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US bond issuance soars in February
Investment grade volume was at record levels with high-yield issuance close to a 20-year peak
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People in the news this week
This week 'Gordon Gekko' teamed up with the FBI, Occupy were booted out of St Paul's and French presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande brought his campaign to London.
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Derivatives trading hits record high in 2011
Growth mainly took place in single stock options and futures, as well as in exchange-traded-fund options
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Barnier fails to placate industry on pensions reforms
The EU's proposals are so unpopular they have even managed to unite trade unions with their old enemy, private equity
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Judge ramps up pressure on missing Kazakh banker
The billionaire banker – who has been AWOL since a High Court judge handed down a 22-month prison sentence two weeks ago – could lose his ability to defend himself in eight law suits if he fails to turn himself in
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Towers Watson issues government bond warning
One of the world’s leading investment consultants has called on investors to pull their money out of 10-year government bonds
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Trade of the Week: Brewing profits from tea
Investors in the largest tea trading companies were buoyed this week by predictions of a roughly 10% rise in the wholesale price of the UK's national drink
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Man Group treads water while investors wait
The company's flagship hedge fund and nearly three-quarters of the assets run by its GLG division are still under the crucial 'high water mark'
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Aberdeen’s FTSE promotion at risk
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Regulator launches oil market probe
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Capital raising hits pre-crisis high
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Kay puts asset managers under the spotlight (again)
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Financial News Blog
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A stamp duty for Europe?
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London vs New York: An 'Occupy' report card
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BofA Merrill looks to capital markets for revenue boost
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Ten responses to the Kay Review on 'good stewardship'
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Pity the gold digger
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Top of the lots at Sotheby's
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The top equity and bond funds in Europe last year
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Occupy London: After the eviction
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Pensions Rocks 2012
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The top 20 sovereign wealth funds globally
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Top European M&A; deals
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A taste of the fine wine market
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The 10 most expensive cities to rent an office
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Wall Street 2011 results in numbers
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Who said what at the Bloomberg debt conference
Asset Management
Investment Banking
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Judge slams Goldman Sachs, El Paso CEO for 'tainted' behaviour
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Brazil's BTG Pactual to test Brazilian appetite for IPOs
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Law firm swoops for ex-Nomura restructuring head
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Private Equity
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Activist shareholders call Castle EGM
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Carlyle Southeast Asia head leaves firm
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Natixis Capital Partners completes MBO
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Trading & Technology
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All hail the Chinese shopper
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European telecoms incumbents face triple threat
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Saudi bourse eyes institutional push
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Stock on loan: At the crossroads
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Borrowers cast the funding net wider
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How do you solve a problem like basis risk?
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Unlocking shackles of a eurozone break-up
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Infra funds fail to bridge the gap
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Pensions: past imperfect, future tense
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Small brokers mix it up in battle with the bulge
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Interdealer-brokers fight to be heard
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FSA gets tough on market abuse
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Hedge funds fear consultant creep
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Remit leaves energy traders in the dark
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Rescue deals come back into fashion
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Regulator launches crackdown on Spacs
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Custodians pitch for the whole nine yards
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Banks get ready to help governments sell off the family silver
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RDR reforms spark fight over fees
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Flow Traders looks to dispel HFT myths
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Davos: no longer a model village
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Who wins clients – the banker or the bank?
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Fixed income too hot for some
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Eurex and Liffe face up to a future alone
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Western banks losing battle for Beijing
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Tech sector hopes fade amid ‘bubble’ fears
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Foresight criticisms heighten HFT debate
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Outsourcing stages a comeback
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Conveyor belt of doom rolls on
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A shake-up year looms for pay and bonuses
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Defensive play never breeds winners
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Hold tight for another wild ride
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When London went to Brussels
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Banks need to stand out from the crowd
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Wary investors come – and go again
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Exchanges go global (sort of)
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Niche HFT prop shops hit the market
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Rule Britannia, despite economic shock waves
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Buyout firms scour the high street for lawyers
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Lenders demand increased collateral to offset risk fears
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UK watchdog crawls past 10-year milestone
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Commodity traders pushed to the limit
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Buyout firms prepare eurozone disaster plan
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Custodians spend millions on US tax change
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Chi-X looks to crack Australia
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Anxious wait for eurozone solution
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Inflation hedgers broaden their palette
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Europe’s asset managers could consider barring US clients
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UK pension funds hold back on ETFs
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Thurleigh chief takes a balanced view
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Firms count cost of Fatca compliance...
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Investing in football: it’s a funny old game
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Microfinance struggles with UK growing pains
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Slow. Slower. And Stop.
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Muted recovery for French buyout sector
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Nordic hedge funds conquer global rivals
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Banks prepare market exits
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Private share trading booms
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Just for the record: caveat venditor
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Investors gain upper hand with buyout firms
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Bankers seek clarity on Volcker rule
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Hymans steers new course after 90 years in pensions
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Canadian funds lead the private equity pack
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Is Libor in its death throes?
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Heineken brews up a success
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Architect of Big Bang calls for more regulation
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Fixed income faces e-trading hurdle
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Longevity market still in its infancy
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EMI could have danced to a different tune
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Bankers fear rescue plan failure
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High speed traders eye commodities
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Fink warns over growth paralysis
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Analysis: Hedge funds offer risk-sharing bridge
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Regulation and competition reshape the industry
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Why are our regulators so anti-European?
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UK falls to France in buyout fees table
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US banks flex muscles in Europe
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Vault owners strike gold
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Russell eyes the summit
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Firms face a struggle to raise finance
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Meet your new Chinese bosses
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TMX chief charts a new course
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Managers look for an ideal benchmark
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Buyout firms weigh rival bids for Cognetas
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IMF aims to advance dialogue on China reforms
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Russia fuels growth of LSE’s international order book
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Pension funds’ derivatives battle enters its next stage
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The best laid compliance plans of UBS...
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The changing face of fixed income, currencies and commodities
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Industry calls for index revamp
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Small firms add fresh pricing models to the mix
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BMW looks to build the ultimate pensions machine
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US rules the venture roost
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Investors dip into high-yield pick ’n’ mix
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Fund chiefs train their sights on insurers
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Mechanics of bolt-ons win out
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Exchanges defend against cyber attack
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Investors dip into high-yield pick ’n’ mix
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Risky business
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Transformers in the buyout industry
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Big boys floor rivals in program trading
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High speed traders square up for a fight
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Investors toast a new cocktail from Emmas
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Investors pile billions into hedge funds
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Sidelining the retail investor
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Meissner seeks to tame the herd
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Vanguard mobilises to conquer Europe
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The Leviathan’s next big challenge
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Secondary deals grab the limelight
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Esma flexes its muscles with HFT rules
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A quarter of UK mid-cap brokers face summer cull
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Investors look to conjure up liquidity
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Going in to bat for the barbarians
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Debate rages over analysts’ role in initial public offerings
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LSE intensifies its fight against NYSE-Börse deal
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Venture capital poised for comeback
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ECB free money may carry a cost
Who could resist the lure of almost free money? Certainly not Europe's banks. But the LTRO is no panacea for the eurozone's economic problems
From The Wall Street Journal
