Market-maker Virtu calls for reforms to tackle micro-cap manoeuvrings
New technology should incorporate some element of the human touch to be trusted
Investors pay the price for flocking to so-called cov-lite leveraged loans with reckless abandon
The Russell 2000 index struggles as megacaps dominate
The lack of exit options for investments has forced some executives to reconsider more swashbuckling strategies
Morgan Stanley’s Ted Pick is the latest chief executive touting a unified slogan in a bid to bust staff silos
Can listed management companies maintain investment performance as they scale up?
A merger would provide a greater challenge to entrenched behemoths such as JPM, Visa and Mastercard
A great wealth transfer will put tens of trillions of dollars into the hands of women
Freddie Mac wants to enter the secondary home equity loan market in a win-win for the government, Wall Street and consumers
Workers’ groups increasingly adopt strategies used by activist hedge funds to exert pressure on companies
Unshowy deals are needed to help the market recover
Comparisons between banks often miss the growth of new businesses driven by innovation
What regulator could be against safer lenders at the heart of our financial system?
Companies and their backers are starting to show more signs of acceptance of valuation cuts in ‘down round’ financing
Women continue to receive only a small fraction of the funding from firms
Seven broker-dealers including Citadel Securities face a challenge from a cancer vaccine company
They are wildly expensive, extremely divisive and go on for too long. And even if you win, you lose
Loss of chip company listing to New York shows why it’s time to revive London as an IPO venue
Potential market impact of presidential poll is being debated unusually early
While study shows ‘uptalk’ can point to earnings disappointments, there is broader bias against women
Investor and depositor faith instilled by powerhouse spread of business has helped lower cost of capital
Soft landing hopes clash with bond market’s recession-forecasting reputation
Lower interest rates and an economic soft landing may boost deal activity after difficult 2023
Given existing options to gain listed exposure like MicroStrategy, the real problem is finding a use for the crypto assets