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Aston Martin nears stake sale to Italian private equity firm

Buyout firm is close to agreeing terms to take a 50% stake in the luxury UK carmaker, in a deal that values the company at £750m, according to a person familiar with the situation

Uber-bear Grice departs SocGen for buyside role

Investment strategist is leaving French bank today and will start at an investment firm in the New Year

Fowler to exit Chi-X Australia as chief executive

The alternative stock exchange has brought competitive forces to Australian equities trading over the past 12 months

Largest PIK of the year raises spectre of market froth

Terra Firma successfully prices largest payment-in-kind note – although deal structurer says it contains new protections for investors

Buyside raise challenge to accounting standards

Ten leading members of the investment community have put their names to a position paper that calls for 'prudence' to be recognised in financial statements

The asset manager's Asia arm is awaiting regulatory approval for a joint venture to provide fund management for wealthy Chinese

Controversial payment-in-kind bonds, which came to symbolise pre-crisis credit-market excess, are re-emerging in Europe

Intesa Sanpaolo scores high with 10-year covered bond

Italian bank's bond was rated higher than the sovereign bond at issuance

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Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was sentenced to seven years in jail for fraud, British entrepreneur Mike Lynch answered claims his firm Autonomy  had misrepresented its accounts during its sale to Hewlett-Packard and Bank of England governor Mervyn King called for total separation between retail and investment banking.

Hewlett-Packard double-digit share fall this week was greeted by a chorus of ‘I told you so’ from equity investors – and offered a smart return for holders of  put option strategies

Retail exchange platform's move into the region comes at a difficult time for Nasdaq OMX's Nordic equities markets

With the courtroom proceedings over and Kweku Adoboli found guilty of fraud this week, Financial News casts an eye over some of the telling numbers from the 10-week trial of the former UBS trader at London’s Southwark Crown Court

Elbrus Capital holds first close on maiden fund

The Russian buyout firm raises the second largest vehicle in eastern Europe this year after just over a year on the road

Investors put their money back into the markets during the third quarter of this year, although equity funds remain unpopular

Investment Banker of the Week: Andrew Umbers

The former Evolution chief executive emerged on an unusual M&A deal this week as adviser on the sale of Leeds United football club

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Aston Martin nears stake sale to Italian private equity firm

Uber-bear Grice departs SocGen for buyside role

Fowler to exit Chi-X Australia as chief executive

Largest PIK of the year raises spectre of market froth

Buyside raise challenge to accounting standards

SSgA forms joint venture in China

Europe's PIK pickup could continue

Intesa Sanpaolo scores high with 10-year covered bond

People in the news this week

Trade of the Week: HP's share woes

Equiduct to take on Nasdaq OMX Nordics

Kweku Adoboli: Trial by numbers

Elbrus Capital holds first close on maiden fund

European fund flows return to health

Investment Banker of the Week: Andrew Umbers