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A major push towards fiscal easing in Europe, which could be a key driver of capital markets in 2020, looks more likely after the junior partner in Germany's governing coalition elected leaders who are calling for more public investment. Government debt in some other EU countries is already at record levels while demographic changes could push it higher. -
Giancarlo heads to private sector — Barclays structurer goes to buy side — Danske reorganises DCM
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Christian Schreckeis, the former head of capital markets and investor relations at the Austrian treasury, has taken on additional responsibility for Austria's budget.
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The FICC Market Standards Board has just released guidance on the proper conduct of government bond auctions, cautioning banks — and primary dealers especially — to manage their conflicts of interest carefully. That’s fine as far as it goes, but the whole point of the primary dealer system is to rig the market, with finely tuned incentives on all sides to make sure governments have access to funding whatever the weather.
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Danske Bank has appointed two senior bankers to lead its reorganised global debt capital business.
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European finance ministers are not keen on setting up a new development bank from scratch. They will instead start technical work on how to better streamline the operations outside the EU of the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
