New money put City?s reputation at risk
The UK?s lax and disjointed listing regime has helped to open the door to questionable overseas entrants, changing the make-up of the indices

Europeans consent to costs rip-off
Small investors in the US have grown ever smarter and more informed over the last decade, while their counterparts on the other side of the Atlantic have not

Ambrosiadou wins battle over Ikos codes
UK?s High Court rules against a case brought by Martin Coward, Elena Ambrosiadou?s husband, in which he had claimed ownership of the algorithms

Fed?hints?at?financial Heimlich manoeuvre
John Dizard considers whether the authorities will act vigorously to get some air back into the economy?s lungs if the markets start to choke

Merryn Somerset Webb: Fund managers are a busted flush
The structure of the industry condemns many of them to underperform ? which is good news for the rest of us

CPP chief to go as part of job cuts
Finance director will also step down

Letter from Lex: a rally good time
As markets in the US and Japan rally, the oil, tech and banking sectors are busy

Accounting boards draft new leasing rules
Companies will be forced to book trillions of dollars of liabilities in a move to give investors a clearer picture of groups? assets and debts

3i raises cost-cutting targets
British private equity investor promises to press ahead with asset disposals this year after the value of its assets rose 11.5 per cent last year

US closes in on auditing deal with China
It is not clear how quickly a deal will be reached, and it is possible China could limit what it allows in the hands of foreign regulators

Blackstone courts bold trades for fund
The vehicle will invite managers with whom it already invests via its $48bn fund of funds platform to submit their boldest ideas in return for a fee

Pandit returns to banking via India
The former Citigroup chief and another Indian executive are acquiring a stake in JM Financial and launching a fund to invest in distressed assets

BNP US trader left after large loss
Lionel Crassier, the then New York-based US head of equities, left the French lender last year after a loss of between $10m and $25m

JPMorgan appoints global co-heads of M&A
Move acknowledges increasing prominence of crossborder dealmaking, even as overall M&A volumes continue to decline in wake of global financial crisis

3i: product misplacement
The chief executive of the UK private equity group has done a good job with its share price but he now needs to do the same with its products

?Too easy? for Scotland to leave UK
Jean Chrétien, former Canadian prime minister, told officials they should not have allowed the 2014 referendum to be decided by a simple majority

Court of Appeal changes fraud sentences
Successful appeals come amid debate about correct penalties for white-collar criminals and ahead of guidelines on fraud sentencing due this summer

Pamplona Capital seals second US deal
London-based investment firm backed by Russian billionaire buys and combines a laundry equipment company and an air vending provider

JPMorgan demands Bloomberg staff logs
Escalation of pressure on company after it emerged Bloomberg journalists could track how clients used a service that is almost ubiquitous on Wall St

Peltz raises stakes in PepsiCo and Mondelez
Investor known for taking positions in consumer goods and financial groups, then pressing for higher margins or mergers to push the share price higher