Richard Branson is to hold a beauty parade of investment banks to decide which will run the £1bn (€1.4bn) flotation of his Virgin Mobile company in the first half of this year.

A spokesman for Virgin said: "Nobody has yet been mandated on the deal. We will be meeting a range of institutions in the coming weeks."

Virgin opens beauty parade on mobile float

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Brevan Howard’s Claire McCathie: ‘Achieving results commands respect’

Crypto hedge funds continue to rally as bitcoin approaches all-time high 

Citadel’s Drew Gillanders: ‘Our peers have a restrictive risk framework… we take a longer-term view’

Trading Places: Goldman’s ECM shake-up, Latham’s latest raid

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Sidley Austin raids Latham & Watkins for 10-lawyer team in London

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CDPQ hires Sharon White to lead push in Europe

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Former chair of the John Lewis Partnership is joining the Canadian pension fund giant early next year

One of the top investors in Adani Group launched an on-market share buyback to protect its share price against the contagion from a U.S. investigation into the Indian conglomerate.

GQG Launches Buyback After Stock Tumbles on Adani Probe

The president-elect floated the idea during a Wednesday meeting with the former Fed governor.

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Trump Considers Warsh Serving as Treasury Secretary—and Then Fed Chair

The U.S. auditing watchdog voted to require certain audit firms to disclose eight new metrics ranging from auditor turnover to partner involvement and restatement history.

Large Accounting Firms Will Have to Submit Financial Statements to U.S. Regulator

The AI titan will maintain its strong lead, but complicated product rollouts, sky-high expectations and the China threat add complications to growth potential.

Nvidia Is on Top but Does It Have Anywhere to Go but Down?

Research group GfK’s measure of consumer confidence climbed to minus 18 in November’s survey from minus 21 in October.

U.K. Consumers Cheerier Ahead of Holidays as Budget, U.S. Election Jitters Fade

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