The former French Riviera villa of the late Edmund Safra has been bougth by a Russian billionaire for €500m, making it the most expensive residential property ever sold.

Safra's widow Lily agreed to sell La Léopolda overlooking Cap Ferrat after her initial unwillingness to agree a sale, said French media reports.

Ex-private banker’s villa is the most expensive in the world

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HSBC

Ex-Citi banker takes over HSBC’s innovation unit

Liontrust to cut 25 jobs in bid to boost profits

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.

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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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