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It has been a week of exchange merger mania as executives at four of the world's biggest stock exchanges revealed they were to become just two, while former Société Générale investment banking head Jean Pierre Mustier has re-emerged at  Italian bank UniCredit. Here are some of the people in the news this week.

Average pay at hedge fund Och-Ziff nears $900,000

New York fund hikes bonuses by 7 per cent after strong fourth quarter performance

How much did Wall Street bosses know about crash?

Research shows executives offloaded millions of dollars in shares between 2000 and 2008

Investment bank of the week: RBC Capital Markets

RBC's slot as adviser to the London Stock Exchange marks a promising start for its fledgling European FIG team

Fund mandates of the week: Millennium, Mercer, Threadneedle

A prestigious appointment for London currency managers Millennium at the US' second-biggest public pension fund features in this week's round-up of institutional investment business

The buyout arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has appointed a former 3i Group director as part of its expansion in London

Better Capital predicts wave of bank disposals

UK listed private equity turnaround vehicle founded by Jon Moulton eyes bank loan disposals for new investment opportunities

Figures from the City of London raised more than £250,000 for Britain's armed forces at a special event at the Guildhall last night

More super-rich investors get US citizenship

Britain debates whether to allow rich people to "buy" citizenship, while in the US a programme for wealthy investors to gain residency already exists

Exchange mega-merger will spark battle of brands

What will the new NYSE Börse be called? Brand consultants already say NYSE's name is the second most powerful in the exchange world, but there is always the possibility that egos will get in the way

If you could, you’d travel that way too

The luxuries of private-jet travel are enjoying a comeback

Kengeter digested: Banking culture has to change

The investment banking chief at UBS uses an appearance at the London School of Economics to talk regulation, bonuses and capital buffers

UK bank hires new head for its ultra-high net worth unit as ranks of the world’s super-wealthy grows

US exchange chiefs stay calm amid merger frenzy

Senior executives at US exchanges have given their initial reactions to the two mergers announced this week that will have a huge impact on the shape of their industry

Private equity firms take longer to raise funds

French buyout firm 21 Partners took two years to raise €380m in the latest sign of a fundraising slowdown in the private equity industry

BlackRock, the world's largest fund manager, is concerned at the rates it and its clients were charged for some currency trades by custody banks including Bank of New York Mellon

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People in the news this week