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  • Morgan Stanley’s former head of China debt capital markets, Vivien Gui, has joined Deutsche Bank, GlobalCapital Asia understands.
  • Intesa Sanpaolo has taken a €6.8bn impairment in its fourth quarter results, following the same strategy as UniCredit in hammering 2013’s P&L to get a clean balance sheet ahead of the stress test and asset quality review double-whammy due later this year.
  • UBS has appointed Paul Au and Patrick Liu as co-heads of Asia DCM, finally filling a role left empty by the departure of Guy Wylie in June 2012. The appointment takes effect immediately.
  • The European Commission outlined on Thursday its plan to meet the long-term financing needs of the European economy, and said it wishes to improve the environment for covered bonds. A separate draft document makes it clear that the viability of an integrated European covered bond market is under consideration.
  • Citigroup, HSBC, RBS Citizens and Santander USA have failed stress tests, and face having to resubmit capital plans, after the US Federal Reserve failed them for stress tests.
  • The Bank of England’s review of rules on UK banks' leverage ratios will consider a variable ratio that can be used counter-cyclically, alongside risk-weighted standards.