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  • Société Générale and Natixis have purged their senior ranks following second-quarter losses and to prepare for strategic revamps, but David Rothnie thinks the future will remain challenging for both.
  • Citi has taken market share from other banks in the past year to become one of only four that account for 60% of all secondary market covered bond volume traded on Bloomberg so far this year, thanks to a combination of devoting balance sheet to trading and having the appetite to take risk.
  • ABN Amro plans to quit corporate banking outside Europe, except for clearing, and also exit trade and commodity finance in a shake-out of its corporate and investment banking activities.
  • Nomura has ambitions to improve its covered bond market making presence, but it has a long way to go before getting close to the top, where Citi, Santander, and JP Morgan all occupy a clear lead, according to investors.
  • Bankers in advisory, as well as the management at banks, are likely to receive lower bonuses this year, according to Johnson Associates, a compensation consultant for the financial sector. However, traders and bankers working in underwriting are in line to enjoy a boost.
  • Credit Suisse chief executive Thomas Gottstein has brought its investment bank back together but threatens to leave it with a diminished corporate finance business, David Rothnie reports.