Bloomberg A proposal to toughen UK laws to make it easier to hold companies accountable for financial crime is still under consideration by the government after years of back and forth, according to a speech from the solicitor general. “The weaknesses in our current law result in other jurisdictions holding British companies to account when ours has not,” Robert Buckland ...

Bloomberg In an economy growing at a moderate pace at best, the US job market keeps on shining. Payroll gains topped forecasts in five of the past seven months, putting the 2017 average increase of 184,000 almost on par with last year’s 187,000 and above levels typical for the eight-year expansion. Analysts expect barely any falloff from that pace in ...

Bloomberg Brexit has taken a back seat for traders and fund managers trying to predict the pound’s outlook over the next few months. Implied volatility in sterling is the among the lowest in the Group-of-10 countries over the next three months. This is despite the failure of the third round of separation talks between the UK and the European Union ...