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Host of advisers jostle for $85 mln fees from LSE-Deutsche Boerse deal

* Roster featured 11 banks and 30 bankers * Lead advisers likely to share bulk of the fees * Robey Warshaw and Perella Weinberg were the first named advisers By Anjuli Davies and Sophie Sassard LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - It took a staggering 11 banks and 30 named bankers

Thai Berli secures $6.2 bln financing to buy Casino's Big C stake - sources

By Manunphattr Dhanananphorn and Prakash Chakravarti BANGKOK/HONG KONG, March 16 (Reuters) - Thailand's Berli Jucker Pcl has secured a $6.2 billion short-term financing deal with 15 banks to fund the acquisition of Big C Supercenter from France's Casino Group, people with direct knowledge o

UK Serious Fraud Office Drops Foreign Exchange Market Investigation

UPDATE 2-Britain's fraud office drops forex market investigation

(Adds background, quotes) By Huw Jones and Jamie McGeever LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - Britain's fraud watchdog has ended an investigation into possible foreign exchange market rigging, saying it did not have enough evidence to secure convictions, in a further setback to its efforts t

Tuesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Virgin Money: Goldman Sachs reiterates neutral with a target price of 450p and Berenberg stays at hold with a 400p target. Gem Diamonds: Panmure Gordon keeps at buy, 181p target and Finncap reiterates buy with a target of 270p. G4S: Credit Suisse reiterates neutral with a target

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: HSBC And Merrill Lynch Downgrade Admiral

Charterhouse to sell Italian drugs firm Doc Generici to CVC - source

LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Private equity house CVC is set to buy Italian generic drugs firm Doc Generici from fellow buyout firm Charterhouse, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. Reuters had previously reported that the supplier of cardiovascular, cancer and other drugs co

UPDATE 1-HSBC money laundering report's release delayed amid U.S. appeal

(Adds comment from HSBC) By Nate Raymond NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has agreed to delay the release of a report that says HSBC Holdings Plc "moved too slowly" to enhance its anti-money laundering compliance program following a $1.9 billion pact with the U.S. Justice

HSBC shakes up European holdco market

By Alice Gledhill LONDON, March 10 (IFR) - Massive demand for HSBC's 3.25bn senior deal has given a welcome shot of confidence to the European market for loss-absorbing senior unsecured debt, which has struggled to find its feet. HSBC, like other UK and Swiss banks, is having to ramp

HSBC money laundering report's release delayed amid U.S. appeal

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has agreed to delay the release of a report that says HSBC Holdings Plc "moved too slowly" to enhance its anti-money laundering compliance program following a $1.9 billion pact with the U.S. Justice Department. U.S. District

ECB couldn't "tolerate" London grip on euro trading post-Brexit -France's Noyer

LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - European authorities could not allow London to remain the trading centre for the euro if Britain left the European Union, former Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer said on Thursday. In an article for economic think tank OMFIF, Noyer, who was one of the Euro

UPDATE 1-BoE's Bailey says banks are not too big to supervise

(Adds further quotes) By Huw Jones LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) - Britain's top banking regulator has dismissed critics who say risks at banks cannot be fully understood and therefore lenders must hold far more capital. Andrew Bailey, who heads the BoE's Prudential Regulation Autho

Burberry searches for mystery investor amid takeover bid concerns

LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - Burberry is attempting to identity a mystery investor who has built up a stake of nearly 5 percent in the company, pushing its shares to a five-month high on Tuesday on speculation of a potential takeover bid. The company is reported to have asked HSBC, which is

BoE says UK banks within "hair's breadth" of capital adequacy target

By Huw Jones LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - A Bank of England (BoE) policymaker said on Monday that Britain's banks would not need much more capital to comply with its solvency rules, as the central bank tries to quell talk that another major increase in capital requirements is on the way.

Regulators play waiting game as financial technology evolves

By Huw Jones LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - Regulators trying to police innovations in financial technology are waiting to see whether start-ups develop open systems or ones that allow only limited access for users, a Bank of England conference heard on Monday. Regulators are looking in