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Swedish state funds sell out of Walmart, Freeport and Potash

Sale decisions follow lengthy discussions aimed at getting companies to change their practices, the state funds say

RBS hires ex-Lehmanite for senior trading role

UK bank recruits former Lehman Brothers and Nomura trader as London-based head of fixed-income trading in Emea

Fictional finance: from Dickens to Darth Vader

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FN reported this week that Tellson's – the fictional bank from Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities – is to become a City name. Here are some other fictional banks that may yet move from fiction to fact.

LSE moves to re-energise derivatives markets

Trading across the London Stock Exchange's Italian and UK derivatives markets has slumped this year

Ethical concerns a low priority for buyout investors

Findings from PwC come despite governance issues moving up the industry agenda this year

Derivatives market veteran Garry Jones this week takes the helm of the LME, as the bourse enters a new era of global ownership

Carlyle energy dealmaker heads for Pamplona Capital Management

The move comes just four months after Carlyle hired Saraiva e Silva to help lead a new energy team focused on oil and gas exploration and production

Numis, the UK-focused corporate broker, is looking to hire to expand its debt offering

News Analysis: a new pension fund strategy from JP Morgan is the latest to deploy insights from psychology to the savings industry

Government shuts down as Congress misses deadline

After three years of ducking crises with last-minute deals, Congress finally ran out of ways to patch over its differences

An investment manager set up by former KKR and Oaktree executives has completed its first-ever deal

Groundwork laid for stricter regulation of asset managers

US study concludes firms would be vulnerable in a financial panic

The real fallout from Washington's impasse could be felt overseas

Standard Life deal highlights Newton changes

News Analysis: as Newton's strategic shift results in the disposal of its private client business, Financial News considers the key changes over the past year

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Swedish state funds sell out of Walmart, Freeport and Potash

RBS hires ex-Lehmanite for senior trading role

Fictional finance: from Dickens to Darth Vader

LSE moves to re-energise derivatives markets

Ethical concerns a low priority for buyout investors

Five things in Garry Jones’ inbox

Carlyle energy dealmaker heads for Pamplona Capital Management

Numis plans debt expansion

Pensions warm to behavioural finance

Government shuts down as Congress misses deadline

New alternatives firm backs Respol deal

Groundwork laid for stricter regulation of asset managers

Shutting down emerging markets

Standard Life deal highlights Newton changes