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European hedge fund and trading groups call for short selling ban to be lifted

The extensions to the restrictions in Greece, France, Belgium, Austria and Spain are due to end this week

Third round of virtual Brexit talks end with ‘very little progress’

Time is running out for the two sides to reach an agreement, with the transition period set to end 31 December

Here’s how French banks lost big in the complex world of structured finance

Société Générale and BNP Paribas said a wave of dividend cancellations as a result of the coronavirus and increased hedging costs were among the causes of their structured-product-linked losses

BNY Mellon debt fund says health care and restaurants pushed down results

The fund’s four classes of shares all lagged behind the benchmark Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index, which had a total return of almost 3.4% for the same period

Virgin Atlantic in talks with Deutsche Bank and other private equity firms to raise funds

The group said this week it plans to sell as much as 12% of Virgin Galactic Holdings —the space-tourism venture that made its initial public offering in New York—to shore up its travel and tourism businesses

Mark Barnett to leave Invesco after 24 years

Barnett was sacked as manager of the Perpetual Income and Growth Investment trust in April

Here’s why big investors aren’t betting it all on a coronavirus cure

Companies are competing with foreign nations and not-for-profit organisations determined to achieve their own breakthroughs

Neither bull nor bear: we may be in a ‘headless chicken’ market

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At Ardevora we are keen students of management behaviour and usually pore over company statements. But there is nothing interesting to read at the moment

Jolt Capital sells stake in Verimatrix to One Equity Partners

The firm sold over three million shares it held in the company to US-based group One Equity Partners but did not disclose any other financial details

New York Stock Exchange to reopen its trading floor

Traders returning to the NYSE floor will need to sign a waiver acknowledging they understand the risks of getting infected

Living with the competition? You might have to tell your boss

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Full disclosure, temporarily moving out and switching teams temporarily – these are some of the ways banks are mitigating the risks of working from home

Westpac Banking Corp. makes admissions over money laundering breaches

The Australian bank admitted that it failed to report international fund transfers to Australia’s financial-intelligence agency, Austrac, and associated tracing failures

Bank of America just sold a first-of-a-kind COVID-19 bond

Proceeds will fund not-for-profit hospitals treating COVID-19 patients, businesses that make or supply equipment designed to protect against the virus, as well as companies creating diagnostic tests or vaccines to halt the pandemic, in public deal documents

Insurers brace for further pain as coronavirus claims pile up

Profits are taking a hit, raising the prospect of consolidation within the industry

The hot IPO trend of 2020: blank-cheque companies

Jump shows investors are betting there will be good deals to scoop up when the coronavirus subsides

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