Sunday Telegraph: New Star sale expected soon
A buyer for troubled fund manager New Star Asset Management could be announced by the end of the month after…
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Madoff Scandal: Special Section
It is the (allegedly) the largest fraud in modern history: $50bn may have disappeared in a giant Ponzi scheme orchestrated…
ByMadoff’s Victims: A Comprehensive List
Click here to download a comprehensive list of the alleged victims of the Madoff scandal, as compiled by AlixPartners of…
ByVictoria Aitken
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ByFT: Jargon busting
Every January, I hand out awards to the world’s top purveyors of business twaddle for outstanding achievement during the past…
ByMoney flies to Belgium
In a new sign of the scale of the flight to quality to financial institutions perceived by clients as safe,…
ByFull disclosure of short positions may be required
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ByHow Madoff Did It
It was so simple – that is why he got away with it. Here is how he did it. By…
ByAmerican warfare unleashed
Now it is clear that the drones have been authorised to launch their lethal Hellfire missiles. Although the Pentagon has…
ByDon't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans
Peer Steinbruck may be glorying in British troubles now, but we ought not to respond in kind – just think…
ByClear Off! We Want Our Houses Back
The upstart owners of London’s best properties are being driven away by the recession. About time, says Anthony Rufus-Isaacs The…
ByBank of China Rothschild share bid given more time
Bank of China has extended the deadline for its acquisition of a 20 percent stake in French private bank LCF…
ByFT: Veteran McCann quits Merrill
Robert McCann, head of Merrill Lynch’s “thundering herd” of 16,000 financial advisers, is leaving the firm that he has worked…
ByL’Affaire Madoff: The Movie
Like the unspooling of a Hollywood epic of the golden age (Ponzi with the Wind?), there are reels to go…
ByPapa's got a brand new Jag
A few months ago, my BMW 740 had the motoring equivalent of a heart attack on the M40. A few…
ByThe best things…
Resolving your resolutions in January is apparently the easiest way to doom them – so here is a ‘lifestyle change’…
ByOn the Boxing Day trail
The draghunt and trailhunt that have replaced the banned foxhunt are twice as popular “Heaven!” I thought, sipping mulled wine…
ByReport: 2009 hiring outlook is positive
Despite a deepening economic downturn, the range of senior openings across private banking and associated investment disciplines still shows little…
ByMadoff investor kills himself
A hedge fund manager facing $1.4bn in losses from Bernard Madoff’s record-breaking Wall Street fraud has been found dead in…
ByIt’s Not All About Money: Memoirs of a Private Banker
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