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RBS is nearing £2.5bn sell-off

Three bidders remain in the chase for the 51% stake in RBS Sempra Commodities - JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Macquarie

Citi’s troubles begin with the boss

The bank's $20bn stock-offering did little to reassure investors that the bank would ever regain its global footing

Banks worldwide mull over Dubai bailout

Hundreds of bankers from all over the world will flood into Dubai to meet representatives of the struggling emirate

Bill Conway, calling the shots at Carlyle Group

The business baron says that he would like to spend $5 billion next year buying stakes in businesses across the globe

Private equity spared the bonus tax

Revenue offers clarification on who will be caught by levy on bankers, but hedge funds and ‘boutiques’ are left wondering

Icap will pay $25m to settle case with SEC

US Securities and Exchange Commission says that US subsidiary used 'bird' trades to attract customers

Morgan Stanley’s chief forgoes bonus again

John Mack is the second bank chief executive not to receive a bonus, but the first to forgo it voluntarily

Barclays chief 'laments' bonus supertax

John Varley says that he understands anxiety about bankers' pay but that supertax will put the City at a disadvantage

Deutsche spreads bonus tax pain worldwide

German bank is first to explain how it will deal with the controversial one-off 'supertax' on bankers' bonuses

Execution buys Noble to create 'new force'

The London broker buys the Scottish investment bank to try to take on the larger, 'bulge-bracket' investment banks

Government plans joint property ventures

John McCready will manage the State's £370bn property portfolio to boost returns in partnership with the private sector

Lower bank bonuses could have averted crisis

Bank of England steps up case for restraint now by arguing that extra reserves might have made bailouts unnecessary

New City tax on bonuses delights rivals

Officials in Frankfurt have been making an aggressive pitch to financial institutions to migrate business from London

Banks bruised over 50 per cent levy

Objectives have come into conflict with the Government insisting that the banks cut back bonuses but also step up lending

Investors call for inquiry into M&A fees

Shareholders are furious about the size of banks’ advisory fees, which can average about 3 per cent of a bid’s value

Banks block £1bn fund for small business

Investment groups are stalling on giving the money after the Government’s windfall tax on bonuses was announced

NAB mulls UK disposals to create new bank

National Australia Bank, owner of Clydesdale and Yorkshire, confirms approaches from 'a number of players in UK market’