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How to whip finance into the 21st century

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Comment: Despite huge advances in technology, the productivity of intermediation is stuck in the horse-drawn era

Ex-Schroders trader sentenced to two years in prison

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Damian Clarke  received inside information about significant corporate events, including announcements of mergers and acquisitions

Letter from Doonbeg: One Trump wall that is not hated by all

On a vast sandy bay on Ireland’s rugged Atlantic coastline, a handful of walkers and surfers brave the windy weather on Doughmore Beach.

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Swiss bank that worked on no-frills airline's 2000 float is back on board more than a decade after being jettisoned

Pensions ditching sovereign bonds, Mercer survey finds

Low returns prompt European schemes to switch into other debt, including corporate and emerging market bonds

STJ Advisors unites with debt specialist Marlborough

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Top independent advisers team up to offer equity and debt advisory services in the City

Jefferies' healthcare co-head is latest London exit

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The co-head of European healthcare at Jefferies' investment bank, who was among a high-profile group of bankers recruited during a period of rapid expansion in 2009, is set to become the latest senior figure to leave the US group's ranks in the region.

USS boxes clever with pensions champ hire

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The Universities Superannuation Scheme has recruited a pensions consumer champion and former Fidelity director as its strategy chief, as it moves to put greater emphasis on its new defined contribution scheme for academics.

Regulators to banks: We’ll size up your risks

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Critics of Basel Committee move warn it could crimp lending, dent profits and worsen risk rather than reduce it

After Guy Hands’ defeat, an even bigger challenge awaits

Comment: The EMI trial was always going to be a long shot, Terra Firma has another huge hurdle to overcome

Fintech lags rest of finance for women on boards

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Just 7% of UK fintech companies' board members are female, less than a third of the average across financial services

Banks open a new front in trading floor surveillance

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Stung by losses and fines, banks are analysing emails to detect mood swings, tracking which colleagues go to lunch together, and hiring intelligence experts from the armed forces

Wall Street broker and father of JP Morgan CEO dies at 85

Theodore Dimon's wife also battled cancer and died just a day after her husband on June 6 at 84 years old

Idinvest nears final close on secondaries fund

Vehicle will invest in the European market for secondhand private equity fund stakes

Warburg taps Coller for fundraising executive

Appointment comes as Warburg is investing its 12th private equity fund, for which it raised more than $13.4bn

HSBC backs its Asia ambitions, despite investor rumblings

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Chairman Douglas Flint says he is confused about why people would doubt the bank’s China push

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