The woman whom people alternately saw as the future and downfall of finance has finally hung up her skates: Erin Callan has departedCredit Suisse. After only five months of advising hedge funds, she has taken her leave. She was Lehman's CFO for less than a year, but her visibility made her a prime target after the firm declared bankruptcy.
No word on what she plans to do next.
Santander U.K. is on its way to become a full-service commercial bank -- and is planning hires as part of its expansion. The bank, a unit of Spain's Banco Santander SA, is hunting for 600 workers for bank branches in the U.K.
The U.K. financial regulator is making full use of its newly increased authority to cap bonuses and shut down alternative methods of paying out bonuses such as "non-recourse" loans.
Hedge fund startups in the Asian city-state are set to be increasing at a rapid pace after the Monetary Authority of Singapore approved a set of rules that said that small funds can keep operating without a license.
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