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Artificial intelligence is changing the investment banking game. But banks are divided on whether to cut costs or try and win more deals
Ex-Crédit Agricole banker to be based in Paris
Édouard Sauce had been with the firm for almost a decade
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Singapore’s stock exchange and Nasdaq have extended a partnership for dual listings on the bourses with an agreement to co-operate on regulatory matters. -
Several companies boasting Big Four accounting firms as auditors have emerged as fraudulent, leading many to wonder what value auditors bring to an investors' understanding of a company. The big issue is that auditors have little obligation to detect fraud at companies they audit, and neither it seems does anyone else. Until they do, investors need to stop believing a Big Four sign-off is a seal of approval. In fact, for a system supposedly built with its own reputation in mind, developed markets have offered investors very little protection.
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The syndicated loan market is facing a schism in the way it deals with the transition away from Libor — and unless the famously ponderous market starts to co-ordinate fast, fissures will keep appearing as different regions stick by their favoured replacement benchmark rates.
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EU leaders ended a marathon 91 hour summit early on Tuesday morning, having agreed a new €1.82tr budget for the bloc, including a much anticipated — and highly contentious — €750bn recovery fund to help member states fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the fierce and protracted debate, market reaction to the news has been muted.
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Booming markets revenues in the second quarter helped UBS post another strong set of results at its investment bank. But higher loan loss charges ate into group-level profits as the coronavirus crisis led to deterioration in the global economic outlook.
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Chinese auto rental company Car Inc’s stock price and outstanding bonds took a hit this week as two of its major shareholders struggled to offload the company’s shares.
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