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Romania is making a push to gain emerging market status, alongside a raft of other proposals to increase liquidity in its markets and encourage foreign investment. The initiative, launched by the Romanian financial supervisor, is called “STEAM”, and is supposed to cut the costs of investing in the country. But political holdups, including a presidential election in November, could slow the process.
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Will Smiley, former co-head of ECM syndicate for Asia Pacific ex Japan at Goldman Sachs, has relocated to the bank’s London office. -
The Hong Kong based equities brokerage is enjoying improved primary deal flows and access to the primary bond markets under its new owner, Citic Securities. Jonathan Slone, chief executive of CLSA, thinks more opportunities for cooperation exist.
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HSBC has hired David Long as head of equities, EMEA, to be responsible for the “global expansion of the European product”, according to a memo seen by GlobalCapital.
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Masha Gordon, head of EM equity at Pimco, has left the company to pursue other interests, according to a statement from the firm. The move follows a number of senior hires in the UK.
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The High Court of Ireland has backed the forced bail-out of Irish Life and Permanent against a challenge from equity holders in the group, who walked away with nothing, that the bail-out was illegal.
