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2011: The year in pictures
The financial markets stole the spotlight in 2011 as the eurozone teetered on the brink, global protests questioned long-standing financial institutions and governments tried desperately to usher in economic reforms.
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Views from the top: Does the 'Occupy' movement have a point?
Financial News asked the great and the good of financial services what they thought of the wave of anti-capitalist protests that swept the globe in the second half of 2011
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Banks face off for Facebook float
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are considered front-runners for top job in handling 2012's trophy IPO
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Highlights of 2011: Break up the banks, even Goldman
September 5: Former Goldman Sachs partner Roy C Smith called for pared down, simpler versions of the world's largest banks
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RBC Capital Markets takes Q4 buyout advisory crown
The investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada was the top adviser to private equity firms in the fourth quarter, a period in which a clutch of bulge-bracket investment banks slipped out of the top 10 rankings
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US Treasury proposes fee rule to cover financial watchdog
The Treasury plans to start collecting the semi-annual fees in July 2012 from US bank holding companies with at least $50bn in total consolidated assets
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Bankers mixed on Italy debt sales
The issue of three, six, nine and 10-year paper totalled €7bn this week, roughly the mid-point of the Italian Treasury's target range and this disappointed some
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The year in review: 2011 timeline
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Japan exchanges look to speed up merger
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Highlights of 2011: Who is the 'Goldman Sachs rules the world' trader?
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Highlights of 2011: Fastest man in the City runs out on BofA Merrill Lynch
From the paper
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Engage in politics or be governed by the dumb
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Banks turn to gold for liquidity boost
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Goldman Sachs extends its lead in M&A;
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Credit Suisse reshapes investment banking department
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Semerci quits Duet to start boutique
Press digest
Photo Galleries
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2011: The year in pictures
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What's on Deutsche's risk radar for 2012?
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Icap charity trading day
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FN 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in investment banking
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Moody's top November ratings
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Financial News investment banking awards
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The top 10 luxury winter getaways
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Trade Tech Liquidity 2011
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Q3 headcount and compensation at global banks
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FN100 Influential Women dinner
Asset Management
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What does it take to get to the Oracle?
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South Korea embraces hedge funds
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ABI opposes Solvency II for pension schemes
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Investment Banking
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Deutsche Bank toasts tenth broking win of 2011
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Highlights of 2011: The bankers behind the Glencore deal
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Two S&P; executives to leave
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Private Equity
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Highlights of 2011: Occupy Wall Street comes to London
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Bank staff up for grabs in loan sales
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US private equity firms announce year-end promotions
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Trading & Technology
Top Picks
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When London went to Brussels
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Banks need to stand out from the crowd
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Wary investors come – and go again
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Exchanges go global (sort of)
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Niche HFT prop shops hit the market
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Rule Britannia, despite economic shock waves
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Buyout firms scour the high street for lawyers
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Lenders demand increased collateral to offset risk fears
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UK watchdog crawls past 10-year milestone
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Commodity traders pushed to the limit
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Buyout firms prepare eurozone disaster plan
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Custodians spend millions on US tax change
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Chi-X looks to crack Australia
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Anxious wait for eurozone solution
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Inflation hedgers broaden their palette
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Europe’s asset managers could consider barring US clients
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UK pension funds hold back on ETFs
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Thurleigh chief takes a balanced view
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Firms count cost of Fatca compliance...
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Investing in football: it’s a funny old game
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Microfinance struggles with UK growing pains
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Slow. Slower. And Stop.
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Muted recovery for French buyout sector
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Nordic hedge funds conquer global rivals
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Banks prepare market exits
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Private share trading booms
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Just for the record: caveat venditor
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Investors gain upper hand with buyout firms
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Bankers seek clarity on Volcker rule
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Hymans steers new course after 90 years in pensions
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Canadian funds lead the private equity pack
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Is Libor in its death throes?
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Heineken brews up a success
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Architect of Big Bang calls for more regulation
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Fixed income faces e-trading hurdle
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Longevity market still in its infancy
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EMI could have danced to a different tune
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Bankers fear rescue plan failure
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High speed traders eye commodities
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Fink warns over growth paralysis
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Analysis: Hedge funds offer risk-sharing bridge
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Regulation and competition reshape the industry
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Why are our regulators so anti-European?
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UK falls to France in buyout fees table
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US banks flex muscles in Europe
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Vault owners strike gold
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Russell eyes the summit
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Firms face a struggle to raise finance
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Meet your new Chinese bosses
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TMX chief charts a new course
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Managers look for an ideal benchmark
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Buyout firms weigh rival bids for Cognetas
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IMF aims to advance dialogue on China reforms
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Russia fuels growth of LSE’s international order book
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Pension funds’ derivatives battle enters its next stage
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The best laid compliance plans of UBS...
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The changing face of fixed income, currencies and commodities
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Industry calls for index revamp
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Small firms add fresh pricing models to the mix
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BMW looks to build the ultimate pensions machine
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US rules the venture roost
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Investors dip into high-yield pick ’n’ mix
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Fund chiefs train their sights on insurers
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Mechanics of bolt-ons win out
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Exchanges defend against cyber attack
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Investors dip into high-yield pick ’n’ mix
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Risky business
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Transformers in the buyout industry
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Big boys floor rivals in program trading
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High speed traders square up for a fight
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Investors toast a new cocktail from Emmas
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Investors pile billions into hedge funds
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Sidelining the retail investor
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Meissner seeks to tame the herd
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Vanguard mobilises to conquer Europe
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The Leviathan’s next big challenge
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Secondary deals grab the limelight
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Esma flexes its muscles with HFT rules
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A quarter of UK mid-cap brokers face summer cull
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Investors look to conjure up liquidity
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Going in to bat for the barbarians
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Debate rages over analysts’ role in initial public offerings
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LSE intensifies its fight against NYSE-Börse deal
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Venture capital poised for comeback
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The rise and rise of Citi’s star FX trader
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Fawcett rises to the challenge of Nest-building
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Hardt helps FESE clear regulatory hurdles
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Formica shows no sign of melting in the heat
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FN100: Meister eyes opportunities
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John Hourican: the people’s investment banker
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Carmignac sticks to his guns
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Monarchi builds on Credit Suisse M&A; momentum
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McMahon focuses on Ireland’s banking future
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Meissner seeks to tame the herd
Comment
Special Reports
A margin for error in hedge fund filings
For years, finance experts have put together statistical analyses that suggest something fishy is going on with some of the reported returns in a large universe of hedge funds
