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  • HSBC is reorganising its corporate finance coverage and sending the co-head of the business, Peter Enns, to Asia as part of a global revamp under Greg Guyett, the bank’s new global banking boss.
  • An investigation initiated by Credit Suisse has found no indication that chief executive Tidjane Thiam approved the observation of its former employee Iqbal Khan. Chief operating officer Pierre-Olivier Bouée has resigned after he declared that he alone requested the surveillance.
  • Commerzbank has chosen its human resources boss Bettina Orlopp to be its new chief financial officer. She will oversee the bank’s new strategic programme — ‘5.0’ — which involves the corporate clients division hiring to focus on German distribution.
  • The postponed listing of the We Company, owner of office provider WeWork, shows that IPO investors are disciplined in their search for growth stories. Banks should recalibrate their relationships with private capital providers, says David Rothnie.
  • HSBC has finalised its new corporate broking line-up, after a review conducted by its chief financial officer Ewen Stevenson. It has hired Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch as brokers, replacing Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse.
  • Challenges are rife across the banking industry in the Gulf. As banks struggle to keep up with technological innovation and the growth of foreign competition, domestic players told GlobalCapital what needs to be done to combat these existential threats.