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  • Josef Ritter, Deutsche Bank's co-head of ECM, is set to take control of the team's FIG coverage next month, as Neil Kell moves to run the bank's Asian business.
  • Stephan Dorner is joining the credit research team at Crédit Agricole CIB in London as a covered bond analyst.
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    The EU’s bonus cap is unlikely to have a big impact on European trading banks’ cost structures, according to Fitch Ratings, but an increased focus on costs and exiting low-margin businesses will have a greater effect on compensation.
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    Litigation and accounting charges took the blame for Deutsche Bank’s early announcement of a fourth quarter loss this week, but a dive in debt sales and trading income was more troubling for European bank investors.
  • Germany is comfortably China’s largest trading partner in Europe, accounting for about a third of all EU-Chinese trade and for a large share of European FDI into China. That would seem to make Frankfurt a natural hub for renminbi (RMB) trading and settlement in Europe. Indeed, when Prime Minister Li Keqiang chose Germany as the destination for his first overseas trip as China’s Premier, in May 2013, he spoke of the economic “dream team” that the two countries could create if they intensified their co-operation. Can this also be applied to financial services, and if so, will it underpin the further expansion of Frankfurt as a financial centre? This was the focus of EuroWeek’s December roundtable in Frankfurt.
  • Montgomery Ho, managing director and head of commercial banking for HSBC China has been promoted to the role of deputy CEO and executive director for the Chinese arm of the global bank.