in Britain preparing...
Fitch Revises Outlook for London Insurance Sector to Negative on COVID-19 Impact March 24, 2020 Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for the underlying fundamentals of the London market insurance sector to negative from stable....
Growing Exodus of Workers from City of London Cripples Small Businesses March 19, 2020 By Neil Callanan, Greg Ritchie and Anooja Debnath At lunch hour, James Leahy’s Burrito Joe stall in the City of London’s financial district is usually buzzing as people...
Lloyd’s Market Association to Close Office in Response to COVID-19 March 13, 2020 The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) is closing its office from Tuesday March 17 until the end of March in response...
Private Equity Firm KKR Shuts London Offices on Employee Diagnosis of Coronavirus March 10, 2020 Private equity firm KKR & Co Inc. said late on Monday an employee in its London office had tested positive...
European Banks, Lloyd’s of London Develop Coronavirus Contingency Plans March 5, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Valentina Za Global banks and small investment firms in Europe are urging staff to work from home and curb travel as the...