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This year was supposed to be one of the best ever for IPOs, but then investors suddenly started focusing on profits

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After years of waiting, public investors in 2019 finally got the chance to put their money into a class of US startups famed for transforming industries over the past decade.

Unicorns get haircuts in a year of IPO disappointments

Maureen Farrell

Uber Technologies

Lyft

Alibaba Group Holding

Beyond Meat

JPMorgan

Morgan Stanley

Pinterest

SmileDirectClub

SoftBank Group

Credit Suisse

Spotify Technology

Tradeweb Markets

Bill.com

UBS promotes Hannon to UK M&A head as shake-up continues

UBS launches European strategy dealmaking group, shakes up country heads

Goldman Sachs names new ECM leadership in Europe after departures

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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