Three years on, the FSA finds itself under attack from all sides
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The challenges facing the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) are discussed. The FSA has been criticized by many different groups, with some observers expressing the view that it is too bureaucratic.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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More jobs to be cut as City faces massive shake-up
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Financial services companies in the City of London, England, continue to suffer the repercussions of the excesses of the 1990s bull market. They have also been hit by the slowing of the US economy and by the terrorist attacks in the US. Job losses at firms such as Merrill Lynch may be an indication that investment banking is undergoing significant changes.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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Merrill Lynch cutbacks herald cull of thousands of jobs in the City
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It is expected that many City of London institutions will make redundancies as they experience the repercussions of misguided investments in high-risk markets such as Asia and Russia. Indeed, headhunters anticipate that the City of London's workforce of 375,000 could be reduced by up to 40,000. It has already been announced that there will be 400 redundancies at the London, England, office of Merrill Lynch, where the atmosphere is very tense.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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