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    • Friday, 8 April, 2022
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    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
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      FCA rejects criticism over manager misconduct investigations

      Dwindling new case numbers shows regulation works, FCA says, plus the curious case of Deutsche Wohnen’s holdouts

    • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
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      JPMorgan’s Russian connections prove tricky to untangle

      Plus retrodden takeover speculation puts hedge fund manager Man Group back in focus

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    • Friday, 18 March, 2022
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      Sainsbury’s advisory rejig adds new angle to perpetual bid speculation

      Plus, occasional signs of life in London’s IPO market, and HSBC’s ill-timed trip into the metaverse

    • Friday, 11 March, 2022
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      Critics call foul over GlaxoSmithKline’s vaccine push

      Plus, speculation surrounds Ted Baker, and Russian connections give Jefferies an ESG headache

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    • Friday, 4 March, 2022
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      War in Ukraine puts City PRs in a spin

      Plus, Seraphim’s celebrated space launch, and the mystery blue superyacht of Canary Wharf

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    • Friday, 18 February, 2022
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      Asset manager TwentyFour defends £700mn trust merger plan

      London fixed-income specialist says investor support makes shareholder vote unnecessary; and Next’s stop-start buyback

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    • Friday, 11 February, 2022
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      Blowout capital raises give LSE indigestion as Arm heads west

      Tough times for London’s biggest floats; BATM faces FTSE ejection after communications breakdown

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    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
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      Fund managers’ £60m payday puts Jupiter FM on the defensive

      Chrysalis weighs up equity performance fees after bumper year; and THG’s latest sell-off raises fresh SoftBank doubts

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    • Friday, 14 January, 2022
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      Deal speculation swirls as THG’s billionaire boss rejigs property loan

      Matthew Moulding clears controversial local council debt; Credit Suisse’s top Emea lawyer defects to Wall Street firm

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    • Friday, 7 January, 2022
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      Confusion reigns over software investor’s designs on M&C Saatchi

      Vin Murria’s interest in ad agency puts regulators on the spot; break-up speculation is a non-starter at media group Relx

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    • Friday, 17 December, 2021
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      Sale speculation swirls as Liberum squeezes out small investors

      City broker’s clean-up strategy raises hackles; Nick Train on the defensive; and bedtime reading in the van Beurden household

    • Friday, 3 December, 2021
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      Threats fly over winding down of Gresham House Strategic

      Former chair fights plans to close the UK small-cap fund; Hollywood and Silicon Valley A-listers back Christian app

    • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
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      Nordea opens investigation after pulling conspiracy-tinged research

      Finnish bank deletes notes by its top strategists; investors close in on ADVFN; starspotting at Goldman

    • Friday, 19 November, 2021
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      Metro Bank imagines a brighter future as takeover talks stall

      Metro’s community vision; tensions between Numis and THG; and Google’s fintech boss has Bond on the mind

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    • Friday, 12 November, 2021
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      Playtech’s Hong Kong connection stokes counterbid speculation

      Mystery stakebuilding by Birmingham City backer; City fintech pioneer looks west; and Draper Esprit rebrands

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    • Friday, 5 November, 2021
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      Art of consensus management has analysts calling foul play Premium content

      Plus500’s earnings guidance under scrutiny; Advent’s Ultra Electronics deal rides junk issuance wave; FCA’s tardy filings

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    • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
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      Sudden ejection for Aim Nomad that advised on its own takeover offer

      Arden’s slip puts its bidder offside with the LSE; fun and games at THG; and hedge fund Tiger Global spots a UK target

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      Lowball investor offer has AstraZeneca on tender hooks

      Vintage legal loophole comes back to haunt drugmaker; City crypto converts in demand; and COP26 takes to the water

    • Friday, 15 October, 2021
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      Moulding retreats from public eye after THG’s nightmare week Premium content

      Billionaire on lockdown after botched investor day; counting the cost at Chrysalis; and StanChart’s vision problem

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    • Friday, 8 October, 2021
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      The City networking circuit springs back to life for COP26

      Aluminium pavilions and virtual reality fountains are the lure for environmentally purposeful socialites

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    • Friday, 1 October, 2021
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      Goldman bankers find end of free food era hard to swallow

      Group has stopped pandemic perk — which included afternoon ice cream

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    • Thursday, 23 September, 2021
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      Soaring energy prices are no stress for Utility Warehouse

      Let rivals fail, says Telecom Plus CEO; US fund’s big bet on Entain; Ken Costa courts ethical millennials

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    • Friday, 10 September, 2021
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      Moulding’s property play raises uncomfortable questions for THG

      Offshore interests of an ecommerce billionaire; former Asos director sets up shop; VSA Capital makes waves

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    • Friday, 3 September, 2021
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      Blue Prism brings in Quattrone as brokers prepare for a bidding war

      Sector rivals and industry players will be keen on the UK software pioneer, says analyst who foresaw buyout

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