BLOOMBERG HSBC Holdings Plc is cutting the base pay it offers some newly-promoted senior investment bankers in the UK by a quarter, ahead of a rule change that would allow higher bonuses. In some areas, new managing directors are now typically offered a salary of about £225,000 ($273,380), compared to £300,000 paid to bankers that already hold the same position, ...

BLOOMBERG The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) threatens to further besmirch the reputation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, on top of the blemish he’s suffered for being slow to recognise the risk of rampant inflation. Friends and foes of the Fed alike have faulted the central bank for not heading off the troubles at the nation’s 16th-largest lender ...

BLOOMBERG Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) is launching a resale platform with ThredUp Inc, as global apparel companies try to make a dent in the clothing waste they produce and seize on a potential new source of revenue. H&M was expected to start its first resale platform in the US market, H&M Pre-Loved, with around 30,000 items of used women’s and ...