Lars Mucklejohn

City Correspondent @DowJones @FinancialNews | 📩 [email protected] | one of MHP Group's 30 To Watch

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Thank you to all who joined us to celebrate our 15th 30 To Watch: Journalism Awards last night!

It was great to see so much talent in the room and hear from @Peston, @BBCRosAtkins and @patersonjon from the @JSchofieldTrust.

Congratulations to this year's winners, and thanks to @NewsUK for hosting us. #30ToWatch

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Exclusive: A former wealth manager at UBS is suing the bank for unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination after being accidentally copied into an email by management related to her compensation.

With Xhulio Ismalaj via @FinancialNews
https://t.co/QcbWfN6tUp

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Congratulations @LarsMucklejohn, @DowJones, for being named one of this year's #30ToWatch winners in the City & Business category.

Thanks to our category judges @Petercampbell1, Global Transport Correspondent at @FT and @Grahamhiscott, Head of Business at @DailyMirror.

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Scoop: Investec has scrapped an advisory unit for private equity secondaries deals less than three years after launch.

With @SebMcCarthy via @PrivateEquityN1
https://t.co/YqTMQ5Xm1B

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Proud to have represented @FinancialNews at this year's State Street Institutional Press Awards, where I came runner-up for Journalist of the Year – Technology, Data & AI for my long read on LSEG's £100m blockchain push.

You can read the piece below.
https://t.co/QDQnrem2MP

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Exclusive: Nordic Capital is informally eyeing a $1bn valuation for financial market data firm BMLL.

Nordic bought BMLL for about $250m last year and has no active plans to sell.

Via @FinancialNews
https://t.co/HjLEu4wnDC

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LSEG boss David Schwimmer is nearing eight years in charge, but his strategy is under more pressure than ever.

We explore the succession questions facing one of the City's most powerful institutions.

Via @FinancialNews
https://t.co/EpKnBIcaEh

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Exclusive: UK regulators are looking to the US as they consider easing restrictions around payment for order flow, a controversial practice used by zero-commission retail brokers to execute trades.

Via @FinancialNews
https://t.co/r0NBiyZrH4

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We have spent the last two months piecing together the most detailed account yet of David Stern, a German financier who was Jeffrey Epstein’s man in Europe.

With @SebMcCarthy via @FinancialNews

https://t.co/F88tPvlisx

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Banks could derive billions in value from quantum technology, according to industry executives. Regulators see plenty of potential risks.

My latest long read for @FinancialNews

https://t.co/J3ztDoZKti

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Scoop: OKX, one of the world's biggest crypto exchanges, has hired the former head of LSEG's pan-European trading platform Turquoise to oversee its EU operations.

Via @FinancialNews

https://t.co/d4RMo5724l

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Exclusive: Financial Conduct Authority staff rate their employer’s transformation efforts at 5.4 out of 10.

About half are also unhappy with their pay, an internal survey suggests.

With @Justin_Cash_1 via @FinancialNews
https://t.co/iVKHUUmoox

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Scoop: Goldman Sachs is paying the equivalent of nearly £6,300 an hour to employ Rishi Sunak as a senior adviser.

His £1.1m yearly salary for the part-time job, paid to charity, comes on top of roles at Anthropic and Microsoft.

Via @FinancialNews
https://t.co/jMhGvfqt14

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‘We thought Jeffrey was the victim’: Inside a London consultant’s 20-year association with Epstein

Via @FinancialNews

https://t.co/1qAiYU2Vzt

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New: David Stern has resigned as an adviser to Cambridge University's business school after we exposed his extensive ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

With @SebMcCarthy via @PrivateEquityN1
https://t.co/wJi10jpa6X

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Exclusive: An adviser to Cambridge University's business school had extensive ties to Jeffrey Epstein and once referred to himself as the pedophile's "soldier", documents suggest.

With @SebMcCarthy via @PrivateEquityN1
https://t.co/sC5PR8ir2e

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Scoop: Lars Windhorst is alleged to have sought a meeting with Jeffrey Epstein in 2018, according to documents released by the US Department of Justice.

The German financier denies the claim and says he never met the sex offender.

Via @FinancialNews
https://t.co/yD0MP42qSr

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Happy to share that I’m starting a weekly newsletter at @FinancialNews.

Every Tuesday from 13 January, you can catch up on the top stories from trading floors, exchanges and fintechs.

You can sign up to the newsletter at https://t.co/VfZsZY5b35

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PrimaryBid, once hailed as a potential fintech 'unicorn', has cut staff numbers by about 40% amid continued losses.

The firm was valued at $715m in a 2022 funding round, but its implied valuation by LSEG fell to £56m last year.

Via @FinancialNews
https://t.co/zhrf397hBg

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Exclusive: HSBC, the London Stock Exchange Group and startup Ctrl Alt are among the bidders for a key government contract to support the first digital gilt.

Via @FinancialNews
https://t.co/9VEPwdMuiL