The change was made to avoid reporters and cameras gathered at Charing Cross.
"The deal was made to avoid a greater conflict, and demanding their extradition would go against the accord," he said.
Bloomberg earlier reported the move by Brevan Howard, which the media outlet said was made "to avoid growing so large that its performance suffers".
The set had begun with "Driftin'," a pithy hard-bop tune squarely in everyone's comfort zone, though an obvious effort was made to avoid complacency.
The chief executive, Thomas G. Stemberg, said in a statement that the decision was made "to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest".
Though Mr. Li, Asia's richest person, said he had no plans to retire, he also made it clear that the arrangement was made to avoid any "conflict" between his two sons.
Aside from these remarks, Mr. Obama did not deliver a speech, a decision White House officials said was made to avoid creating any appearance of exploiting the families of the victims for political gain.
The decision to allow a vote on the Democratic bill was made to avoid a floor fight that could doom any legislation to strengthen security in airports and on planes, aides said.
In building Patriots Plaza, Mr. Finan said, an effort was made to avoid repeating the mistake made by developers of data centers in the 1990's, who included so many refinements that the owners could never recover their investment.
Arye Mekel, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman, said the decision was made "to avoid the provocation they had planned at high sea," and because the Israeli authorities knew exactly who was on board and what cargo they were carrying.
