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City firms made plans in Brexit run-up to move assets worth £100bn to EU – survey

Data from EY highlights last-minute transfers in order to hold on to European business

Coutts, the bank to rely on in a Covid crisis – if you’re seriously wealthy

The Queen’s bank pulled out all the stops to rescue clients stranded abroad, while moving its elite services online

Fintech firms want to keep their golden shares. London may be forced to agree

Watering-down stock market rules might sound outrageous, but the success of these companies matters to the market

Out of office: what the homeworking revolution means for our cities

Employees’ reluctance to return to full-time commuting after a year of Covid means change is afoot for companies

Amanda Staveley v Barclays: a financial defeat but a PR victory

The high-profile financier lost her high court claim but Barclays walks away wounded

Amanda Staveley loses high court action against Barclays

High-profile financier sought £660m damages saying bank bosses misled her as she helped secure deal to save bank in 2008

Goldman Sachs’ boss wants bankers back to their desks ASAP

The corporate world is becoming split over home working, with David Solomon branding it ‘an aberration’

Tax abuse and money laundering is trapping billions in poverty, says UN

UN report claims up to 10% of the world’s wealth could be hidden offshore

Lloyds and HSBC are shedding office space … did they have too much to begin with?

Why there may be more to the announcement of Covid-inspired cuts than meets the eye

Lloyds embraces hybrid working with 20% cut in office space

Announcement comes as group reveals 72% drop in annual pre-tax profits to £1.2bn for 2020

A demerger is HSBC’s only way to solve its Hong Kong problem

With 90% of its profits coming from Asia, the bank’s ultimate decision will surely be to follow Beijing’s lead

HSBC to slash post-Covid office space by 40% as profits drop by a third

Bank also reaffirms greater shift towards Asia-Pacific, where most of its earnings come from

UK urged to take lead in easing debt crisis in developing countries

Boris Johnson should use upcoming G7 presidency to insist UK banks join debt suspension schemes, campaigners say

Human rights and climate crisis give HSBC an image problem

The bank, which is due to reveal its annual results this week, faces more challenges than the impact of Covid-19 on profits

NatWest to cut banker bonus pool as it reports £351m loss

Group intends to pull out of Ireland, winding down local Ulster Bank operations

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