The US-based investment bank, confident of expanding amid the gloom, will take the broker’s historic name, clients and about 50 staff

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Jefferies confirms Hoare Govett acquisition

Jesse Bhattal, the broker’s wholesale banking chief, is the latest casualty of its surfeit of international ambition over execution ability

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Nomura: bank is Bhattal weary

Former chief executive of MF Global rebuts the testimony of Terry Duffy, who repeated that he knew the broker-dealer lent customer funds to an affiliate

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Corzine counters CME chief’s testimony

Jon Corzine, the former head of MF Global, will be forced to attend a hearing into the causes of the broker-dealer’s collapse

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Corzine forced to testify to US Congress

MF Global’s fall prompts reassessment by US officials after the broker-dealer survived for only two years helping the Fed manage its daily market operations

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Primary dealers braced for tougher capital rules

Customers and counterparties struggle to extricate positions after the broker-dealer filed for bankruptcy protection

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Recriminations fly after fall of MF Global

Executives fight to sell the broker-dealer after its shares fell by more than two-thirds over the week in the wake of downgrades of its credit rating

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MF Global’s future hangs in balance

Executives fight to sell the broker-dealer after its shares fell by more than two-thirds over the week in the wake of downgrades of its credit rating

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MF Global’s future hangs in balance

Concerns about the broker-dealer’s capital position and worries that its debt could be downgraded to junk status prompt sell-off

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MF Global slumps 47% on unexpected loss

Women Adviser and Broker Group to hold first full day event on November 3.

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Women Adviser Group to hold RDR events