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  • Olaf Scholz, finance minister and vice-chancellor for Germany, said that there was 'no debate' about the creation of a bad bank in a prospective merger between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank. He also does not believe that the recapitalisation of NordLB by the association of German savings banks would contravene EU state aid rules.
  • Rating agencies and investors are realising they have more in common than they thought when it comes to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. And they are more inclined now to work together than find fault.
  • BNP Paribas and Société Générale both announced new plans to slim down their investment banks this week. They posted sharp drops in revenue across global markets operations that were, on balance, a bit worse than those registered so far by the rest of the industry.
  • The CEO and the chair of National Australia Bank will step down in the wake of a critical report into misconduct in the banking sector.
  • UniCredit has hired Richard Burton to lead its corporate and investment banking operations, alongside a host of other changes to its senior staff, as it looks towards a future strategy. On Thursday it revealed results welcomed by analysts.
  • The European Parliament and the EU member states are planning to approve a provisional agreement on the Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) in February — one of the flagship pieces of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) initiative.