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With Sergio Ermotti set to step down as group CEO, chairman Colm Kelleher favours an orderly, internal succession. But in a critical year for the bank, there could be turbulence ahead
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A series of top-level changes at Lazard suggests there will be a battle to succeed Ken Jacobs at the helm, but not before it has regained first place in global advisory, writes David Rothnie.
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The World Bank is rolling out a rating system for infrastructure projects in a bid to attract greater investment into more resilient schemes that could save poorer countries as much as $390bn a year in disruption costs. -
Deutsche Bank’s plan to create a new non-core unit, housing €50bn of assets largely from its markets and banking businesses, is just more of the same old Deutsche restructuring plan, warmed over for a new management team. If a non-core unit, cuts to costs, simplification of business lines, a dash of IT spending and a focus on the best businesses didn’t work when Deutsche stock was at €30, why would it work at €6?
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A UBS economist’s allegedly offensive comment about "Chinese pigs" has ensnared the Swiss bank in a series of unfortunate events, including being kicked off a planned dollar bond deal for China Railway Construction Corp. The backlash is overblown but serves as a warning for banks dealing with China.
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Saudi Arabian banks Alawwal Bank and Saudi British Bank have completed their merger. The deal is yet another bank tie-up taking place in the Gulf, as lenders strive to stay competitive. Royal Bank of Scotland, which held a stake in Alawwal, has received capital relief from the transaction.
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Five senior members of ING's emerging markets and loans teams in London have left the bank, according to sources close to the matter, as part of the bank's broader restructuring of its debt capital markets and advisory operations.
