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  • Policymakers and regulators, be warned: US investment banks are poised to exceed the market share of their European counterparts in Europe, which could set back European initiatives to stabilise the region’s banking sector while increasing corporate and retail access to capital.
  • Moody’s has cut Standard Chartered’s credit rating by one notch to A1 from Aa3 following a four-month review, basing its decision on a deterioration in asset quality and profitability at the lender.
  • The UK’s Prudential Regulatory Authority and Financial Conduct Authority have rejected calls from the European Banking Authority to apply the bonus cap to all firms regulated under the Capital Requirements Directive.
  • A concerted rally of US and European credit and equity in the run-up to next week's European Central Bank meeting has all but eclipsed the blowout that occurred during last month’s turmoil. But traders warn that the market is still highly technical in its behaviour and further heavy volatility may not be far way.
  • Barclays’ plan to cut its exposure to African operations has left emerging market bond and loan bankers puzzling what future the firm has in the region — historically one of its areas of strength within CEEMEA — but it will leave the UK firm better capitalised.
  • Intercontinental Exchange’s assertion this week that it is mulling an offer for the London Stock Exchange Group, along with rumours of rival interest from CME, has ushered in a ‘phoney war’ with main suitor Deutsche Börse, say market participants — but the ensuing battle makes the future of LSE’s clearing business far from certain.