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  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    Due Diligence
    What Michael Lewis got wrong about FTX Premium content

    Plus, Birkenstock tries to bring IPOs back in style and UBS makes progress in the ‘tuna bonds’ mess

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    Special purpose acquisition companies
    Secretive billionaire McPike sues over collapse of Spac deal

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    German citizen allegedly received confidential information from Perella Weinberg banker

  • Saturday, 30 September, 2023
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    Fintech allegedly let funds flow from accounts restricted by the National Crime Agency

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    Postwar reconstruction and EU membership will depend on overcoming a decades-long legacy of graft and illegality

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  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    Insider trading
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    US prosecutors allege Anthony Viggiano passed tips about non-public information related to his employees

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    Former dictator’s daughter and socialite Gulnara Karimova faces charges over organisation known as ‘the office’

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    Northern Ireland
    UK fined by European Court of Justice in precedent-setting case

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    Europe Express
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  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
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    JPMorgan’s decision to settle over Epstein was a long time coming

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  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
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    Jan Marsalek named as connection to Bulgarian nationals accused of espionage by UK authorities

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  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
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    Regulators accuse trading platform JPEX of misleading investors

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    Victoria PLC
    Royal carpet maker Victoria’s shares tumble on auditor’s fraud risk warning

    Grant Thornton raised concerns over one of group’s subsidiaries

    A red carpet is brought out of Buckingham Palace ahead of the coronation of King Charles III in May
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    Singapore
    Singapore banks tighten scrutiny of clients after money-laundering scandal

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  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
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    Two women have submitted a civil claim in the High Court in London against the financier

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