In a week when emerging markets dominate the headlines, Christian Lesueur, head of media and telecoms investment banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at UBS, is our pick as investment banker of the week.

Lesueur is leading the UBS team advising Kuwaiti telecoms group Zain on the $10.7bn (€7.9bn) sale of its South African assets to Indian rival Bharti Airtel alongside Middle East investment banking co-head Omar Al-Salehi, easily the biggest deal this week.

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The hedge-fund founder is asking triple what he paid for the Bali-inspired Manalapan estate in 2017.

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The announcement comes as USS Investment Management said it won’t bid for the property firm.

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The U.S. private-equity firm said t decided not to begin a tender offer for the Japanese software company after consulting with Fuji Soft founder Hiroshi Nozawa.

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