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YOUR MONEY-What the Superdollar means for summer travel

(The author is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own.) By Chris Taylor NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - Jane McManus can hardly believe her luck. The New York-based sportswriter for ESPN.com is planning a summer vacation with her family in Ireland. Following th

CORRECTED-Britain's bankers to put wallets first in 'nightmare' election

(In first paragraph corrects to May from next month) * EU vote and anti-business rhetoric weighs on banks * Contingency planning for 'Brexit' underway * Dublin seen as possible venue for relocation * Domestic banks fear Labour's market share cap * Banks to become mor

Britain's bankers to put wallets first in 'nightmare' election

UPDATE 1-Ex Moore Capital trader jailed in UK's largest insider dealing probe

(Adds details of evidence, quotes, background) By Kirstin Ridley LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - A former trader at U.S. hedge fund Moore Capital was sentenced to 19 months in jail by a London court on Thursday after becoming the third man to plead guilty in Britain's largest insider dea

UPDATE 1-Telefonica lines up nine banks for 3 bln euro capital hike- source

(Adds detail, context) LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Spanish telecoms firm Telefonica has lined up nine banks to run its 3 billion euro ($3.2 billion) capital increase in connection with its purchase of Vivendi's Brazilian unit GVT, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. U

Ex Moore Capital trader jailed in UK's largest insider dealing probe

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - A former trader at U.S. hedge fund Moore Capital was sentenced to 19 months in jail by a London court and fined 100,000 pounds ($147,370) on Thursday after becoming the third man to plead guilty in Britain's largest insider dealing investigation. Julian Rifat,

Telefonica lines up nine banks for 3 bln-euro capital hike- source

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Spanish telecoms firm Telefonica has lined up nine banks to run its 3 billion-euro ($3.2 billion) capital increase in connection with its purchase of Vivendi's Brazilian unit GVT, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. UBS, Morgan Stanley and JP Mor

UPDATE 1-New era of gold benchmarking to start with six pioneers

* ICE Benchmark Administrator to replace gold fix on March 20 * Four chairs to rotate during first 6 months - source (Updates with exact number of participants, comments) By Clara Denina LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Six institutions will start setting gold prices electronicall

Investment banks to shrink by 10-15 pct more as regulation bites -study

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Investment banks are likely to shrink by another 10 to 15 percent in the next two years as they cut back their trading desks due to the impact of tougher regulations, a study said. That will reduce market liquidity and could raise trading costs for asset manager

New era of gold benchmarking to start with handful of pioneers

* ICE Benchmark Administrator to replace gold fix on March 20 * Four chairs to rotate during first 6 months - source By Clara Denina LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - A handful of banks will start setting gold prices electronically on Friday, sources with direct knowledge of the matt

Broker tips: Standard Chartered, HSBC, RSA Insurance

Shares in Standard Chartered were surging on Wednesday after analyst at both Barclays and Bernstein raised their rating on the banking stock. Barclays analysts, which lifted their stance on StanChart from 'equal weight' to 'overweight', said they expect the recent appointment of Bill Winters as chie

UPDATE 1-MOVES-Barclays appoints new head of funding and capital issuance

(Updates with reporting line and syndicate changes) By Alice Gledhill LONDON, March 18 (IFR) - Barclays has appointed Miray Muminoglu head of long-term unsecured funding and capital issuance, according to a memo sent by the bank's head of capital markets execution Steve Penketh. Read more

MOVES-Barclays appoints new head of funding and capital issuance

By Alice Gledhill LONDON, March 18 (IFR) - Barclays has appointed Miray Muminoglu head of long-term unsecured funding and capital issuance, according to a memo sent by the bank's head of capital markets execution Steve Penketh. Muminoglu, who currently works as a director on the inves

BUZZ-StanChart: best day in 2.5 yrs following Bernstein, Barclays upgrades

** Standard Chartered rises 6.5 pct, poised for its best day since August 2012, as Bernstein and Barclays both upgrade ratings ** Bernstein's Chirantan Barua, the top-ranked analyst on the stock according to StarMine, double upgrades to "outperform", reversing prior short call ** Says

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