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Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
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I don’t need to work, but I’m tempted to go back
Corporate broking relationships endure for decades and build deep roots between both individuals and institutions, enabling banks to win outsized revenues from clients they serve. No wonder that a new crop of banks are expanding their ambitions
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Despite investment banks cutting staff after a miserable year and little promise of much in the way of excitement for the industry in 2012, Jefferies has bucked the trend by continuing to expand its international business. David Rothnie writes.
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Avoca Capital Holdings, a €6bn sub-investment grade fund management specialist, hired a convertible bonds team and plans to launch its first fund targeting the asset class early next year. It is making the move into CBs ahead of what some predict will be a busy 2012 as high yield corporates struggle to refinance loans from a capital-constrained banking sector.
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A deepening eurozone crisis might suggest that now is not the right time for an emerging market bank to be expanding its London presence. But it is not deterring Russia's Troika Dialog, according to Todd Berman, co-head of its investment banking department.
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An infrastructure deal boom is on its way, but this time banks are playing it safer than before, David Rothnie writes.
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January Very early in January, a client mentioned during a casual conversation that there’d been a spot of bother in Tunisia and wondered out loud if it might lead to anything? Caught out by yet another news story I’d missed, I bluffed. "In your dreams, you’ve been to Tunisia" the adverts used to boast but I obviously hadn’t been dreaming enough, because I confidently asserted: "Nothing will come of it, I’m sure". Guru.
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The retirement of an industry legend has put the industry on red alert at the prospect of mandate wins, writes David Rothnie.