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• Citi promotes two in commodities

  

  Citi has promoted two of its commodities bankers in an effort to build its business and better co-ordinate between its corporate and public sector platforms.

  • 06:15 PM

• Banker who defined professionalism in ABS

  

  Richard Mann, who has died aged 60, was a central figure in the European securitization market in the 1990s and 2000s, when it grew from almost nothing to one of the most dynamic segments of the capital markets.

  • 03:15 PM

• CS Apac unit sees turnaround in markets

  

  Credit Suisse’s Asia Pacific unit reported first quarter results that were markedly better than last year as the bank’s struggling markets business turned around and cost cutting bore fruit.

  • 12:00 PM

• Singapore has two failed IPOs in a week as volatility bites

  

  The Singapore equity capital market was hit by some unpleasant news this week when a pair of IPOs were shelved in quick succession. The move drew mixed responses from bankers, with one saying it highlights the city’s dwindling appeal as a listings hub, and others promising a busy year ahead for equity raising. John Loh reports.

  • 12:00 PM

• EU insolvency laws are ‘major obstacle’ to Banking Union, says SRB

  

  The Single Resolution Board published a statement on Thursday in which it called on EU legislators to support its work in dealing with failing banks by harmonising the region’s various insolvency laws.

  • 12:00 PM

• HKEX begins new era with dual-class shares

  

  The Hong Kong Stock Exchange will start taking IPO applications from April 30 under its new regime to encourage technology listings.

  • 12:00 PM

• Students win prize for innovative typhoon resilience finance

  

  Three MBA students from Singapore Management University have won Morgan Stanley’s annual Sustainable Investing Challenge with a scheme that addresses one of the areas of sustainable financing that is least advanced: adaptation to climate change.

  • 02:00 AM

• Dombrovskis sets out tough stance on UK financial industry after Brexit

  

  Britain's financial services industry should expect to access the EU by way of third country equivalence, not mutual recognition, after Brexit, the vice-president of the European Commission has said.

  • 25 Apr 2018

• HKEX begins new era with dual-class, biotech IPOs

  

  The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) will start taking IPO applications from Monday under its new regime to encourage technology listings.

  • 25 Apr 2018

• European Parliament hoists the green flag

  

  In the three-legged race that is European lawmaking, one of the legs has just made a big stride forward in sustainable finance policy, publishing the most ambitious plan so far.

  • 24 Apr 2018

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