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Long-termism will help financial mutants avoid extinction

Companies are under pressure to alter their business models. But some are in danger of heading down an evolutionary cul-de-sac

McMahon focuses on Ireland’s banking future

The head of financial institutions at the Central Bank of Ireland hopes to move past the firefighting of last autumn, aware that the wind could whip up the flames at any moment

Banks brace themselves as FICC falls apart

Senior bankers are expecting an even more challenging second half and several banks are set to report their lowest full-year revenues since 2008

While Athens frets, the Blue Zone chills out

Coal Pensions’ move to form an FSA-regulated investment subsidiary echoes similar moves by the Barclays UK Retirement Fund

FN research sees high-frequency trading firms delivering above-average profits

Change in the industry is inevitable as watchdogs tighten their grip on ETFs

ITV signs £1.7bn pensions longevity deal

The transaction comes as a big boost for a financial concept that has proved less appealing than many originally predicted

Financial firms were busy hiring in the calm before the storm

Banks and asset managers had been hoping that their profits would recover this year

Lion Capital hits €1.3bn in latest close

Lion Capital, the former European arm of US private equity firm Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst, has reached €1.3bn on its latest fund after almost two years on the fundraising trail.

Ban on 'short' sales offers little relief

Investors left questioning the 15-day ban on short selling after another week of volatile markets and plummeting bank shares

Fund mandates of the week: Merseyside, ITB funds, Scottish Widows

An infrastructure investment, an insurance buy-in and a bumper custody appointment lead this week's roundup

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Any hope that the disappointing investment banking results of 2010 were a blip were dispelled in the first half, as challenging market conditions left several investment banks on course for their worst year for revenues since the peak of the crisis in 2008.

Regulators hand private funds extra time on Dodd-Frank

The alternative management industry has welcomed the deferral, but non-US managers are far from happy about the new rule

Convertible arbitrage offers slim pickings

Investors are avoiding dedicated funds after the crisis four years ago, but today’s market is more stable and fewer casualties are expected

Fresh questions raised about the extent to which high-growth economies have decoupled from those of the US and Europe.

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Long-termism will help financial mutants avoid extinction

McMahon focuses on Ireland’s banking future

Banks brace themselves as FICC falls apart

While Athens frets, the Blue Zone chills out

Coal funds form investment arm

HFT revenues rise by a fifth

Regulators turn up the heat