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As investors and service providers pour into the market for Greek non-performing loans, authorities in the country have proposed two schemes to help the country's banks meet their ambitious targets for selling off these assets and cleaning up their balance sheets. Only one of them deserves serious consideration. -
HSBC’s global banking and markets business increased its use of reserve repo and customer deposits for funding in 2018. But it endured a tough fourth quarter, with inflows from credit in its fixed income, currency and commodities (FICC) division sinking by 49.7%.
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The European Banking Authority has gone to the private sector for its next appointment as chair.
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The Estonian Financial Services Authority this week ordered Danske Bank to leave the country. The Danish lender replied that it would exit the Baltics and Russia as a whole. Meanwhile, the Estonian regulator and its Danish counterpart are under investigation for a possible breach of European Union law in relation to Danske’s money laundering scandal.
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Members of the European Parliament are planning to add a controversial ‘non-sustainable’ category to the Taxonomy of Sustainable Economic Activities proposed last year by the EU Commission. Two Brussels sources have told GlobalCapital the Parliament's vote on the issue, scheduled for Wednesday February 20, has been postponed after heavy pressure from corporate lobbyists.
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Royal Bank of Scotland’s commercial banking division grew its operating profit last quarter, its latest results revealed last Friday, despite corporate clients steering away from spending as they await the outcome of Brexit. Its investment bank, NatWest Markets, endured a difficult quarter, however.
