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The UK bank's former head of debt syndicate in Emea has rejoined the firm after a short stint in asset management

From tensions in North Korea to drug trafficking in Mexico, investors fear the globe has become a tinderbox

Times past – wars and diseases that wiped out millions

FN's selects some of history's deadliest killers

Al Salam Bank, Bahrain Islamic Bank name adviser for planned merger

KPMG Fakhro to be advisor for merger, following approval from Bahrain's central bank

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Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy unveil plans for a financial transaction tax, Mary Shapiro's Securities and Exchange Commission is alleged to have destroyed documents at the height of the financial crisis, and Glenn Earle is to leave Goldman Sachs.

Zimbabwe tells Barclays to ready stake to locals

Turkey’s Aktif Bank to sell 1.2bn liras of bonds

Investors suffering from lack of sleep about the global stock markets continuing their volatile streak should have sought solace in caffeine

News Analysis: Investors are not faced with the same liquidity squeeze as in 2008 and are largely staying put with hedge funds because of a lack of credible alternatives

Brokers argue true impact of HFT remains unclear

Banker and broker lobby groups call for more research into high-frequency trading

The cost of insuring against the default of a sovereign is more expensive in many cases than insuring against the default of a company

The bank will cut 3,500 jobs in the current quarter, with at least 10,000 likely to be eliminated in the long run

New data suggests that the US will soon enter recession, if it has not done so already, with some potentially frightening consequences for equity markets

Investment banker of the week: Frank Quattrone, Qatalyst Partners

The advisory firm set up by star technology banker Frank Quattrone has worked on deals totalling close to $20bn in a record-breaking week for the firm

Invista Foundation Property Trust – which had planned to outsource management of real estate portfolio to Schroders – receives approach from company whose managers formerly worked for ING Real Estate Investment Management

Infrastructure fund managers 'won't back down' over fees

Despite pressure from investors, many infra managers are sticking to private-equity style charges

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Debt specialist returns to HSBC

How the world could be tipped into chaos

Times past – wars and diseases that wiped out millions

Al Salam Bank, Bahrain Islamic Bank name adviser for planned merger

People in the news this week

Zimbabwe tells Barclays to ready stake to locals

Turkey’s Aktif Bank to sell 1.2bn liras of bonds

Trade of the week: Coffee

A time for redemption?

Brokers argue true impact of HFT remains unclear

European sovereigns swap with companies

Bank of America set to slice jobs

Philadelphia nightmare

Investment banker of the week: Frank Quattrone, Qatalyst Partners

Picton makes bid for Invista trust

Infrastructure fund managers 'won't back down' over fees