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Fund mandates of the week: Twelve Capital, F&C, BNY Mellon

Denmark’s largest public pension fund hands a $150m mandate to an investment boutique set up last year

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This week Mervyn King and George Osborne were on the edge of their seats as the Greek parliament voted on an austerity package, Christine Lagarde became the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund and fraudster Bernie Madoff accused his sentencing judge of making him the "human piñata of Wall Street."

Tom given green light for derivatives push

The Order Machine, or Tom, is part of a slew of efforts to engender competition in the European listed-derivatives sector

Spain´s first caja flotation rises on debut

CaixaBank shares rose on their first day of trading bringing relief to the country´s beleaguered savings bank sector

Former Deutsche Bundesbank president has attracted his fair share of detractors as a tough-talking anti-inflation central banker – however supporters have praised his 'immaculate pedigree' and excellent contacts book

Deal of the Week: Global Ports Investments

The container terminal operator is one of the few Russian deals to successfully list on the London Stock Exchange this year

European bonus rules force banks to pay higher salaries

Differing international rules on compensation are creating an unlevel playing field

US delays set to lead to regulatory arbitrage

Delays in introducing the Dodd-Frank Act will slow US implementation of Basel 2.5, leading to potential regulatory arbitrage, according to JP Morgan

The head of UK equity capital markets at the Japanese bank is the latest to make the move to Bank of America Merrill Lynch

UBS taps former Bundesbank chief as chairman

Axel Weber's appointment is likely to be followed by other top personnel moves

Venture capital returns suffer when the individuals involved are too similar to each other, according to research by Harvard Business School

The bank's chief executive  Antonio Horta-Osório will find it far tougher than he would like to boost sales of Scottish Widows insurance products through his bank branches

Deutsche Bank, GE Capital and PwC have all made hires amid a flurry of syndicated loan deals

US analyst gives proposed tie-up between NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse a vote of confidence – predicting European derivatives will be fastest growing unit – as the mega merger approaches crucial moment

Head of European equity capital markets, who was promoted last autumn to help Japanese investment bank secure a top 10 spot in rankings, set to join Bank of America Merrill Lynch

'Under-sung' pensions hero (and poet) takes a bow

Will Mather of Imperial Tobacco lamented the passing of in-house asset management, but his use of external managers made his scheme a top-performer

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Fund mandates of the week: Twelve Capital, F&C, BNY Mellon

People in the news this week

Tom given green light for derivatives push

Spain´s first caja flotation rises on debut

Meet the new chairman of UBS: Axel Weber

Deal of the Week: Global Ports Investments

European bonus rules force banks to pay higher salaries

US delays set to lead to regulatory arbitrage

The Merrill Lynch - Nomura connection

UBS taps former Bundesbank chief as chairman

The cost of friendship

Lloyds faces a tough sell

Financing teams gear up for activity

UBS analyst praises NYSE-Börse deal

Nomura's UK ECM head moves to rival

'Under-sung' pensions hero (and poet) takes a bow