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• Lloyds faces pref share scrutiny after FCA note

  

  The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority wrote to CEOs on Thursday, asking them to make sure the details of fixed income shares are understood by investors.

  • 19 Apr 2018

• S&P takes on MSCI in ESG ratings as political pressure rises

  

  S&P Global Ratings is preparing to launch an ESG Evaluation product, competing directly with socially responsible investment (SRI) rating firms such as MSCI and Sustainalytics.

  • 19 Apr 2018

• SC Lowy spies gains from Credito di Romagna takeover

  

  Boutique investment bank SC Lowy signalled the potential it sees in the Italian banking sector through its acquisition of Credito di Romagna this week. Michel Löwy, CEO of the firm, also views it as a way to expand the firm’s European leveraged finance operations.

  • 19 Apr 2018

• S&P to go head to head with MSCI in ESG ratings

  

  S&P Global Ratings is preparing to launch an ESG Evaluation product, competing directly with socially responsible investment rating firms such as MSCI and Sustainalytics.

  • 17 Apr 2018

• Mizuho parts company with head of FI trading

  

  Christian Heiberg, Mizuho International's EMEA head of fixed income trading, has left the bank as part of a broader review of the firm's global markets business.

  • 17 Apr 2018

• Dutch banks denounce ‘redundant’ Basel IV floor

  

  The Dutch Banking Association has responded to a European Commission consultation on the introduction of ‘Basel IV’, heaping criticism on the proposed introduction of a capital output floor.

  • 17 Apr 2018

• EIB plans new bond range to promote finance of Sustainable Development Goals

  

  The European Investment Bank is preparing a new product: Sustainability Bonds, which will complement its Climate Awareness Bonds.

  • 12 Apr 2018

• Regulatory activism: how to snitch and make money

  

  When one investment fund judged that a UK building society’s non-paying legacy capital instrument did not comply with European regulations, it saw an opportunity to make a return.

  • 12 Apr 2018

• Covered bond head leaves Soc Gen

  The head of covered bond origination at Société Générale is expected to leave the bank this week and is also relinquishing his role as deputy chairman of the European Covered Bond Council (ECBC).

  • 11 Apr 2018

• Deutsche must remain a European champion in global banking

  

  Once again, Deutsche Bank is at a crossroads. After a tough few years, it is still strong enough to fight back in global investment banking. New CEO Christian Sewing will decide whether it does. He seems rational and determined, but does he have the stomach for the battle?

  • 10 Apr 2018

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