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Goldman tops UK banker pay with US$4.7m awarded for 2013

Goldman Sachs paid its top 121 London bankers about 3 million pounds on average last year, far exceeding payouts at other leading banks

Standard Chartered Replaces Long-time Advisor UBS With Bank Of America

JPMorgan Cazenove will remain as the other broker

Russell Brand film on RBS bankers funded by City investors - including former RBS banker

Russell Brand's film about 'financial inequality' is largely funded by high net worth City investors who were able to offset their investment against tax

Barclays’ investment bank prunes potential Asia client list

Barclays’ investment bank in Asia has trimmed its list of potential clients by almost a third as part of a “merciless” root and branch review of its activities in the region.

Permanent TSB could raise as much as €400m in new share sale

It is more than double the amount that the nationalised lender's chief executive told TDs and senators just last month that Permanent TSB would look for.

Osborne looks to raise £3bn by selling Lloyds stake

The Treasury may begin selling off part of its remaining stake in Lloyds Banking Group within days under a multibillion-pound plan launched by Chancellor George Osborne yesterday.

Sex games, expensive holidays and a controlling lover: City worker reveals sordid details about her real-life Fifty Shades Of Grey affair with businessman in tell-all book

Affair with a high-flying, highly-sexed banking executive who dictated how she looked and behaved.

UBS lifts stakes in Spanish REITs Merlin, Hispania to €175m

Swiss bank UBS has lifted stakes in Spanish REIT/SOCIMIs Merlin Properties and Hispania Activos to €157m and €18.6m, stakes of 12.3% and 3.2% respectively - and making UBS the largest shareholder in Merlin.

DeVere gears up for global expansion

Global advice firm deVere announced plans to expand further around the world, claiming it will see a 25 per cent growth in business next year.

Commerzbank Winding down FXPB Services as It Reallocates Resources

Commerzbank's FXPB unit gets winded down as the bank aims for 'addition by subtraction' in its Market Services business which includes clearing, custody, collateral solutions, and trade repository services.

Citi Recognized with ‘Bank of the Year for Futures and Options’ Award

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BNP Paribas’ secret garden

More importantly, we can rely on a French bank to know what wine goes well with radish.

RBS Deserts Dubai Over £6.7bn Refinancing Plan

The British bank is keen to see its loan to the conglomerate repaid under an existing deal, Sky News understands.

UK banking giant RBS said to resist Dubai World restructuring plan

Sky News reported that RBS raised concerns at a meeting of Dubai World's creditors in London last week, saying that it is unhappy with a plan to extend a $10.5 billion loan due for repayment in 2018 by a further four years.

Bonus season: the 10 London investment banks which pay best

With the season upon us once again, salary benchmarking website Emolument.com surveys London-based investment bank directors to find out who took home the best pots in 2014.

JPMorgan Keeps Its Crown As Top Investment Bank

Equities divisions have performed much better, with the top bank Morgan Stanley making revenue of $4.5 billion in the year-to-date, 15 percent more than the top bank did a year earlier. Last year's leaders JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs dropped to second

Russian investment fund eyeing more joint ventures with Turkey

The move has prompted a top executive of the state-run $10 billion Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to express his admiration for Turkey’s "entrepreneurial spirit."

BNP Paribas Securities Services offers bridge financing to private equity and real estate clients

The service provides fund manager clients of the bank with committed credit lines, enabling them to access funding efficiently and respond rapidly to market developments.

Novo Banco in Talks on Selling Investment-Banking Unit

Portuguese Lender Is in Negotiations Over Sale to Unit of China’s Haitong

Church's Financial Czar: 'Hundreds of Millions of Euros' Discovered in Vatican Accounts

Cardinal George Pell, whom Pope Francis hand-picked as head of the recently created Vatican “Secretariat for the Economy,” revealed Wednesday that the Vatican’s financial situation “is much healthier than it seemed.”

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