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Osborne cannot leave burden of ensuring stability to BoE

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Comment: Monetary activism is becoming perilous – it is time for the UK Chancellor to consider fiscal expansion

Blockchain share processing faces 'massive' challenges

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Capital markets analyst Larry Tabb acknowledges potential of bitcoin technology but says some obstacles "seem insurmountable"

Third of foreign banks suffer 'senior manager' setback

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Little hope of lenience for laggards as one in three foreign bank submissions fail

Meet the 2016 Rising Stars in Legal Services

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Financial News presents its annual list of the 40 brightest and best legal advisers under the age of 40

Equities spearheads HSBC profit rise – but bonus pool shrinks

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Fourth-quarter trading stumble fails to derail 2015 growth, but group bonus pool slashed to reflect fines and penalties

Coalition: Next cuts are the deepest for investment bank staff

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The good news for investment bank staff is that, in 2015, headcount at the world’s 12 biggest players dropped the least in five years. The bad news, according to research firm Coalition, is that staffing has fallen more than a fifth over those five years, with the worst cuts yet to come.

Big bond deals are distorting a market in the doldrums

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Comment: Apple's bumper bond was tasty, but let's not pretend all is healthy in the wider market

Morgan Stanley combines fintech investing units

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Bank brings teams making financial technology investments on behalf of its equities and fixed income divisions under one roof

HSBC loss adds to worries about dependence on Asia

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UK bank plans to stay headquartered in London but has said Asia is the focus for future growth

Brexit: Time to take control of the facts on financial regulation

Comment: 'Take back control' is the message of politicians campaigning for a Brexit. Where financial regulation is concerned, this feels like wishful thinking

Consultancy says private equity firms have largely cleared the backlog of companies they need to sell

HgCapital lays groundwork for eighth fund

The fund is likely to have a £2.2bn hard-cap and come to market in the third quarter, according to people familiar with the matter

'Market cracks' emerge as European buyout activity halves

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Buyout activity in Europe has roughly halved so far in 2016, with senior executives pointing to “cracks” in the market.

Electronic pioneer Balarkas joins Bats Europe board

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Veteran of European trading joins exchange in non-executive role

New alliances forged in Osborne’s wealth funds master plan

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There are eight rather than six, some of them appear to make little sense geographically, but plans to pool £215bn of local government pensions are on track

Willis Towers Watson hunts partners for custom-made funds

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Consultant asks investment houses to come forward with ideas on which they could collaborate and create new strategies for pension schemes

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