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Standard Chartered revealed its highest earner; George Osborne delivered a Budget that was a shot in the arm to the UK as a destination for busines; Lloyd Blankfein hit back in an insider dealing case involving an ex-Goldman director; and City veteran Sir John Craven joined wealth boutique Stonehage.

January hires help RBC scoop Evolution mandate

The Canadian investment bank has replaced Arden Partners, the boutique stockbroker from which it made a trio of senior hires at the start of the year, as corporate broker to Evolution Securities

Goldman Sachs tumbles in the league tables

Global M&A approaches pre-crisis levels but top-ranked bank falls in every region but Asia

Executive showdown at the Big Board corral

The chief executives of Nasdaq and NYSE have a history of tough talk and ferocious competition

FSA widens insider trading net to derivatives market

Regulator has launched an investigation into credit default swaps in the first such probe of the product as it steps up the battle against market abuse

Barclays gains high-profile mandates in US lending push

The UK bank currently ranks fourth among US leveraged lenders, up from eighth last year

Morgan Stanley backs banks to meet targets

The market, and many analysts, are underestimating the capacity of banks to meet their return on equity targets, according to an influential report by Morgan Stanley and Oliver Wyman. The largest banks should be able to post returns on equity of 13% to 15%, with some banks able to do even better

US bank takes the lead on the year's first mega-deal – which threw up an estimated $75m in fees to the three investment banking advisers

Top Deutsche wealth banker jumps ship to Credit Suisse

The head of key clients at Deutsche Bank has quit to become head of the Swiss bank's private banking business in Germany

Agents 'confounded' as luxury property keeps rising

Prime central London properties have risen for the sixth straight quarter forcing estate agents to revise up their forecasts for 2011

Sarasin appoints first ever woman to board

The 170-year old Swiss private bank has nominated a German politician to its board at a time when Europe’s financial services industry is under increasing pressure to pursue equality at the highest level

Buyout-backed bonds will 'lower credit quality'

Rising number of buyout firms issuing high-yield bonds is contributing to riskier credit profiles, according to Fitch

The Rocky Mountain state is a hotbed for networking and creative thinking if you're a hedge fund manager - and it's all to do with stoking fires, apparently

Morgan Stanley analysts argue Swiss bank's investment banking structure could be beneficial at a time when capital-intensive businesses will struggle to generate returns

Eurazeo outlines bullish €2bn growth plans

The French firm has been a high-profile victim of the troubles in the listed private equity markets, but returned to profit in 2010 and has outlined aggressive targets for the next three years

Nomura names Novelli and Savoret among 13 new senior MDs

Piero Novelli, the Italian rainmaker hired to spearhead Nomura's M&A push, and Benoit Savoret, the new equities head, are among 13 executives promoted by the Japanese bank

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