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Emmanuel Smiecench, former managing director on the sovereign, supranational and agency syndicate desk at Société Générale, has returned to the market.
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Repeats of the Greek government’s stand-off with its international creditors last year could be avoided by giving the European Parliament the “last word” when members of the eurozone are in conflict with its institutions, according to one of the currency bloc’s founding fathers. -
Central banks may lack the political capital needed to deal with another global financial crisis — and the problem is particularly acute in Europe, according to Jean-Claude Trichet, the former president of the European Central Bank.
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Public sector borrowers and bankers alike applauded Carl Norrey’s contribution to the SSA business after hearing this week of his upcoming retirement. Some also expressed concern about the impact the loss of such a high profile figure could have on the market.
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European credit markets, led by the banking sector, have seen risk escalate over the past several weeks with the Markit iTraxx Europe Main index seeing its spread widen to the highs of June 2013. One bright spot however, has been the region’s sovereign credit, which has largely steered clear of the contagion that developed in the corporate market.
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UBS’s new global head of debt capital markets has made his first senior hire, naming Vinod Vasan, former co-head of debt origination at Deutsche, co-head of debt capital markets and client solutions coverage EMEA. Vasan’s former co-head at Deutsche, Nigel Cree, has also changed roles and will be running an integrated SSA business for the German bank.
