Mergers & acquisitions (M&A)
M&A mania: deal-contingents re-emerge but risks remain
Price of forex hedges plummets as dealers flock to offer high-risk, high-reward product
Bank merger ban key to stability, conference hears
"Hypercompetition" fatal to UK and US banks
Changing times mean a tougher job for op risk managers
Wave of organisational change at major banks heightens operational risk exposure
Lyxor: index funds may have weakened corporate governance
Rise of passive investment leaves a vacuum to be filled by hedge fund activists
Finding and retaining trading talent in a competitive agricultural job market
Sponsored feature: Commodity Appointments
Piling on the pounds: Aviva-Friends Life reflects appetite for scale
Insurance tie-up is part of trend for firms to maximise efficiencies
Aussie firms use derivatives to build hidden M&A positions
Lack of disclosure in stake-building process raises questions
M&A indexes getting second look after torrent of deals
Unusual dealmaking activity means strategy underperforming the S&P 500
Platinum: the easy money has been made
Hedge fund offers mid-year reflection
Merger arbitrage experiences resurgence
But strategy sees spreads under pressure
Asia Energy Finance House of the Year: SG CIB
SG CIB has been involved in a raft of eye-catching energy finance deals across Asia during the past year
Data, delays and loss of focus: operational risks in M&A
When two become one
Implementation of Basel III capital ratios on Korean banks to drive subordinate debt issuance
Basel III capital requirements in Korea expected to dampen down M&A and ramp up issuance of subordinated debt
Hadron Alpha Select Fund: Hadron Capital
13th Annual European Single Manager Awards 2013
Principal muscles into FoHF sector with Liongate stake
US asset manager Principal Global Investors acquires majority stake in FoHF manager as traditional distributors move into the struggling sector
Man Group plans hedge fund acquisitions and expansion of US business
Man Group is looking at opportunities for acquisitions and establishing a larger presence in the US hedge fund market.
Ex-UBS Adoboli supervisor hired in Knight takeover
UBS-dominated management team formed as Getco prepares to take over Knight Capital
Flurry of deals as big asset managers target stakes in hedge funds
The past couple of months have seen six established hedge funds sell minority stakes to large fund managers, including Neuberger Berman and GAM
Mariner absorbs Concordia as hedge fund consolidation gathers pace
Concordia Advisors, which manages around $1 billion in relative value-oriented interest rate, credit and equity strategies, is to merge with $10 billion hedge fund Mariner Investment Group.
MKP sells stake to Dyal and bolsters senior management team
Private equity fund Dyal Capital Partners has made its fifth hedge fund investment with the purchase of a minority stake in MKP, a hedge fund manager specialising in global macro and credit strategies.
Culture, acquisitions and regulation at Scotiabank
An acquisitive spirit
Deal of the Year, Asia: Deutsche Bank
Deal of the Year, Asia: Deutsche Bank