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  • Commerzbank confirmed on Thursday morning that it planned a new revamp of it’s strategy, dubbed Commerzbank 4.0, which would cut back further on trading activities, merge the investment bank with the Mittelstandbank, write off goodwill and intangibles, and axe its dividend.
  • There is plenty that links Asia with the Middle East across economics, culture and politics with countries in both regions keen to take advantage of the opportunities. But progress on capitalising on those connections has been slower than expected, writes Elliot Wilson.
  • The conglomerate ownership of the largest banks in the Philippines is coming under greater scrutiny as the regulator and even the International Monetary Fund express concern. Increased foreign ownership is one way to reduce the risk, but that strategy presents its own challenges. Peter McGill reports.
  • Mizuho has its tail up on both sides of the Atlantic as it looks to exploit woes among Europe’s investment banks, writes David Rothnie.
  • Barclays has structured a 57 loan CMBS totalling £2.44bn ($3.6bn), which will be largely retained by the bank, just a few days after the Bank of England opened up its Term Funding Scheme to offer low cost liquidity to UK banks.
  • Michael Reuther, head of Commerzbank’s corporates and markets unit, told GlobalCapital that the banking industry needed to see the “endgame, the final state” of its capital requirements, with an end to the new overlapping layers of extra capital requirements.