Nicholas Comfort

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  • Karin Radstrom, chief executive officer of Daimler Truck Holding AG, during the Federation of German Industries (BDI) conference in Berlin, Germany, on Monday, June 24, 2024. Germany’s business outlook declined for the first time in five months, a sign that the gradual recovery in Europe’s biggest economy faces headwinds. Photographer: Liesa Johannssen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Germany’s DAX 40 has a new female CEO: Daimler Truck appoints Karin Radstrom as next head in rare move

    By William Wilkes, Nicholas Comfort, and others
  • Young Asian businesswoman carrying smartphone and laptopLeadership

    The financial services gender pay gap in Europe is so large that fewer than one in 10 of the 2,000 highest-earning bankers are female

    By Nicholas Comfort and Bloomberg
  • David Solomon, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference on May 2, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    European banks aim to lure Wall Street employees with WFH benefits

    By Nicholas Comfort and Bloomberg
  • Commuters, some wearing face coverings to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, travel in a Transport for London (TfL) underground train carriage in central London on October 19, 2021. – People in the United Kingdom were on Monday warned that the coming months will be “challenging” as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Data up to Sunday showed more than 300,000 confirmed cases reported over the last seven days, a 15 percent increase in cases on the previous week. (Photo by Niklas HALLE’N / AFP) (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images)International

    As COVID-19 deaths rise, the U.K. faces the prospect of (another) tough winter

    By Nicholas Comfort and Bloomberg
  • Shares in Deutsche Bank AG climbed 1.7% on Wednesday as the German lender reported an unexpected profit and said it plans to pay out bonuses to top-performing staff. Wire photography: Krisztian Bocsi—Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Deutsche Bank’s unlikely comeback continues as the lender delivers an earnings beat and signals a boost to bonuses

    By Steven Arons, Nicholas Comfort, and others
  • Citigroup is among several banks on both sides of the Atlantic to resume job cuts as the sector faces its worst crisis in a decade. Wire photography: Peter Foley—Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    The incredibly shrinking banking sector is heading for near-record job losses this year

    By Nicholas Comfort and Bloomberg
  • Deutsche Bank’s London office on July 9, 2019.Finance

    2019: A Bad Year for the Banker as Job Cuts Continue to Soar

    By Nicholas Comfort and Bloomberg
  • David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs & Co., speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2019. The conference brings together leaders in business, government, technology, philanthropy, academia, and the media to discuss actionable and collaborative solutions to some of the most important questions of our time. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Goldman Sachs Lost Millions on WeWork and Uber. Now, the CEO Is Talking Up the ‘Path to Profitability’

    By Matthew Miller, Steven Arons, and others
  • A Credit Suisse logo is displayed on the window of a Credit Suisse Group AG bank branch in Zurich, Switzerland, on Sunday, Sept 29, 2019. Credit Suisse is seeking to draw a line under one of the worst scandals in its recent history after the bank hired a private detective agency to shadow former executive Iqbal Khan because of fears hed poach employees after moving to UBS Group AG. Photographer: Stephen Kelly/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    Surveillance and Suicide in Switzerland: Credit Suisse COO Resigns Over Corporate Spying Scandal

    By Patrick Winters, Jan-Henrik Förster, and others