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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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A downturn in UK dealmaking and a raft of challenges to their operating models has placed the corporate finance aspirations of professional services firms under the spotlight, writes David Rothnie. -
Claus Skrumsager, co-head of EMEA capital markets at Morgan Stanley, will join the firm’s investment management unit as portfolio manager and head of private structured credit solutions, a new role leading a team and fund which has yet to be established, but which is likely to involve deploying institutional capital into a wide range of illiquid assets.
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Investor Access, a platform which allows investors to submit orders for a new bond issue directly into the order book was deployed for the first time last week on a Commonwealth Bank of Australia sterling covered bond. Now work is underway to convince more dealers of the initiative’s worth.
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It’s a back-to-the-future new year for Barclays as it forges ahead with its strategic repositioning — the latest moves in what feel like decades-long twists and turns into and out of Africa and investment banking.
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The French markets regulator has opened a consultation on regulating corporate finance advisory activities – an area which, when carried by boutiques, consultancies, law firms and accountants, can sometimes avoid formal regulatory scrutiny.
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Barclays, Lloyds, RBS and Santander UK all priced synthetic CLOs for risk transfer purposes just before the year-end, honing their capital positions for full year 2016 reporting. Most of the deals focused on large corporates, an asset class that fuelled much of last year’s boom in risk transfer trades, as banks seek ways to get ahead of increased Basel risk weights.
