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Bank strives for ‘complete global offering’ in M&A and ECM but market conditions hang in the balance
‘New kid on the block’ disrupts established order with lead role on Schroders takeover
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    The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were not specifically designed for finance, something that perhaps helps to explain their popularity among responsible investors, institutions and borrowers. But this does not mean that factoring them into investing decisions is easy, reports Jasper Cox.
  • Banks and funds are being inundated with applications from staff trying to leave the rating agencies, as those firms gear up to relocate staff to Europe to comply with ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) guidelines.
  • Goldman Sachs said on Wednesday that it had signed a sale and leaseback agreement with Korea’s National Pension Service on its new European headquarters, under construction around the corner from the bank’s existing London offices on Fleet Street.
  • Jefferies has hired a three person team from HSBC to build out its UK M&A operations, including Philip Noblet, vice-chairman of global banking and former co-head of banking for the UK.
  • Sberbank is merging its corporate banking and Sberbank CIB divisions and plans to complete the integration by the end of 2018, with deputy chairman Anatoly Popov heading the combined entity.
  • Mediobanca could look to buy an advisory boutique in its quest to become a pan-European corporate finance house, writes David Rothnie.