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Originator hired to go after bank bond issues in euros and dollars
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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More than half of Santander’s profits came from Latin America and the US in the last quarter, amid a plan to make savings in Europe and expand across the Atlantic. -
The European Central Bank will start calculating and publishing the new European benchmark rate Ester on October 2, while Euribor will be reformed to comply with the Benchmark Regulation (BMR). Eonia, meanwhile, is set to be phased out by 2022.
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NatWest Markets made a loss in the first quarter, Royal Bank of Scotland said on Friday when presenting its results, partly thanks to it being made to account for the cost of old RBS plc debt. The group will also now stop including NatWest Markets when reporting its net interest margin, and one analyst said this could raise questions about commitment to the investment bank.
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Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank will have to sort themselves out without the help of each other, after merger talks collapsed this week. Speculation mounted as to whether Deutsche would now be forced to slash its investment banking operations, and about whether Commerzbank would be embraced by another European peer.
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The heads of two of the world’s leading global financial regulators have hailed the potential of financial technology to help lift people out of poverty by connecting them to the banking system. But both Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, and Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, warned of potential risks.
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Nomura announced in its results on Thursday that its wholesale business made a loss both in the fourth quarter and in the year as a whole. The Japanese bank is looking to cut back the division.
