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The world’s most fragmented financial industry faces dramatic change
Catch up on global daily news
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Both banks and private-markets giants are on cockroach-watch

Co-operation on the financial system will be the casualty

The industry is supplanting Wall Street’s privileged position on the American right

AI is prompting investors to reassess every business model under the sun

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

Rich and poor consumers are seeing their spending patterns converge