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    As Marcella climbed into the transport pod for her short journey home to her cosy apartment in the Chongqing suburbs, her wristwatch buzzed, reminding her that this would be her last ever commute. She leaned back and thought of the days when she started out in banking, in 2007, right at the start of GFC1, the first Global Financial Crisis. In her 43 year career, how the world had changed.
  • The prospect of a tie-up between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank has put FIG bankers on red alert as they anticipate a ripple effect of bank consolidation across Europe.
  • Lebanese investment banker Ziad Hayek set out his programme for running the World Bank this week, as the process for selecting the president of the world’s biggest development lender fell into a mire of confusion. In an interview with GlobalCapital, Hayek said his pitch to World Bank shareholders focused on migration, infrastructure finance, climate change, and co-operation with China. By Phil Thornton.
  • The World Bank is beefing up its communications operations in Europe, a region with mainly donors rather than recipients. It wants to ensure that it is getting its message out to the people who ultimately fund its work.
  • Following the retirement of Robin Phillips, HSBC’s new head of global banking is well qualified to meet the challenge that has outlasted his ex-colleague, provided he can get his head around the bank’s unique structure, writes David Rothnie.
  • David Malpass, US candidate for the World Bank presidency, has serious weaknesses and lacks experience, according to a former chief economist at the multilateral lender.