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Options trading picked up this week as the Italian referendum and European Central Bank meeting drove markets. But with few obvious catalysts for upset left in 2016 after these events, the focus is turning to the financials sector as the year’s last bastion of volatility. -
More than half of a global group of 276 investors surveyed by HSBC have a strategy for reducing the environmental impact of their activities — but 74% of them encounter barriers to increasing their low carbon financing, mainly a lack of credible investment opportunities.
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The non-performing loan securitization at the heart of Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s rescue package could pay out fees of €2.72bn — including €1bn of servicing commission and a €710m legal bill. The bank has also revealed details of the planned issue’s structure, and the spread it hopes to achieve on the senior notes. Owen Sanderson reports.
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Lee Rochford, the former head of FIG at RBS and more recently, chief financial officer of Virgin Money, has taken over as chief executive of debt purchaser Arrow Global.
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The junior debt of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena rallied strongly on Wednesday on reports the Italian government was preparing to buy €2bn of subordinated bonds from retail investors, support which could potentially avoid the European Commission’s onerous state aid rules.
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Royal Bank of Scotland was looking to settle a series of litigation claims for up to £800m this week, shortly after being heavily penalised by potential misconduct fines in the Bank of England’s 2016 stress tests.
