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Pitts-Tucker takes sole control of Nomura International IB — Hourican turns up at NewDay — NatWest hires RBC SSA banker
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The final text of the net stable funding ratio has improved slightly compared to earlier versions, but the covered bond industry’s hopes for equal treatment relative to senior unsecured debt has fallen on deaf ears. The Council of Europe is expected to adopt the regulation from mid-March before putting it to a parliamentary vote in April. -
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has appointed Pablo Hernández de Cos, governor of the Bank of Spain, as its new chair. He takes over as the committee looks to reflect on post-crisis regulation.
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Following the retirement of Robin Phillips, HSBC’s new head of global banking is well qualified to meet the challenge that has outlasted his ex-colleague, provided he can get his head around the bank’s unique structure, writes David Rothnie.
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Another piece of the jigsaw of greener financial markets was inserted on Tuesday last week, though hardly anyone noticed. Under the EU’s new Investment Firms Regulation, asset managers and investment banks will have to disclose their environmental, social and governance risks, including from stranded assets, and how they vote in shareholder meetings. The requirements are quite radical and amount to insisting that all firms practice ESG investing.
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Amid the blizzard of legislation going through Brussels in the dying days of the present Commission and Parliament’s mandate, little attention was paid last week to the new rules governing how investment managers and investment banks are supervised. But they have big implications, including bringing investment banks such as Barclays and Goldman Sachs under the European Central Bank.
