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• BNPP hires in the Nordics

  

  BNP Paribas has hired numerous bankers to bolster its corporate and institutional banking presence in the Nordic countries, including senior bankers in equity and derivatives roles.

  • 16 Jan 2019

• National security in crosshairs for UK M&A

  

  UK mergers and acquisitions are set for a tricky time over the next few years, as the government is expected to begin implementing a more stringent national security regime this year.

  • 15 Jan 2019

• Chinese funding activity in CEE set for sustained growth

  

  China’s activity in central and eastern Europe is set to further swell in 2019, as Chinese financial institutions continue to extend their reach and cement themselves as primary lenders in EMEA's emerging markets.

  • 15 Jan 2019

• US will try to stop MDBs securitizing

  

  Hopes of a thriving new market for securitizations by multilateral development banks hit a hole in the road in December, when the US Treasury said it disapproved of them and would seek to stop them.

  • 10 Jan 2019

• Levfin investors band together against borrower domination

  

  Investors in the leveraged finance market established a new trade body this week, giving them the chance to push back against aggressive covenant terms, and offering an alternative forum to the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, increasingly dominated by the sell side following a mass walk-out by the buy side last year.

  • 10 Jan 2019

• World Bank risks US wrath with China loans

  

  Research by a US thinktank shows that the World Bank will have to carry out major reform of its lending to China to meet US-driven goals to focus loans on projects with benefits outside wealthy provinces. By Phil Thornton

  • 10 Jan 2019

• Fitch joins ESG caravan with relevance scores

  

  Fitch Ratings has remedied its long lack of a visible response to the rise of environmental, social and governance investing by launching a set of ESG relevance scores.

  • 10 Jan 2019

• Jim Yong Kim quits World Bank as Trump influence fears grow

  

  The unexpected decision by Jim Yong Kim to stand down as World Bank president three years ahead of schedule will raise worries in the development community that Donald Trump will use the opportunity to select a political appointee. By Phil Thornton

  • 07 Jan 2019

• BNPP hires senior Schuldschein originator at BayernLB

  

  BNP Paribas has hired a senior originator at BayernLB to cover the Schuldschein market.

  • 07 Jan 2019

• Danske hires Thirasilpa for leveraged finance

  

  Danske Bank has hired DNB Markets’ JoJo Thirasilpa as a managing director in leveraged finance.

  • 07 Jan 2019

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