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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Bob Diamond’s Atlas Mara sued over Zambian bank deal

      Lawsuit against lender co-founded by ex-Barclays chief alleges breach of acquisition terms

      Bob Diamond during a TV interview
    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Stablecoins
      Bob Diamond says digital currencies to have ‘very important place’ in finance

      Former Barclays boss expects stablecoins to flourish in the future

      Bob Diamond
    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Circle Internet Financial Inc
      Crypto group Circle ends $9bn deal to go public through Bob Diamond’s Spac

      Collapse of tie-up follows FTX bankruptcy and other crises in the sector

      Circle and USD coin logos
    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      FT live news
      Live news updates from December 5: Moscow rejects oil price cap, US stocks drop on hot services data
    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      Atlas Merchant Capital LLC
      Bob Diamond’s private equity firm raises funding from Qatar

      Atlas Merchant Capital secures commitment of $100mn from Qatar Financial Centre and seeks $1.5bn from other investors

      Bob Diamond
    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
      Panmure Gordon
      Panmure Gordon posts first profit under Bob Diamond ownership

      Bank that advises small and midsize UK companies doubles corporate client list

      Workers gathered round a computer
    • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
      LexStablecoins
      Bob Diamond/stablecoin: high on a supply of optimism Premium content

      Not only must digital money go mainstream, but Circle must emerge as a winner too

      Stablecoins, including USD Coin
    • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
      Fintech
      Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond looks to take crypto company Circle public

      USD Coin issuer valued at $4.5bn in deal with Spac to bring stablecoin group to Wall Street

      Bob Diamond
    • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
      News in-depthFinancial services
      How coronavirus turned the business of trading at banks on its head

      As lockdowns begin easing, banks are wrestling with how many traders to send back to the office

    • Friday, 6 March, 2020
      Panmure Gordon
      Bob Diamond picks ex-colleague Rich Ricci as Panmure Gordon chief

      Two of the ‘three musketeers’ at Barclays reunite at ailing UK stockbroker

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by Healy Racing/Racingfotos.Com/Shutterstock (5668650i) PUNCHESTOWN. VROUM VROUM MAG and owner RICH RICCI after their win. Horse Racing - 29 Apr 2016
    • Monday, 30 September, 2019
      Panmure Gordon
      Panmure Gordon losses up after Bob Diamond group takeover

      Ex-Barclays boss and Qataris ramp up spending to create ‘21st century merchant bank’

      Bob Diamond, chief executive officer of Atlas Merchant Capital Llc, pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Diamond is still optimistic for the prospects of Atlas Mara Ltd., his African bank-investment vehicle, even as the world teeters toward another emerging-market crisis. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 12 April, 2019
      City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
      Hampton all at sea over next move

      City veteran plans to keep on sailing after transatlantic crossing

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by Richard Gardner/REX/Shutterstock (3363619f) Frances O'Grady, Gen Sec TUC and Sir Phillip Hampton, Chairman RBS 'Pay for performance: Does it work' High Pay Centre debate, London, Britain - 11 Nov 2013
    • Monday, 4 March, 2019
      Barclays PLC
      Barclays banker unwilling to ‘take a hit’ to save top execs

      Court hears about alleged fears of senior managers over 2008 funding deal with Qatar

      Roger Jenkins, former chairman of investment banking for the Middle East at Barclays Plc, who is on trial, departs Southwark Crown Court in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. The first U.K. jury trial of senior bankers for alleged wrongdoing related to the financial crisis a decade ago is taking place in London, with the prosecution due to call its first witness next week. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 6 February, 2019
      LexFinancial services
      Atlas/Bob Diamond: out of Africa Premium content

      Ex-Barclays chief’s dream fell victim to a banking establishment lukewarm on consolidation

      Bob Diamond, chief executive officer of Atlas Merchant Capital LLC, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. The forum focuses on trade and investment opportunities on the continent for African heads of government and American business leaders. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 6 February, 2019
      FT People: Financial Services
      Bob Diamond steps down as chairman of African banking group Atlas

      Investment vehicle founded by former Barclays chief undertakes strategic review

      Bob Diamond, chief executive officer of Atlas Merchant Capital LLC, gestures while speaking during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. Atlas are looking at banking opportunities in Italy, Diamonds said during the interview. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
    • Monday, 28 January, 2019
      Barclays PLC
      Barclays bosses were ‘scared to death’ about risk of state bailout

      Jury in case of four ex-bankers hears of angst over avoiding state rescue

      14/01/2019 Southwark Crown Court, London Barclays fraud case. Picture shows former CEO of Barclays, John Varley.
    • Wednesday, 23 January, 2019
      Brexit
      Europe can break the Brexit impasse

      The UK has been more central to the bloc than many on the continent realise

      Royal Naval College and City of London skyscrapers EDITORIAL STOCK PHOTO Royal Naval College and City of London skyscrapers DOWNLOAD PREVIEW LONDON, UK – JAN 2018: View of Greenwich`s Royal Naval College with the skyscrapers of the City of London in distance Photo Taken On: January 25th, 2018 city,london,royal,skyscrapers,afternoon,architecture,astronomy,bank,banks,baroque,blue,brexit,business,cityscape,clouds,copy,crisis,day,engl,finance More ID 112044940 © Daniel Lange/Dreamstime.com 0 6 0
    • Friday, 21 December, 2018
      Lunch with the FT
      Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond on being fired and the future of finance

      ‘Anyone asking me for PR advice would need their head examined’

    • Friday, 7 December, 2018
      City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
      Makram Azar goes media shy

      Former Barclays exec who attended Presidents Club dinner registers a financial start-up

      LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 03: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Makram Azar attends Hofit Golan's Birthday celebrations on June 03, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Kirstin Sinclair/Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 22 November, 2018
      Bob Diamond says financial companies ‘look cheap’

      Ex-Barclays boss is completing purchase of 20% stake in Kepler Cheuvreux

      10 years since Lehman Brothers.... Bob Diamond, ex-chief of Barclays Bank, photographed for the FT today in London.
    • Sunday, 8 July, 2018
      Pilita Clark
      Why there will always be a place for the office jerk

      It is impossible to remove every difficult person from workplaces, nor should we try

      Steve Jobs...Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up a new iPod Nano as he speaks at an Apple event in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
    • Wednesday, 27 June, 2018
      European companies
      Bob Diamond joins Rothschild group in Kepler Cheuvreux bet

      Former Barclays chief makes move to seek profit from Mifid II upheaval

      Bob Diamond, chief executive officer of Atlas Merchant Capital LLC, gestures while speaking during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. Atlas are looking at banking opportunities in Italy, Diamonds said during the interview. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 24 April, 2018
      African companies
      Atlas Mara appoints John Staley as chief executive

      Bob Diamond’s pan-African banking business names its new head after a year-long search

      Robert "Bob" Diamond, founding partner and chief executive officer of Atlas Merchant Capital LLC, smiles during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Diamond spoke about the public perception of and anger directed at banks following the financial crisis and his company's move into Africa and the business opportunities they find on the continent. Photographer: John Taggart/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 24 April, 2018
      UK banks
      Bob Diamond’s Atlas Mara names new CEO
    • Friday, 2 February, 2018
      European companies
      Bob Diamond to join board of Corrado Passera acquisition vehicle

      The €600m cash shell plans to buy an Italian lender to small businesses

      Bob Diamond, chief executive officer of Atlas Merchant Capital LLC, gestures while speaking during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. Atlas are looking at banking opportunities in Italy, Diamonds said during the interview. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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