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Lloyds has appointed Stef Merckx to head northern European banks in its financial institutions group. He joins from RBS, where he covered banks in the CEEMEA region, though before that he covered financial institutions in the Netherlands.
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BCS has hired Marat Ibragimov from Uralsib Capital as a senior equity analyst for its research team in Moscow. Ibragimov will cover consumer discretionary, food retail, pharma and real estate markets.
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Citigroup reported better than expected profit on Monday, despite a pre-flagged plunge in fixed income trading revenues, which were down 18% on the year.
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JP Morgan has promoted Bo Zethraeus to head of investment banking for Sweden, replacing Johan Lustig, who has gone to run global corporate and investment banking for the Nordics at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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This week's approval of mutual stock market access between the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is being welcomed by market participants as a big step in the internationalisation of the renminbi, promoting more cross-border use of the currency. -
The Financial Stability Board has published guidance on examining “risk culture” in banks, the new frontier for regulatory efforts but one which is difficult to measure. Some banks, however, have already made strides in cultural change, while others have merely talked the talk.
