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Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
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I don’t need to work, but I’m tempted to go back
Corporate broking relationships endure for decades and build deep roots between both individuals and institutions, enabling banks to win outsized revenues from clients they serve. No wonder that a new crop of banks are expanding their ambitions
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The China Securities Regulatory Commission and Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission on Thursday approved a pilot programme for mutual stock market access between the exchanges in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The market response has been overwhelmingly positive, although there are still questions to answer, writes Clare Hammond. -
The IMF has warned in its Global Financial Stability Report that market sentiment towards European banks may be running ahead of the repair of their balance sheets, and recommends that authorities push on with “accelerating the clean-up of bank and corporate balance sheets without disrupting the recovery in market sentiment”.
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The bank is profitable in corporate finance again, but now it needs to bolster its senior ranks, writes David Rothnie.
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Renaissance Capital has appointed Mike Harris as managing director and head of what the Russian bank calls 'Turkey product'. Based between London and Istanbul, reporting to David Nangle, head of equity research at Renaissance Capital, Harris will be responsible for country strategy, and for expanding the firm’s research coverage of Turkey.
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Credit Suisse’s fixed income, currencies and commodities business relies too much on credit, EM and securitization, said analysts from JP Morgan on Wednesday.
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The European resolution mechanism should be agreed next week. But the nature of resolution means that any agreement less than 100% sound is not fit for purpose. Fault-lines in resolution planning are like holes in a bucket — if they exist at all, the bucket won’t work.
