Things worth reading: 27th January 2017

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:

• America, China and the risk of a trade war
• Winners and losers in a China-America trade war
• Warren Buffett extends his dominance of retroactive reinsurance
• Financial markets diverge as central banks start to turn off the taps
• A fintech startup tries to shake up American student loans