Schroder Salomon Smith Barney has hired four strategists to form a new team offering global equity strategy research.

Matthew Merritt and Shaun Roache join from ING Barings. Merritt was chief global equity strategist and will run the team. Roache was global equity strategist.

Salomon establishes global equity strategy team

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Magic Circle firm boosts London private equity offering

Proskauer Rose hires Hogan Lovells private equity partner in London

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

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KKR Floats $1.97 Billion Non-Binding Offer for London-Listed Property Firm Assura

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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The Chinese technology giant has begun tests to integrate homegrown startup DeepSeek’s AI model into its Weixin messaging app.

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Tencent Shares Hit More Than Three-Year High as App Launches DeepSeek Testing

Unicoin bills its token as being backed by billions of dollars in real-world assets, but Biden administration regulators and some crypto executives were skeptical.

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