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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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Market participants have been buying vanilla options on the Norwegian krone as the currency continues to weaken as a consequence of the oil price rout. Low liquidity is in turn widening bid-ask spreads. -
Santander raised €7.5bn of equity capital in a block trade on Thursday January 8, the biggest ever outside the US, to put its core equity tier one ratio up to 10%. The deal was priced at the low end of the discount range and led to a very steep fall in Santander's share price the day after – yet won some admiration from rival banks.
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Bayerische Landesbank and Berenberg, the Hamburg-based private investment bank, have announced an unusual deal to cooperate in corporate finance, designed to help both firms fill gaps in their product armouries, especially around mergers and acquisitions.
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After Barclays overhauled its investment bank last year, it must prove it can deliver its strategy in 2015, writes David Rothnie.
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Standard Chartered has taken a knife to its global equities division as it seeks to cull some of its loss-making businesses. The move is expected to affect around 200 jobs, the majority of which are in Asia.
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Downside trades, such as puts and put spreads, on the iPath S&P 500 VIX short-term futures exchange-traded note (VXX) are expected to increase in popularity as a way to mitigate the risk of volatility spikes in 2015.
