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  Could Geithner be right on UK's 'light touch' regulation?

  Comment: The UK's corporate governance regime has been lauded overseas, but events this week show that a 'comply or explain' regime leaves a power vacuum

  Asset Management - Governance

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  In Pictures: celebrities and royalty at Ark's gala dinner

  Last night the children’s charity Absolute Return for Kids - Ark - celebrated its tenth anniversary with a charity dinner in Kensington Palace Gardens. The event - which raised £17.2m - was attended by Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and more than 1,000 guests.

  Photo Galleries

  • A-listers gather to celebrate Ark milestone

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  JP Morgan begins hunt for new tenants for City of London headquarters

  US investment bank appoints property consultants to sublet its existing London offices as it prepares relocation to former Lehman Brothers building in Canary Wharf

  Investment Banking

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  Sharks and Mafia fail to scare HgCapital

  Protests over Blackstone's ownership of Southern Cross have not deterred UK-based HgCapital from announcing a residential care deal

  Blog

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  Pension Regulator settles for just £60k with textiles firm

  The watchdog says the low settlement, which is just a hundredth of what it wanted, is a one-off and will not affect its pursuit of other pensions delinquents

  Asset Management - Pensions

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  Credit Suisse research chief takes top spot

  The head of equity research at the Swiss bank has been named the best in the business, taking the top spot from last year's winner UBS

  Investment Banking

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  Nomura boosts delta one trading

  Nomura signals its push into equity derivatives by hiring a co-head of delta one from a rival trading team

  Investment Banking - Sales & Trading

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  Time for the US to strike back

  The chief investment officer of a major Russian asset manager this morning called for the US to 'strike back' and lead major economies out of recession in a wide ranging note which damns 'hostile' immigration officers and embassies that resemble 'the Death Star from Star Wars'

  Asset Management

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  Who would buy country houses like these?

  Asset Management - Wealth

  • In pictures: The Von Essen hotels up for grabs?

  • Von Essen Group goes into administration

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  In Pictures: people in the news this week

  Investment Banking

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  Apax France fund falls short of peers

  Private Equity - Fundraising

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  RBS cheers US boost with investment-grade gains

  Investment Banking

Financial News Blog

• Time for the US to strike back

• Sharks and Mafia fail to scare HgCapital

• Sovereign shocks set the clock back

• The fourth backer behind Vallares

• Do investors in emerging markets need to worry about food prices?

Asset Management

• Gloomy year in store for US fund managers

• Royal Mail pensions sell-off set to go ahead

• Sovereign shocks set the clock back

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Investment Banking

• Investment bankers of the week: George Maddison and Angus Kerr, Credit Suisse

• Goldman settles probe over research huddles

• 'China is the new dotcom,' says outgoing Hong Kong securities regulator

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Private Equity

• Fund sales at PE firm raises analyst concerns

• Guy Hands turns attention to larger rivals

• KDG pushed into red by refinancing costs

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Trading & Technology

• Clearing houses warn on collateral rules

• Female quants are rare and unhappy in the City

• Analysts predict Pippa Middleton to win...

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