P&M Notebook

• RBC hires M&A banker for Germany

  RBC Capital Markets has hired a former Nomura banker to run its M&A business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

  • 26 Oct 2017

• Barclays throws £50bn at its FICC problem

  Despite a disappointing performance in FICC, Barclays is standing firm on its plans to allocate more balance sheet to the division and continue its run of senior hires in the business.

  • 26 Oct 2017

• New tech seeks to fix secondary bond markets

  BNY Mellon and HSBC are building a network to match trades in the corporate bond market using custodian information.

  • 19 Oct 2017

• Exotix expands its frontiers

  Exotix, a research firm and investment bank has made three senior hires to expand business in frontier markets.

  • 18 Oct 2017

• Deutsche hires big trader for bigger interest rates

  Deutsche Bank has hired a big hitter from Goldman betting on the return of volatility to credit trading.

  • 13 Oct 2017

• People moves in brief

  Molchanov joins RenCap to head Russian IB — Lloyds moves up three senior bankers — ABN Amro hires former IKB director for new levfin role in Germany — Exotix loses analyst to Renaissance Capital — Exotix extends hiring spree — FSB names new secretary-general to replace Andresen — Citi rewards corporate banker with markets promotion

  • 12 Oct 2017

• Capital output floors: a tempest in a teapot

  The noise surrounding a widely cited 72.5% capital output floor, which is the ratio between how EU regulators calculate a bank’s risk model, is just that, according to several industry sources.

  • 12 Oct 2017

• FCA squeezed for staff as it copes with Brexit, moves to Stratford

  The UK's Financial Conduct Authority needs all hands on deck. It faces an iceberg of approaching regulation, Brexit, an asset management review and its day-to-day business. Plus, it is moving to Stratford, east London, in April.

  • 12 Oct 2017

• Citi rewards corporate banker with markets promotion

  Citi has promoted Cecile Ratcliffe to markets head of France, Belgium and Luxembourg.

  • 11 Oct 2017

• Lloyds moves up three senior bankers

  Lloyds Banking Group promoted three members of its senior commercial banking team this week.

  • 11 Oct 2017

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