Things we’re reading today include …
- Alibaba’s Ant Financial buys MoneyGram for $880m
- €2.5bn cost of Mifid II rattles asset managers
- Dutch regulator mistakenly reveals Soros short positions
- TSB plans ‘year of liberation’ as it finally breaks free of rival and former owner Lloyds
- Lucky money
- Co-op Bank warns it will miss capital target
- Barclays prepares to expand Dublin office after Brexit
- Regulator seeks EU access for UK banks abiding by global rules
This week’s Economist: