• May 2 2025
  US-China relations

  US lawmakers urge SEC to delist Alibaba and Chinese companies

  Heads of congressional panels say Baidu, JD.com and others have military links that pose ‘unacceptable risk’ to investors

  
• May 2 2025
  Special ReportRisk Management: Financial Institutions

  Is ‘hidden leverage’ an accident waiting to happen?

  Investors and regulators at odds over threat posed by hard-to-detect debt

  
• May 1 2025
  US watchdog says plan to axe agency would damage global audit quality

  Chair of accounting regulator says proposal would upend agreements for inspections in countries from China to the EU

  
• May 1 2025
  US banks

  Morgan Stanley weighs move to offer crypto trading on ETrade platform

  Bank’s deliberations come as President Donald Trump has taken a friendlier line on crypto than his predecessor

  
• April 30 2025
  Capital markets

  Swap spreads: Reloaded?

  Once more unto the breach, says Barclays

  
• April 26 2025
  Republicans plan to scrap US audit regulator

  Proposal to fold the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board into the SEC will boost Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda

  
• April 25 2025
  US Department of Justice

  Trump justice department may axe oversight in corporate crime cases

  Review comes as Trump’s DoJ appointees loosen enforcement on crypto, sanctions and foreign bribery

  
• April 24 2025
  The Big Read

  Should corporate whistleblowers get paid?

  Countries including the US, South Korea and Nigeria offer hefty rewards to insiders who uncover wrongdoing. Could the UK finally join them? 

  
• April 24 2025
  Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya

  Trump’s move to fire us is a terrible warning for the US economy

  Our case is about whether America is ruled by laws or political whims

  
• April 23 2025
  Cryptocurrencies

  Cantor strikes $3.6bn crypto venture deal with SoftBank and Tether

  Vehicle backed by son of US commerce secretary comes as investors hope for more favourable policy on digital currency

  
• April 23 2025
  Markets InsightSheila Bair

  Easing leverage limits on banks could backfire

  The move would repeat old errors and encourage the buying of Treasury debt over private sector lending

  
• April 21 2025
  Uber Technologies Inc

  FTC sues Uber over ‘deceptive’ subscription service

  US regulator’s legal action is the latest move against Big Tech under Donald Trump

  
• April 19 2025
  On Wall StreetDaniel Davies

  Time to think the unthinkable about bank regulation

  Geopolitics is undermining the global system of financial regulation

  
• April 16 2025
  DeepSeek

  US House panel probes whether DeepSeek used restricted Nvidia chips

  Lawmakers say the Chinese AI group is a ‘profound threat’ to national security

  
• April 15 2025
  UnhedgedSujeet Indap

  A Chips Act cautionary tale Premium content

  Wolfspeed has stepped into a trap

  
• April 8 2025
  Cryptocurrencies

  Trump’s justice department to scale back enforcement of crypto cases

  US law enforcement will no longer target crypto exchanges or other entities ‘for the acts of their end users’

  
• April 3 2025
  Deloitte LLP

  Deloitte seeks to avoid liability over US nuclear fiasco

  Shareholders claim audit firm helped hide difficulties at South Carolina power project

  
• April 2 2025
  Accountancy

  US-UK deal on accounting qualifications stalls after disputes

  Agreement would help top firms to move staff working on audits of banks and dual-listed companies

  
• April 1 2025
  Markets InsightEric Pan

  Under Trump, the SEC should open up private markets to retail investors

  Regulated funds are the natural bridge to allow individuals greater access

  
• March 31 2025
  Accounting & Consulting services

  US accounting regulator says audit quality improved after crackdown

  Oversight board claims vindication after imposing steeper fines and tougher audit standards

  
• March 28 2025
  Cryptocurrencies

  Galaxy Digital pays $200mn to settle luna crypto-trading probe

  Penalty for Mike Novogratz’s group comes as SEC scales back investigations into biggest names in digital assets market

  
• March 25 2025
  Europe Express

  Why the EU faces a tough call on new banking rules as US and UK waver Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: Should all EU households be told to prepare for war?

  
• March 19 2025
  Federal Trade Commission US

  Two Democrats on US antitrust panel say they were ‘illegally fired’ by Trump

  Administration pledges to take greater control of federal regulators in test of presidential powers

  
• March 14 2025
  LexPrivate equity

  Private credit means banking is no longer as easy as 1-2-3 Premium content

  Private capital’s falling hurdle rates will cause more activity to migrate from traditional lenders

  
• March 7 2025
  News in-depthGail Slater

  Trump nominee unites right and left with tough antitrust view

  Oxford-educated Gail Slater’s concerns about market concentration have caused disquiet on Wall Street

  

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