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Fund guru warns China is at risk in asset bubbles worry

20.11.09
Little more than a year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers smashed overblown share prices and sky-high property values, new bubbles are inflating around the world, just waiting to burst... more

Fund guru warns China is at risk in asset bubbles worry

20.11.09
Little more than a year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers smashed overblown share prices and sky-high property values, new bubbles are inflating around the world, just waiting to burst... more

Regulators? We just love 'em, says John Mack

19.11.09
John Mack, the tough-talking boss of Morgan Stanley, has made a surprise confession: he likes regulators... more

My kingdom for a bonus... City jobless take up acting

18.11.09
Redundant City workers are signing up for acting classes at London’s top drama schools... more

Tough new rules could see bonus contracts torn up

18.11.09
NEW: Bankers will see excessive pay and bonuses contracts torn up if they promote undue risk-taking under tough new rules outlined in the proposed Financial Services Bill... more

Capital leading the comeback in housing market, says Barratt

17.11.09
Builder Barratt Developments today said London is leading the recovery in the housing market, but warned mortgages are still hard to come by ... more

It's not time for a Zaha Hadid backlash

17.11.09
The world's most glamorous architect has just unveiled a futuristic new museum in Rome - and her Olympic Aquatics Centre is taking shape. They may be extravagant, but there is still value in thinking big... more

Christmas comes early for London stores as sales soar

16.11.09
London shops are enjoying strong sales in the run up to Christmas, giving rise to fresh hopes of a prosperous festive season for the retail sector... more

More delays in Lehman repay

06.11.09
Hedge funds and other big investors told to expect even more delays before getting back the $16 billion worth of assets they had tied up with the Lehman Brothers’ London-based European business... more

Nomura reaping benefits of taking Lehman plunge

28.10.09
Nomura Holdings moved a step closer to fulfilling its ambition of becoming a global investment bank, as it reported strong returns from the assets it acquired last year from the collapsed Lehman Brothers ... more

Lehman bosses sue failed bank for $100m losses

13.10.09
Top bankers and traders from the Canary Wharf end of Lehman Brothers are suing the bust US investment house in claims which are set to run to hundreds of millions of dollars ... more

Lehman Brothers winding up could take 10 years

15.09.09
Winding up the London-based operations of Lehman Brothers' European operations could take a decade according to PricewatehouseCoopers partner and administrator Tony Lomas... more

How I helped rescue Britain from brink of bank disaster

15.09.09
Interview: Minister who brokered rescue packages that saved Britain's financial system last autumn spoke of 'unimaginable' chaos that would have followed if they had failed... more

One year on: lessons of Lehman Brothers

15.09.09
A year from the collapse of Lehman Brothers is an opportunity for banks to consider their own mortality... more

Comment: If Lehman had been saved, would Jacko have lived?

15.09.09
Throughout the past year, there has continued to be shock in the City at the demise of Lehman. And it hasn't really abated - the bank's former London office at Canary Wharf still wears a sombre air... more

UK recession is over, says Bank as FTSE edges upward

15.09.09
The Bank of England declared the UK recession over a year to the day after the collapse of Lehman Brothers sent the global economy into freefall... more

Regus reopens bank centre

15.09.09
One year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the bank's former conference centre in the City reopened for business under new management... more

A lesson from Lehman as Kraft courts Cadbury

14.09.09
A senior former Lehmans executive said to me last week that the bank's collapse "felt more like 10 years ago than one year".... more

Footsie 'to smash 5500 barrier' as London bounces back from disaster

11.09.09
City analysts predicted that the FT-100 Index would smash through the 5500 barrier as investors put the collapse of Lehman Brothers a year ago behind them... more

What happened to bankers who crashed with Lehman

11.09.09
Giant's collapse shook the financial world to the core... but it marked a new beginning for the 4,000 staff... more

This economic earthquake isn't nearly over yet

11.09.09
The collapse of Lehman Brothers, a year ago next week, symbolised the global financial crisis. But did it cause it?... more

City Spy: No fun at ITV in this Ball game

11.09.09
Just how wide is the opposition to Tony Ball being made ITV's next chief executive within the higher reaches of the broadcaster? Very, is the answer.... more

Dick Fuld breaks silence to lament on being made Lehman scapegoat

09.09.09
Man blamed for the collapse of Lehman Brothers is back: power lunching on Wall Street... more

The Lehman ‘undertaker’ who takes a real delight in his work

02.09.09
A year on from Lehman’s collapse, Tony Lomas is still unravelling the complexities of the broken bank — and there’s a long way to go ... more

Pay bonuses in shares to keep bankers onside

21.08.09
Would Sir Fred Goodwin have committed so much RBS money if it had been his own cash he was spending?... more

City Spy: Lehman’s dressing down from Nomura

06.08.09
It's been almost a year since Japan’s Nomura acquired Lehman’s international operations, and apparently the remaining workers from Team Dick Fuld are finding it tough to fit in. An early problem came about when the Japanese broker kicked off a training session for new recruits by separating the men and women ... more

PwC to return $11bn of assets at Lehman Brothers

15.07.09
Administrators to Lehman Brothers' have paved the way for the bust bank to return $11 billion (£6.8 billion) of frozen assets to clients as early as next year... more

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