Claudia Buch nominated for role of eurozone’s chief banking supervisor
Bundesbank deputy head’s nomination paves way for Nadia Calviño to land top job at European Investment Bank
Financial & markets regulation
ChatGPT should do your earnings calls
Machine-on-machine games
Fintech, Artificial intelligence
The Lex Newsletter: bankers get creative to overcome M&A fee drought
With fewer companies being bought and sold, banks are seeking income by offering more specialist advice
Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment Banking
ECB criticises Italy’s windfall tax on banks
Levy poses risk to eurozone financial stability by reducing lenders’ retained earnings, according to central bank
Central banks, Financial & markets regulation
EU to launch anti-dumping probe into Chinese electric cars
Investigation could lead to tariffs on EVs imported from China
Electric vehicles
How Zegna ‘killed’ the tie – and saved the suit
Once a byword for traditional tailoring, the brand has now reinvented it and seen profits soar
Luxury goods
Accra provides lessons on how to run an AI start-up
Scepticism towards artificial intelligence is to be expected but young Africans increasingly realise that can be overcome
Artificial intelligence
The EV car crash is a warning for Europe’s industrial transition
China is so far ahead in the electric vehicles market that its competitors are trailing in the dust
Electric vehicles, Batteries
Alexandr Wang: US technologists should help preserve US military and economic leadership
Scale AI’s co-founder wants America to grasp AI’s potential to transform warfare before geopolitical rivals do
Artificial intelligence
The global race to set the rules for AI
The industry and policymakers agree that the emerging technology needs regulating. But no one is quite sure how
Artificial intelligence