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  • Société Générale reported a slump in overall profit as part of its third quarter results on Wednesday, but was keen to draw attention to a near-50bp improvement in its capital ratios, thanks to restructuring actions.
  • BNP Paribas has won its first corporate broking mandates since launching a dedicated UK effort almost a year ago.
  • The market for legacy UK and Irish mortgages is large and diverse, but it has one monster buyer, Pimco. The California-based bond investing giant has bought bonds backed by more than £12bn of loans from the UK government’s bad bank in the last two years, almost all of which went into its $75bn Income Fund, writes Owen Sanderson.
  • HSBC is planning to allocate capital away from lower return operations, including the global banking and markets (GBM) division in certain regions, as interim chief executive Noel Quinn revealed disappointing third quarter results on Monday.
  • A year on from the botched appointment of Andrea Orcel as CEO, Santander is pressing ahead with the next phase of its investment banking strategy, writes David Rothnie.
  • Newly appointed EMEA investment grade DCM head Mark Lewellen has outlined the management team for Deutsche Bank’s bond operations in the region, creating a new role running real estate origination, giving Achim Linsenmaier responsibility for the public sector business, and giving Federica Calvetti environmental, social and governance responsibilities.