BLOOMBERG HSBC Holdings Plc is looking for a new global headquarters less than half the size of its current space in London’s Canary Wharf, according to the Sunday Times. The bank is considering a new head office of between 400,000 and 500,000 square feet, the newspaper reported. HSBC has been reviewing its workplace needs once its current lease ends in ...

BLOOMBERG The European Central Bank (ECB) will raise interest rates as high as necessary to bring inflation back down to 2%, said Governing Council member Ignazio Visco. It’s impossible for now to say what level borrowing costs will have to reach to achieve that target, Visco, who also heads Italy’s central bank, said in a Bloomberg TV interview. Policy will ...

DUBAI / GULF TIME Cybersecurity teams have long feared a black swan event. It appeared in 2020 in the form of Covid-19 and the severe security risks posed by shutdowns and a dispersed workforce. Its lingering effects will continue to challenge security teams in 2023. First, the remote/hybrid working trend that it triggered has proved resilient and employees demand a ...