IMF warnings on economy will fall on deaf ears among world leaders

The IMF is seen as a hand-wringing liberal institution making nuanced and technical suggestions in an age of broad-brush solutions

Goldman Sachs boosts post-Brexit plans with Frankfurt office deal

Wall Street bank leases eight floors of new 37-storey block in German financial capital with space for 1,000 staff

Brexit transition deal needed by Christmas, says Bank official

Deputy governor Sam Woods says City firms will start to move jobs and business out of the UK without agreement

The bank that wants to employ more disabled workers: ‘It’s a win-win situation’

In Austria, companies with more than 24 employees have to ensure 4% of their personnel are people with a disability. But one bank there is going much further

Sam Mendes returns to National Theatre with Lehman Brothers drama

Three-part epic about firm whose collapse triggered financial crisis is one of highlights of 2018, alongside Labour leadership drama

Labour Leavers’ claims that EU blocks state takeovers are rejected by experts

EU officials bewildered by claims the union is a one-size fits all club when there are many more social democratic, statist members than the UK

What I wish I could tell my boss: ‘You worked me like a machine’

The investment banker: working 20-hour days made me feel like a piece of gum that has been chewed up and mangled

UK personal bank deposits growing at slowest rate since 2009

British consumers are dipping further into their savings amid a squeeze from rising prices and falling real wages, figures show

City firms urge free trade agreement for financial services after Brexit

London and Frankfurt will lose out to New York and Singapore if UK and EU do not agree deal, says report

Bank of England warns a consumer debt crisis could cost banks £30bn

Stress tests reveal lenders are underestimating exposure to bad debt in face of an economic downturn

Don’t dismiss bankers’ predictions of a bitcoin bubble – they should know

The virtual currency’s success reflects the continuing lack of trust in traditional banking following the credit crunch

Darling: Brexit would not have happened without banking crisis

Former chancellor admits government lost control for a few days 10 years ago and says people have felt ‘badly treated’ since

London still world’s top financial centre despite Brexit, says survey

Frankfurt and Dublin move up index as New York falls amid uncertainty over Donald Trump’s views on free trade

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s PPI ad proves it: the end is nigh for western civilisation

Saatchi’s campaign is the latest nostalgia ad to wrench a pop-culture figure from their fantastic world and force them to submit to the drudgery of our own, writes comedy writer and occasional performer Jack Bernhardt

The City’s timidity has let Sports Direct’s Keith Hellawell survive

In 2013, fund managers found the strength to oust Sir John Bond as Glencore Xstrata chair. Sadly, these moments are all too rare