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  • JP Morgan is opening warehouse lines for UK mortgage origination, ending a prolonged absence from a core part of the European securitization market for the US giant — a prohibition said to have been mandated by senior figures in the bank’s management team.
  • BPCE is drawing Natixis closer at a pivotal time for the investment bank and European banking consolidation, writes David Rothnie.
  • BPCE is planning to buy the stake in Natixis it does not already own, and is also examining splitting it up, placing its corporate and investment banking activities and asset and wealth management branch into a new structure.
  • Banks that mostly missed out on last year's trading and origination windfall would find it difficult to make up for lost time by leaning into investment banking; that ship has probably already sailed.
  • Under its new "Strategy 2024" plan, Commerzbank is considering outsourcing equities services to a partner as several rivals have done. It also wants to focus its equity capital markets and M&A franchises more squarely on existing clients.
  • Goldman Sachs is trying to steal a march on rivals as it looks to turbo-charge its European business by leading the listings of the region’s most vibrant start-ups, writes David Rothnie.