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    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Morgan Stanley
      Morgan Stanley hits bankers with $1mn penalties for messaging breaches

      Forfeitures after WhatsApp scandal range from a few thousand dollars to more than $1mn per employee

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Barclays PLC
      Barclays set to reveal Cathal Deasy as co-head of global banking

      Former Credit Suisse dealmaker to take over advisory and capital markets unit, alongside Taylor Wright

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc and Gunvor extend talks to reach investment deal

      National oil group is seeking a minority stake in commodity trader as it looks to diversify its revenue stream

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      European banks
      UniCredit chief Orcel slashes bill for consultants

      Italian bank has more than halved the annual €150mn it used to pay external advisers

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Deutsche Bank AG
      Deutsche Bank slashes investment banker bonuses but rewards traders

      Dealmaker pool to fall 40% in line with Goldman but a bigger drop than most rivals

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Shein
      Shein in talks on fundraising that would slash valuation from $100bn to $64bn

      Chinese fast-fashion retailer looking to raise up to $3bn at vastly reduced valuation in response to tech downturn

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Elliott Management Corp
      Elliott portfolio manager behind GSK and Fresenius campaigns leaves firm

      Sebastien de La Riviere’s move is latest in a number of high-profile departures inside activist’s London office

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      Teneo Holdings
      Teneo buys UK financial PR firm Tulchan for more than £65mn

      Deal marks latest consolidation by US group in lucrative business of corporate communications advice

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Financial services
      Robey Warshaw partners share £30mn in Osborne’s first year

      The firm’s best-paid partner received £17.2mn of the gains

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse agrees deal to use First Boston brand on spun-off arm

      Plan back on track to put historic name on restructured capital markets and advisory business after trademark dispute

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      Estee Lauder Cos Inc
      Estée Lauder nears $2.8bn deal to buy Tom Ford

      Cosmetics group in exclusive talks after beating rival bidder Kering

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      FTX Trading Ltd
      FTX assets frozen by Bahamas regulator as crypto exchange fights to survive

      Investors describe chaotic race by Sam Bankman-Fried to secure up to $8bn to bail out his group

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
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      Founder of struggling crypto businesses placed hundreds of millions with Sequoia and other firms

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
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      Saudi Arabia bankrolls KKR-led bid for €15bn Vodafone towers business

      Consortium on course to seal deal this week after beating competition from Spain’s Cellnex

    • Sunday, 6 November, 2022
      Philip Morris International Inc
      Philip Morris wins Elliott’s backing for $15.7bn Swedish Match takeover

      Activist hedge fund stands to make about $150mn in profit from deal

    • Monday, 31 October, 2022
      Batteries
      Britishvolt on brink after government rejects rescue plea

      Troubled UK battery start-up prepares for possible administration

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Musk becomes media baron with Twitter deal amid Big Tech sell-off

      Wall St bankers under pressure to offer heavy discounts on debt to fund acquisition of social media platform

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      Philip Morris International Inc
      Elliott Management raises stake in takeover target Swedish Match

      Hedge fund now has power to decide outcome of Philip Morris International’s $16bn offer for smokeless tobacco specialist

    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Michael Klein to merge advisory firm with Credit Suisse investment bank

      Former Citigroup executive to gain substantial shareholding in CS First Boston

    • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      ‘Radical surgery’: Will Credit Suisse’s gamble pay off?

      Swiss lender unveiled critical restructuring and investment by the Saudi National Bank

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
      Philip Morris International Inc
      Philip Morris raises Swedish Match offer to $15.7bn

      Cigarette maker bows to pressure from activist funds that have built stakes in smokeless tobacco specialist

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
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      New European Super League boss eyes relaunch with different format

      Contentious breakaway football competition pledges to consider all options after collapse of original project

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      SoftBank Group Corp
      SoftBank writes off £450mn after dumping THG stake

      Japanese tech investor sells out of UK former high-flying ecommerce company

    • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
      Kroger Co
      Biggest US grocery chain Kroger in talks to buy rival Albertsons

      Deal would bring together two of the country’s largest supermarkets, testing antitrust policies

    • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
      The Big Read
      CVC’s biggest bet yet: the fiercely private buyout firm set to go public

      Europe’s largest private equity company plans an IPO with implications for the entire sector

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