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Celebrities from around the world gathered yesterday to lend a helping hand at interdealer broker Icap's 18th annual Charity Day, where 100% of proceeds go to good causes. Here are the highlights of the day in pictures.

BofA Merrill suffers another wealth departure

Vice-president for Russia and CIS markets departs just days after senior wealth adviser defected for a start-up

Banks pitch to replace ISS' €4bn debt package

Apax's planned $8.5bn buyout is expected to use more high yield bonds than leveraged loans

Mark Zuckerberg has signed the 'Giving Pledge,' which asks its signatories to commit publicly to give away the majority of their wealth.

The KKR co-founder says his firm is now ready to look at opportunities in a region that has already attracted huge interest among rivals

Big banks plan new currency trading venue

Almost all of the 10 biggest banks in the industry are thought to be behind the initiative

UK mid-cap broker has hired a further 10 bankers for its research and sales departments, as its headcount rises by 30% this year despite volatile period in stockbroking

Morgan Stanley tops equity underwriting ranks

Underwriters will collect $42.3m in fees from the Citigroup sale

UK government publishes final draft on £2.5bn bank tax

The documents detail how the UK's five big banks will each have to pay millions of pounds into the national purse

New Rothschild FIG chief expected to build team

Rothschild is seeking to grow its FIG DCM and ECM business, to add to strong M&A and restructuring teams

Experts predict pick-up in restructuring work

Survey finds that less than a quarter of restructuring practitioners believe their work will decline in 2011

UK retail investors have poured almost twice as much into bond funds as equities over the last three years

Four out of 10 affluent investors say they are likely to put their money into cash over the next 12 months

Big investors cool on traditional market indices

The likes of the FTSE 100 and S&P500, weighted by market capitalisation, are taking a back seat

CQS and Brevan Howard set listed hedge-fund vehicles

New offerings will test hedge funds' ability to raise money on the public markets, a sector that has had mixed results for investors

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Icap charity trading day

BofA Merrill suffers another wealth departure

Banks pitch to replace ISS' €4bn debt package

16 tycoons agree to give away fortunes

Kravis keen on LatAm foray