Top trader denied $11.4m bonus sues hedge fund employer
Robert Gagliardi, a former Segantii Capital Management employee whose trades came under scrutiny during a wide-reaching US probe into Morgan Stanley, alleges that Evolution acted in bad faith by refusing to pay him a $US7.5 million ($11.4 million) discretionary bonus despite the fact he had generated more than $US60 million for the firm between April 2021 and March 2022.
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Yet Russia has so far managed to sell most of its oil - the lifeblood of its state finances - above the previous price cap as the current mechanism makes it unclear who must police its implementation. Traders doubt the new EU sanctions will significantly disrupt Russian oil exports. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov shrugged off the EU move, which would, at current prices, aim to cap the price of Russian crude at roughly $US47.60 per barrel. Benchmark Brent futures rose marginally on Friday to about $US70. "We have repeatedly said that we consider such unilateral restrictions illegal, we oppose them," Peskov told reporters. "But at the same time, of course, we have already acquired a certain immunity from sanctions, we have adapted to life under sanctions." The package also bans transactions related to Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea, and with Russia's financial sector. Kallas said 105 ships in Russia's "shadow fleet", the term used by Western officials for ships that Moscow uses to circumvent oil sanctions, had been blacklisted, along with Chinese banks that "enable sanctions evasion", which she did not name. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the decision "essential and timely" as Russia intensifies its air war on Ukrainian cities and villages. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha added: "Depriving Russia of its oil revenues is critical for putting an end to its aggression." The European Union and Britain have been pushing to lower the G7 cap for the last two months after a fall in oil futures made the level of $US60 a barrel largely irrelevant. But the United States has resisted, leaving the EU to move forward on its own, but with only limited power to enforce the measure, analysts and oil traders say. As the dollar dominates global oil transactions, and US financial institutions play the central role in clearing payments, the EU cannot block trades by denying access to dollar clearing. Agreement on the new EU package was held up for weeks as Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico demanded concessions on a separate plan to phase out EU dependence on Russian oil and gas. Fico announced on Thursday night that he was ending his opposition. Countries such as Greece, Cyprus and Malta had expressed concerns about the effect of the oil price cap on their shipping industries. But Malta, the last of the trio to hold out, also came on board on Thursday. The European Union has agreed an 18th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, including measures aimed at dealing further blows to the Russian oil and energy industry. 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Benchmark Brent futures rose marginally on Friday to about $US70. "We have repeatedly said that we consider such unilateral restrictions illegal, we oppose them," Peskov told reporters. "But at the same time, of course, we have already acquired a certain immunity from sanctions, we have adapted to life under sanctions." The package also bans transactions related to Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea, and with Russia's financial sector. Kallas said 105 ships in Russia's "shadow fleet", the term used by Western officials for ships that Moscow uses to circumvent oil sanctions, had been blacklisted, along with Chinese banks that "enable sanctions evasion", which she did not name. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the decision "essential and timely" as Russia intensifies its air war on Ukrainian cities and villages. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha added: "Depriving Russia of its oil revenues is critical for putting an end to its aggression." The European Union and Britain have been pushing to lower the G7 cap for the last two months after a fall in oil futures made the level of $US60 a barrel largely irrelevant. But the United States has resisted, leaving the EU to move forward on its own, but with only limited power to enforce the measure, analysts and oil traders say. As the dollar dominates global oil transactions, and US financial institutions play the central role in clearing payments, the EU cannot block trades by denying access to dollar clearing. Agreement on the new EU package was held up for weeks as Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico demanded concessions on a separate plan to phase out EU dependence on Russian oil and gas. Fico announced on Thursday night that he was ending his opposition. Countries such as Greece, Cyprus and Malta had expressed concerns about the effect of the oil price cap on their shipping industries. But Malta, the last of the trio to hold out, also came on board on Thursday. 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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov shrugged off the EU move, which would, at current prices, aim to cap the price of Russian crude at roughly $US47.60 per barrel. Benchmark Brent futures rose marginally on Friday to about $US70. "We have repeatedly said that we consider such unilateral restrictions illegal, we oppose them," Peskov told reporters. "But at the same time, of course, we have already acquired a certain immunity from sanctions, we have adapted to life under sanctions." The package also bans transactions related to Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea, and with Russia's financial sector. Kallas said 105 ships in Russia's "shadow fleet", the term used by Western officials for ships that Moscow uses to circumvent oil sanctions, had been blacklisted, along with Chinese banks that "enable sanctions evasion", which she did not name. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the decision "essential and timely" as Russia intensifies its air war on Ukrainian cities and villages. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha added: "Depriving Russia of its oil revenues is critical for putting an end to its aggression." The European Union and Britain have been pushing to lower the G7 cap for the last two months after a fall in oil futures made the level of $US60 a barrel largely irrelevant. But the United States has resisted, leaving the EU to move forward on its own, but with only limited power to enforce the measure, analysts and oil traders say. As the dollar dominates global oil transactions, and US financial institutions play the central role in clearing payments, the EU cannot block trades by denying access to dollar clearing. Agreement on the new EU package was held up for weeks as Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico demanded concessions on a separate plan to phase out EU dependence on Russian oil and gas. Fico announced on Thursday night that he was ending his opposition. Countries such as Greece, Cyprus and Malta had expressed concerns about the effect of the oil price cap on their shipping industries. But Malta, the last of the trio to hold out, also came on board on Thursday.
