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Daniel Pinto, CEO of JP Morgan's corporate and investment bank, has reshuffled the firm's senior management team promoting Carlos Hernandez from head of investor services to co-head of global banking, alongside Jeff Urwin.
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The head of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Charles Li, gave the strongest indication yet that the world’s second largest IPO exchange in 2013 is set for sweeping rule changes by stating in his blog that “one share, one vote” is not necessarily part of Hong Kong’s core values.
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The country’s A-share IPO market reopened in January after 15 months of suspension. But despite making promises of a free market, the China Securities Regulatory Commission quickly began to tinker with the process. Its interference is hindering the country’s equity market development.
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The Bank of Italy’s efforts to get Italian banks ready for supervision by the ECB has crushed Intesa’s 2013 P&L, as the bank follows the same strategy as peer UniCredit in taking a huge impairment in the final quarter to clean its balance sheet for the impending asset quality review and stress test double-whammy.
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China’s hands-on approach to IPO reform shows commitment, but if the regulator does not stop changing the goalposts, it will risk confusing and damaging the market, say commentators.
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Nick Johnson is to become JP Morgan’s head of equity capital markets for Asia Pacific, as former head Jeff Zajkowski moves to New York to become co-head of ECM for the Americas, amid a global reshuffle.