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Financial News reveals 2023 awards calendar

Financial News is introducing several new awards in 2023, as we build on the success of our Most Influential and Rising Stars gongs and roll them out across more of the City’s key sectors. […]

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Why Blackstone’s BREIT is a cautionary tale for private funds

Top executives at Blackstone declared themselves baffled that so many retail investors want their money back from its giant private property fund, given its strong performance. They shouldn’t be surprised. The very design of the fund […]

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Credit Suisse’s Italian chief exec Andrea Donzelli jumps for Jefferies in latest senior exit

Jefferies has hired Credit Suisse’s chief executive for Italy, the latest senior departure from the Swiss lender as the US bank continues to add dealmakers. Andrea Donzelli has joined Jefferies as vice […]

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Robinhood rolls out IRAs to target buy-and-hold crowd

Robinhood said on 6 December it will start offering retirement accounts, in a plan to convince the next generation of investors that compound interest can be just as exciting as GameStop and […]

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Japan parliament approves law to tighten restrictions on Unification Church donations – JURIST

Japan’s House of Councillors Saturday passed a law to tighten restrictions on the solicitation of donations by religious and secular groups. The legislation is intended to prevent Japan’s controversial Unification Church, or […]

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European energy traders face up to 80% spike in margins

European energy traders could face margin hikes of up to 80% as a new calculation model takes effect. The risk weighting of European energy derivatives has jumped under the latest version of the Standard Initial Margin […]

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Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

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Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

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Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

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Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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