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Staveley’s PCP must prove it could have gotten sweeter deal, say Barclays’ lawyers

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The bank’s legal team also refuted the claim it that it would have done ‘anything’ to avoid nationalisation in 2008

UBS shakes up senior ranks of its private markets unit

Exchange takes cue from crypto investors with weekend FX trading

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LMAX Digital sees hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto traded each week, without any downtime

Top shareholder Aviva slams HSBC and StanChart’s Hong Kong stance

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Aviva Investors, a top 20 shareholder in both banks, is one of the first City firms to come out publicly with its disquiet over the banks' political move

Don’t cancel companies’ pandemic debts, warns think-tank boss

Over two-thirds of the £31.3bn lent to UK businesses has been distributed through the ‘bounce back’ loan scheme to Britian's smallest companies

Quarantine’s a price worth paying to get on a mega deal, bankers say

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A lack of physical meetings has contributed to a dearth of M&A transactions, which are also being held back by huge uncertainty created by the Covid-19 crisis

London-listed fund manager defies M&A freeze to combine with US rival

The transatlantic tie-up between the two boutique asset managers comes at a time of depressed activity for M&A

Investcorp founder Nemir Kirdar passes away at 83

Kirdar was one of the most prominent private equity investors in the Middle East

US private equity shop Brynwood to acquire Nestle pasta business

The company will be known as Buitoni Food Company after the transaction and will include the rights to the brand in the US, Canada and the Caribbean

Invesco’s European equities chief to retire

Three top execs to leave as DWS moves to ‘simplify’ its business

The asset manager’s client coverage division, led by Dirk Goergen, will also be “globally aligned yet regionally suited”, and focus on identifying client segments more effectively

Investors push Facebook, Chevron for climate stats as ESG data drive expands

An expanding group of investors is pressing a larger number of companies - over 1,000 in 2020 - for environmental stats, CDP says, as ESG investing takes off

Sponsored: Thriving in a new world: the future of asset management

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Asset management is at a crucial juncture,with average trading volumes soaring in recent months, record outflows from funds and unprecedented volatility, the time for incremental change has gone. How can asset managers propel their transformation to ensure that they survive and thrive in this new world?

Behind the scenes of HSBC’s rare foray into politics over Hong Kong

HSBC makes most of its profit in Hong Kong and mainland China, underlining the importance of staying in Beijing’s good books

Berenberg partners with fintech to give clients access to private equity

Berlin-based Moonfare lets individual investors with a minimum of €100,000 invest in private equity funds through its online platform

Facebook investors join backlash against Zuckerberg

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