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Andrea Orcel misses out on the World Economic Forum as well as his dream job; Boris Johnson’s merits as a barman; and a Deutsche Bank report gets an the unfortunate title

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Welcome to FN’s weekly diary column featuring all the best titbits from around the City of London...

Capital Confidential: Davos departure for Andrea Orcel

Andrea Orcel misses out on the World Economic Forum as well as his dream job; Boris Johnson’s merits as a barman; and the unfortunate title of a Deutsche Bank report

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Why Ares and other alternatives giants want Italian jobs

Ares mulls Milan office amid direct lending and wealth boom

Revolut challenges Hargreaves Lansdown, AJ Bell: there’s a new stockbroker in town

Trading Places: Goldman’s ECM shake-up, Latham’s latest raid

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Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond this week

Sidley Austin raids Latham & Watkins for 10-lawyer team in London

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CDPQ hires Sharon White to lead push in Europe

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Former chair of the John Lewis Partnership is joining the Canadian pension fund giant early next year

One of the top investors in Adani Group launched an on-market share buyback to protect its share price against the contagion from a U.S. investigation into the Indian conglomerate.

GQG Launches Buyback After Stock Tumbles on Adani Probe

The president-elect floated the idea during a Wednesday meeting with the former Fed governor.

By Brian Schwartz, Vivian Salama and Andrew Restuccia

Trump Considers Warsh Serving as Treasury Secretary—and Then Fed Chair

The U.S. auditing watchdog voted to require certain audit firms to disclose eight new metrics ranging from auditor turnover to partner involvement and restatement history.

Large Accounting Firms Will Have to Submit Financial Statements to U.S. Regulator

The AI titan will maintain its strong lead, but complicated product rollouts, sky-high expectations and the China threat add complications to growth potential.

Nvidia Is on Top but Does It Have Anywhere to Go but Down?

Research group GfK’s measure of consumer confidence climbed to minus 18 in November’s survey from minus 21 in October.

U.K. Consumers Cheerier Ahead of Holidays as Budget, U.S. Election Jitters Fade

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