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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.
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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.
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BBVA has hired a former deputy director from the Spanish Treasury to look after funding and balance sheet management for its South American subsidiaries.
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The Italian government is poised to amend the country’s covered bond law to allow issuers to use SME collateral for a new type of dual recourse bank bond, or Obbligazioni Bancarie Collateralizzate, writes Bill Thornhill.
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Daiwa sees Shah thing in EM — Lamprecht joins RenCap for African sales — Nagler joins Aurelius — Weil Gotshal hires London levfin partner
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The European Parliament has approved the appointment of German central banker Sabine Lautenschläger to the executive board of the ECB.