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BP, the UK oil company, has appointed Niamh Staunton, a former Morgan Stanley banker, as its group treasurer, GlobalCapital understands.

Some market participants say the European Central Bank could open itself up to buying preferred senior bank debt if it expands its purchase programmes in December.

Swedish fintech company Nordnet is preparing to test investor sentiment towards European IPOs following the US election, having announced its intention to float on Nasdaq Stockholm.

JP Morgan has made Stefan Povaly, co-head of EMEA leveraged finance origination, country head for Germany, part of a raft of senior changes in the country following the promotion of Dorothee Blessing to co-head of EMEA investment banking earlier this year.

Chinese biopharmaceutical firm RemeGen has raised HK$3.99bn ($514.7m) after pricing its IPO at the top of the marketed range, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The Shanghai bourse stunned the market on Tuesday after halting Ant Group’s $34bn IPO, a deal which was set to be the largest listing in history. The extraordinary move, likely spurred by comments from Ant’s co-founder Jack Ma that criticised authorities for stifling innovation in China, is expected to delay the listing by at least six months. It will also force investors to revalue the company.

It’s a pity the irreversible damage to our world’s lungs through the wanton destruction of its rainforests does not come with the same stark health warning found on a packet of cigarettes. If it did, the world’s largest banks and asset managers might be shamed into giving up their dirty habit.

Fresh lockdown restrictions added to a sense of anxiety in Europe at the start of the week, with credit markets already on tenterhooks ahead of the US presidential election.

Ping An Insurance-backed Lufax Holdings is expected to price its American depositary shares at the top of guidance, following a large turnout from global heavyweight investors for its IPO.

Chinese biopharmaceutical firm RemeGen will close the international orderbook for its Hong Kong IPO early as the deal is already many times covered, according to a source close to the listing.

China’s State Development and Investment Corp (SDIC) nabbed $300m in the bond market on Thursday.

Outrage at the destruction of the Amazon rainforest — which often involves dispossessing indigenous people — is common among capital markets executives. But few realise that their own firms are financing it.