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Deutsche’s Ross goes on leave
Frazer Ross, head of investment grade debt syndicate for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Deutsche Bank, is taking a sabbatical.
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Fidelity moves into private credit with team hire
Fidelity International has hired a team of 10 private credit specialists from MeDirect Bank, in its first foray into European private debt.
19 Jan 2021 -
Six brokerages win top interbank underwriting licence
The National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (Nafmii) has for the first time in eight years handed out lead underwriting licences to securities houses — a move that will help them step up further in China’s Rmb102tr ($15.7tr) interbank bond market.
19 Jan 2021 -
EU urged to use equity-like instruments to help smaller corporates
Many EU companies could do with capital beyond bog standard debt, according to the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme). The trade body, in a report it produced alongside PwC, suggests encouraging the use of equity-adjacent products to fill balance sheet gaps from the coronavirus crisis.
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Bryson hire reveals SMBC Nikko's capital markets ambitions
SMBC Nikko wants to grow its capital markets and advisory business in EMEA, which is smaller than its parent’s heft in the loan market. It has hired Anthony Bryson, a former NatWest Markets and BNP Paribas banker, to lead the push.
18 Jan 2021 -
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Bryson gets top job at SMBC Nikko
Anthony Bryson has joined SMBC Nikko Capital Markets as deputy president and head of capital markets and advisory Emea in London.
18 Jan 2021 -
People news in brief
Natixis promotes DCM bankers — Powell quits IFAD job — NatWest Markets makes Peberdy, Donaldson and Manwaring's positions permanent
14 Jan 2021 -
Politics and Covid fail to dent UK fee pool optimism
Bankers are betting on a strong year for the UK — Europe’s biggest fee pool — but the overlapping concerns of Brexit, Covid-19 and regulation make for an uncertain outlook, writes David Rothnie.
14 Jan 2021 -
Arbour joins ICG from Palamon Capital
Intermediate Capital Group, the UK alternative asset manager, has hired Philippe Arbour from Palamon Capital Partner to help further develop its Senior Debt Partners strategy.
12 Jan 2021 -
City waits for divergence, or maybe equivalence
Anyone who thought the culmination of a trade deal between the EU and UK would provide a shining ray of clarity for financial services as to the level of market access between the two has been proved wrong. Little progress on regulatory equivalence decisions has been made, and while this points the way towards divergence, it is still unclear how exactly the UK would go about this.
12 Jan 2021
