Paul Hodkinson
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The Fight for Gender Equity Will Be a Long Slog if These Numbers Hold
Is reporting the gender pay gap in the U.K. working as well as intended? → Read More
Culture of City’s traders is stuck in the 1980s — a bad place to be
Not enough people in trading firms believe there is a problem with their hyper-sexualised, male-dominated culture → Read More
Big Four push for radical UK warning system
Proposal would see auditors disclose concerns to regulators about upcoming risks in specific sectors or companies → Read More
Auditors are the only ones who do not trust company audits
Breaking up the Big Four is not enough. Making auditing more trustworthy means making accountants liable for their work → Read More
Stop complaining: Brexit blueprint could not be better for the City
City opposition to the white paper is misplaced but could help Theresa May secure a compromise with the EU → Read More
What top Brexit lawyers think of the white paper wording
Two of the country’s leading Brexit lawyers give their views on key parts of the text → Read More
City to lose top EU envoy at critical Brexit stage
Jeremy Browne will leave the City of London Corporation once his three-year tenure comes to an end in August → Read More
The problem with ‘inappropriate behaviour’ at Standard Chartered
The vague reason given for head of compliance departure poses more questions than answers for investors and staff alike → Read More
Block trade risks on the rise for banks
Problematic deals for Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank have shown aggressive pitches to win equity work can have a dramatic downside → Read More
An audience with Michel de Carvalho: Olympic athlete, child actor, banker
The ex-Citigroup executive on wealth, work and how Capital Generation Partners lured him away from his third planned retirement → Read More
Goldman stuck with Burberry stock after bad block trade
Shares in the iconic British fashion house fall around 7% → Read More
All talk? City drags its heels on Women in Finance Charter
Dozens of firms do not appear to have complied with the Charter's requirements to post easily accessible updates → Read More
Whistleblowers attack decision not to ban Barclays chief
Critics fear the decision will derail the movement to expose wrongdoing at the world’s biggest companies → Read More
Former Goldman restructuring head calls for overhaul of UK law
Top UK lawyer echoes call by Vince Cable to adopt elements of US Chapter 11 bankruptcy process → Read More
Deutsche boss John Cryan has 99 problems but IPOs ain’t one
German IPOs are booming and, in a rare turn of events, it is distorting the league tables in favour of Deutsche Bank → Read More
Goldman’s attack of the clones lays bare diversity failings
The small number of women and non-white people on top bank committees makes it seem like they are there to tick diversity quotas → Read More
What the City gender pay gap numbers don’t tell you
Everyday office networking favours men, which apparently frustrates women going for promotion at banks like Goldman Sachs → Read More
‘Banks will get burned’: Fixed income hiring rises again
For European fixed income traders, the long hiring-drought nightmare is over — but banks who resisted job cuts may be hard to compete with → Read More
Barclays faces compliance questions as Staley decision nears
Recent departures at Barclays raise red flags amid investigations into chief executive, say compliance experts → Read More
Brexit bust is finally upon us (but the City hasn’t noticed)
Carillion is just the start. Firms that acquire distressed companies have had a rise in enquiries on the back of poor Christmas trading - and alarm bells should be ringing → Read More