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UBS targets equity capital markets gains after hiring spree, shake-up
The Swiss bank has beefed up its equity underwriting team through Credit Suisse and marquee hires. Now is the time to deliver, says its global head
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Coinbase UK boss says country has ‘second mover advantage’ in crypto regulations
Keith Grose is optimistic about the UK’s approach to crypto, despite some criticism that pace of change has been ‘too slow’
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More than 130 ECB staff apply for ‘job swap’ amid HR overhaul
The European rate setter is encouraging staff to switch between roles
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UBS names new European FIG leaders in senior shake-up
The Swiss bank has also hired two senior dealmakers in the US
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Bitcoin rally brings crypto prime brokers into the spotlight
Growing interest from hedge funds, family offices and asset managers boost demand for crypto prime services
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Linklaters partner pay tops £2m as firm eyes further US expansion
The Magic Circle law firm says it hasn’t ‘scratched the surface’ of opportunities in the US and plans to continue its New York hiring spree
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Fidelity International eyes doubling of ETF range
Asset manager wants to significantly grow its current product line-up over the next 12 to 18 months
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JPMorgan’s Ed Byers retiring after 36 years at the bank
The City heavyweight joined JPMorgan through its acquisition of Cazenove and has run its UK dealmaking team
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Citigroup hires JPMorgan’s Vargas in ECM shake-up
The Wall Street bank has taken on the former JPMorgan executive to lead ECM in the US
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Greg Coffey’s hedge fund Kirkoswald hires ex-HSBC rates trader Andrew Dinnis
Dinnis will focus on emerging markets
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Wise comes under fire from co-founder over US listing proposal
Taavet Hinrikus, who set up the company in 2011, said he was ‘deeply troubled’ by planned governance changes at the UK fintech
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London Stock Exchange Group weighs move to 24-hour trading
Several US bourses have applied to regulators to allow round-the-clock stock trading
BlackRock’s James Charrington: ‘Sceptics felt active and index could not live under the same roof’
The BlackRock veteran on some of the landmark deals struck by the US asset manager and industry scepticism about its purchase of Barclays Global Investors
Rachel Reeves hasn’t been perfect but it could be worse for finance
Her financial growth strategy is about as pro‑City as anything the Tories could have proposed
DWS’s staff tell CEO they want to transfer to the Middle East
Stefan Hoops says employees have expressed interest in working out of a new office in Abu Dhabi, which the asset manager plans to open later this year
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SIX and Aquis plan to grab 20% of European share trading
Takeover activity is sweeping across the continent’s exchanges and Switzerland’s SIX Group is eyeing a new pan-European stock trading network — with the help of London challenger Aquis
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Goldman Sachs’s European dealmaking bosses bet on mid-market in push for top spot
Goldman Sachs named bank veterans Andre Kelleners and Anna Skoglund as co-heads of Emea investment banking in January. They tell FN about their plans to grow the business
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Banks are bringing in AI ‘Maestros’ to beat their competitors
Trading desks are cautiously embracing generative AI to boost efficiency
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Trading Places: Citigroup’s hiring spree, XTX Markets’ co-CEO steps down
Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond this week
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Millennium’s Shivang Sood to join North Rock Capital in Dubai
Sood will take on portfolio management role in September
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