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    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      Adani Group
      Adani faced margin call on $1.1bn loan before repaying in full

      Lenders’ $500mn cash request prompted early settlement of entire debt and shows credit pressure on Indian group

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      News in-depthRothschild and Co.
      ‘You can’t be half pregnant’: Why Rothschild is calling time on the public market

      Scion of banking family has launched €3.7bn deal to delist eponymous firm

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Unilever PLC
      Hein Schumacher: from Dove soap factory floor to Unilever chief

      Consumer goods group surprised some in City by appointing Dutch dairy executive

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      News in-depthFirst Abu Dhabi Bank
      How First Abu Dhabi Bank pursued Standard Chartered and ‘opened Pandora’s box’

      UAE’s biggest lender could yet revive the deal and its interest might flush out other suitors

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Investment Banking
      Perella Weinberg banker tied to insider trading probe found dead

      German law enforcement suspected UK-based employee shared sensitive information about looming deals

    • 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
      FTX Trading Ltd
      Bankman-Fried invested in venture capital backers of his FTX exchange

      Founder of struggling crypto businesses placed hundreds of millions with Sequoia and other firms

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Telecoms
      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
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      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
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      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

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