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Things worth reading: 5th April 2012

Things we're reading today include … 'Champagne' currency trader Alex Hope held in FSA investigation into unauthorised trading schemeThe Telegraph Chinese Premier calls for end to bank monopolyThe Independent RBS investment chief John Hourican makes £4.8m selling bank's sharesThe Telegraph Hedge funds make most of assymetric risksFinancial Times JPMorgan agrees $20m fine in Lehman caseFinancial…

Things worth reading: 5th April 2012

Things we're reading today include … 'Champagne' currency trader Alex Hope held in FSA investigation into unauthorised trading schemeThe Telegraph Chinese Premier calls for end to bank monopolyThe Independent RBS investment chief John Hourican makes £4.8m selling bank's sharesThe Telegraph Hedge funds make most of assymetric risksFinancial Times JPMorgan agrees $20m fine in Lehman caseFinancial…

Things worth reading: 4th April 2012

Things we're reading today include … FSA fines JP Morgan Cazenove banker Ian HannamThe Independent FSA tightens view of market abuseFinancial Times New Big Society fund is launchedBBC Google Acquires TxVia to Expand Wallet InitiativePayments News Goldman fund writes off Village Voice stakeFinancial Times Dutch boy tries to save the euroBBC Wall Street banks to…

Things worth reading: 4th April 2012

Things we're reading today include … FSA fines JP Morgan Cazenove banker Ian HannamThe Independent FSA tightens view of market abuseFinancial Times New Big Society fund is launchedBBC Google Acquires TxVia to Expand Wallet InitiativePayments News Goldman fund writes off Village Voice stakeFinancial Times Dutch boy tries to save the euroBBC Wall Street banks to…

Things worth reading: 3rd April 2012

Things we're reading today include … Goldman Sachs eyes $3 billion property debt fund: reportReuters Goldman Sachs and Sex TraffickingThe New York Times £2.5m pay deal for head of Standard Life The Independent Business confidence improves says new Lloyds surveyThe Independent LSE set for majority stake in LCH.ClearnetFinancial Times LSE wins control of LCH.ClearnetThe Telegraph…

Things worth reading: 3rd April 2012

Things we're reading today include … Goldman Sachs eyes $3 billion property debt fund: reportReuters Goldman Sachs and Sex TraffickingThe New York Times £2.5m pay deal for head of Standard Life The Independent Business confidence improves says new Lloyds surveyThe Independent LSE set for majority stake in LCH.ClearnetFinancial Times LSE wins control of LCH.ClearnetThe Telegraph…

Things worth reading: 2nd April 2012

Things we're reading today include … Investment banks wrestle with evolutionary squeezeFinancial Times NYSE Euronext moves on after failed mergerFinancial Times RBS to pay £400m dividend to preference share holdersThe Telegraph Alan and Gina Miller – the husband and wife team shaking up the investment industryThe Telegraph Argentina threatens to sue banks helping Falklands oil…

Things worth reading: 2nd April 2012

Things we're reading today include … Investment banks wrestle with evolutionary squeezeFinancial Times NYSE Euronext moves on after failed mergerFinancial Times RBS to pay £400m dividend to preference share holdersThe Telegraph Alan and Gina Miller – the husband and wife team shaking up the investment industryThe Telegraph Argentina threatens to sue banks helping Falklands oil…

The Finanser’s Week: 26th March – 1st April 2012

Our biggest stories of the week are … Use your face and thumb to pay No, it's not biometrics … it's a bit weird actually. Just received a link from Matt Cross to a video of a new service that launches this Sunday, and claims to use your face and thumbs-up as a payment approval:… …

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The Finanser’s Week: 26th March – 1st April 2012

Our biggest stories of the week are … Use your face and thumb to pay No, it's not biometrics … it's a bit weird actually. Just received a link from Matt Cross to a video of a new service that launches this Sunday, and claims to use your face and thumbs-up as a payment approval:… …

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