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Levfin lawyers fill the M&A drought with creative solutions
Dealmakers are eyeing a return of traditional M&A activity to drive growth in leveraged finance
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DWS CEO sees ‘gigantic market’ emerging for stablecoins
Stefan Hoops says market growth will come as more types of investor start to use stablecoins to complete payments
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Citigroup hires JPMorgan dealmaker Nayyar to co-head European technology
The investment banker is the latest in a line of hires in recent weeks
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Why shareholder activism is on the rise
Catch up on this week’s top legal news
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UBP’s private markets institutional boss exits for Danish infrastructure fund
Christoph Gantenbein will assist with the launch of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ new Zurich office
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Perella Weinberg eyes European tech push as AI, fintech drives deals
The boutique has bolstered its European technology team and plans further hires
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Listed companies face increasing risk of investor activism, says senior M&A lawyer
The universe of activist investors has expanded beyond hedge funds to include private equity and family offices, says White & Case lawyer
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Hedge fund Discovery Capital extends year-to-date returns to almost 18%
The Discovery Global Opportunity fund rose 4.2% last month
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UK fund assets recover from slump to reach high of £10tn
Strong equity returns, overseas investors and better economic conditions helped UK assets under management recover last year
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PwC increases office attendance monitoring
The Big Four accounting firm has developed a dashboard system to monitor employees’ office attendance
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Deutsche Bank bolsters UK wealth arm with Citi and JPMorgan hires
German lender plots more hires as it looks to expand ultra high net worth team
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Audit watchdog sticks with flexible working amid Canary Wharf office shift
Staff are being bedded into its new office in the docklands financial centre
City broker Sigma hit with winding-up petition
Sigma Broking was fined £1.1m by the Financial Conduct Authority earlier this month
Crypto hedge fund Tephra Digital returns 9% in July
Tephra, which is backed by Jefferies’ Leucadia Asset Management, manages $160m
FCA spends £1.7m on Pisces private stock market work
City regulator is gearing up for private share trading later this year
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Goldman Sachs adds bankers to boost EU staff numbers by 16%
The US bank has continued to add employees to its EU hubs over the past year
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Ex-Barclays banker Jerry del Missier joins UK non-dom exodus to Milan
Former co-head of Barclays’ investment banking arm seeks to avoid UK tax crackdown
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XTX Markets rethinks €1bn data centre plans amid Finland tax break row
Finnish government wants to abolish electricity tax breaks for data centres
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MHA completes €24m acquisition of Baker Tilly’s European unit
The €24m deal marks accounting firm MHA’s first acquisition since its London float in April
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Former Odey Asset Management CEO Peter Martin joins investment boutique Oberon
Martin is joined by former Odey AM colleague Jake Bambridge, who assumes funds operation manager role
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