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  • HSBC has picked Georges Elhedery and Greg Guyett as co-heads of its global banking and markets (GBM) division, replacing Samir Assaf, who has been handed a new role as chair of corporate and institutional banking.
  • Renaissance Capital has added to its Nigerian investment banking team. The Russian bank continues to expand its offering on the African continent.
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    The European Union has reached preliminary political agreement on the law that will introduce its Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities. The news was hailed as a triumph by green finance specialists, though there is still a risk of battles to come.
  • Houlihan Lokey’s European corporate finance land grab has made its fifth acquisition since 2014, writes David Rothnie, at a time when the fluctuations of the credit cycle may be about to lead to more restructurings.
  • The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has said a consolidated tape for equity instruments is needed for EU market participants, based on forcing trading venues to enter data. It says this is in order to unify capital markets in the bloc.
  • UniCredit’s plan until 2023, revealed in London on Tuesday, involves rewarding shareholders with larger distributions on the back of a growth in revenue. The payment of these distributions will be given greater protection, thanks to the creation of a new intermediate holding company to lessen the bank’s regulatory capital burden. Meanwhile, chief executive Jean Pierre Mustier was clear that large M&A does not form part of the bank’s plans.