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John Mack will step down as chairman of Morgan Stanley at the end of the year, but will remain with the firm in a part-time capacity as a senior adviser.
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Executives at Two Harbors Investment Corporation, a real estate investment trust, aren’t worried about new rules proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission that threaten to wipe away the sector’s coveted tax exemption and ability to lever.
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Antonio Torio, chairman of the European Covered Bond Council, has called for improved transparency and labeling of covered bonds to ensure the market’s future health.
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UBS said it lost an estimated $2 billion as a result of authorized deals conducted by trader Kweku Adoboli.
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Anglo Irish Bank will become AIB International Savings, effective Sept. 26.
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Nomura plans to reduce its European staff by 5%, and estimated 300 jobs, as its international business continues to post heavy losses since it acquired the non-U.S. businesses of Lehman Brothers Holdings in 2008.
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Bingham McCutchen has hired securitization partner Dan Passage away from O’Melveny & Myers to build out the firm’s Los Angeles branch and grow its bench in the esoteric asset-backed securities sector.
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BNP Paribas has followed the example of its French peer Société Générale in announcing a sale of some EUR70 billion ($95.5 billion) of risk-weighted assets to calm investors concerns about leverage and funding.
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Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Société Générale and Crédit Agricole because of their exposure to the debt of Greece and other nations in the euro-zone.