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Artemis Investment Management has appointed Matthew Beesley as its new chief investment officer. He will join in April, replacing Peter Saacke, who will concentrate on managing some of Artemis’s funds. -
Santander has bought credit protection on two portfolios of undrawn revolving credit facilities, taking advantage of a regulatory decision last year to sharply boost the efficiency of the protection. The deal points the way for banks to cut the costs of providing revolvers, which are usually extended as a ‘loss leader’ for a broader banking relationship.
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Credit Suisse’s outgoing chief executive Tidjane Thiam thought he could win the power struggle against chairman Urs Rohner but he overlooked the real power broker — Severin Schwan.
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Natixis, one of the investment banks that has gone furthest to prioritise greener financing, had to ramp up its provisions for credit loss from US natural gas producers in the fourth quarter, pointing to “structural transformation” in the sector. But it told GlobalCapital that it still saw opportunity in the industry.
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The departure of Tidjane Thiam as chief executive of Credit Suisse on Friday caused the bank’s share price to fall, but analysts believe the firm’s strategy is likely to remain largely unchanged.
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Regulators could help prevent banks retrenching in a downturn through increasing the proportion of capital requirements that are countercyclical, said Luis de Guindos, vice-president of the European Central Bank, on Thursday.
