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Bank traders set to shine amid Trump market chaos

The five biggest US banks are expected to report bumper trading revenues shortly

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Meet the Rising Stars of fund management

This week’s asset management news, all in one place

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Julius Baer CEO Stefan Bollinger: Cost cuts won’t be felt until 2026

Ex-Goldman banker says headcount reduction was ‘unavoidable’ to ensure Swiss wealth manager is fit for the future

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Teneo, Hogan Lovells score £45m in fees from Russia-linked broker’s administration

City advisers have raked in tens of millions of pounds from the administration of two failed Russia-linked banks

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Private equity’s wealth spree in the spotlight as AFH deal terms raise conflict concerns

Acquisition matrix seen by FN shows the wealth firm only pays out if clients are moved across to its proposition

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Who are wealth management’s Rising Stars?

Four up-and-comers have been spotlighted in FN’s Rising Stars of European Finance 2025 list

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Big bonuses see women fall further behind men at Wall Street investment banks

Investment banks paid out bigger bonuses in 2024, and men have benefited more than women

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HSBC hands Blackburn top risk role as shake-up continues

The UK lender has given the leading compliance job to a 20-year veteran

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FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi reappointed for second term

Leader of the markets watchdog to stay on for another five years

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EY fined nearly £5m over Thomas Cook audits

The collapse of travel company Thomas Cook in 2019 left thousands of holidaymakers stranded

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Standard Chartered eyes private markets tie-ups in ultra high net worth push

Lender wants to ink deals with other ‘tier one managers’ to boost its investment club for the ultra wealthy

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Barclays hires Centerview dealmaker Woeber to lead global M&A

The UK lender has tapped a veteran dealmaker to head up a key area of growth

Meet law’s rising stars of 2025

Catch up on this week’s top legal news

Banks warned against dodging capital rules through risk transfers

Lenders are increasingly offloading credit risks from their balance sheets, but the Bank of England says some deals are ‘imprudent’

The Rising Stars of European Finance reflect on their biggest career challenges

FN’s young guns have tackled new roles, work-life balance, and tough market conditions this year

JPMorgan ‘beefing up’ private equity banking team ahead of long-term deal boom

The US bank is hiring bankers before an expected uptick in deal activity from private equity and infrastructure clients over the next five years

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Stifel shuttering research in Zurich and Frankfurt in European retreat

The US investment bank is set to close some research functions in Europe

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Nomura taps Hiraoka and Tyce to lead global rates trading

Japanese bank doubles up leadership of key markets division

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Mark Mobius: China could emerge as winner from US tariffs

Veteran investor says that despite mounting trade tensions with the US, China could emerge in a stronger position

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Why Trump’s tariffs could play into the LSE’s hands

‘In the medium-term this might be good for the London Stock Exchange’

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