Morning, I’ll be at Innovate Finance Global Summit for the next two days reporting on all things fintech. First bit of news is Revolut and Monzo are saying scrap stamp duty, as top fintechs launch bid to boost stock market cityam.com/revolut-and-mo…

LVMH, Ericsson and Nokia are set to usher in first-quarter reporting season in Europe next week Chloé Meley and Maggie Shiltagh with more
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Here’s what the Thames Water crisis could mean for customer bills bloom.bg/4d5wKBQ

EG Group was in recent talks about exiting its Australia business - after twice writing down the value of the business it bought in 2018.

+ Zuber Issa plans to step down as co-CEO of EG, in a further parting with his brother Mohsin.

With Giulia Morpurgo

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Not convinced by the FCA's new stress tests.

Quite enjoyed this one!

The Dutch government floats the idea of abolishing a risky type of bank bonds after the asset class was temporarily thrown into deep turmoil last year bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets with Nicholas Comfort and Cagan Koc edits by Steven Arons

Private credit was taking business from Wall Street. Now two firms are engaged in a Wall Street-style bustup over talent. Silas Brown and Paula Seligson are covering every twist and turn. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

It really is remarkable how incredibly consistent and good John Authers is. The benchmark for almost all markets commentary for nearly two decades now. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

A staggering Big Take: Some recruiters are using generative AI to screen and rank job candidates. But a Bloomberg experiment found the best-known tool, OpenAI’s GPT, systematically produces biases that could disadvantage groups based on their names bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

A surprise takeover bid for Virgin Money has put a spotlight on the UK’s top female banker: Debbie Crosbie, CEO of Nationwide bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bbgequality Harry Wilson Marion Dakers

Britain's car-loan review is becoming a drag on UK banks and the economy trib.al/mtevRjm

Exclusive: Epstein Contacted Staley for Years at Barclays Using Go-Between, Court Filings Claim — story breaking now on ⁦Bloomberg⁩ from myself ⁦Ava Benny-Morrison⁩ ⁦Jason Leopold⁩ ⁦Jonathan Browning⁩ and Katherine Griffiths bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

I spent the morning going through some dude's memes

Lots going on in the UK, too. Worth subscribing to my colleague Leonard Kehnscherper's London Rush newsletter, brought to your inbox every weekday morning with all you need to know on what's breaking in business, key data and market reaction
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Friday shocker: Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp will be stepping down as the English football club’s manager at the end of the season bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Pursuits Leonard Kehnscherper

BREAKING > British billionaire Joe Lewis will plead guilty to passing inside information to his private pilots and girlfriend, his lawyer says bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Brits can’t stop buying cakes and cheap clothes bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Leonard Kehnscherper

Always a good scoop when Donal Griffin is green dotted on Bloomberg Terminal at 130am for Bloomberg 🫡