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Bob Diamond, deputy chief executive of Barclays, this week mounted a passionate defence of the universal banking model as he prepares to take over as Barclays group chief executive from John Varley in 2011.
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Singapore’s stock exchange (SGX) launched an $8.3bn bid to take over the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) this week, hoping to get one up on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with the acquisition of a bigger rival. But some analysts questioned the sense of the takeover.
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Bond investors reacted serenely to the news this week that the European Commission was considering the design of a debt writedown mechanism as an additional resolution tool to resolve too-big-to-fail financial institutions.
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The UK government this week introduced draft legislation for a bank levy that it hopes will raise £2.5bn each year by 2014, but has yet to say at what rate it will be charged. And although the proposals attempt to address industry worries over double taxation, bankers remain nervous while there is no international consensus.
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Naguib Kheraj, former chief executive of JPMorgan Cazenove, will take over as chief executive of Lazard International in January. This is a new position for the firm, heading Lazard’s non-US operations. He will also become deputy chairman of the firm, but will not join the main board of directors.