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In 2016, JP Morgan launched a service to help its corporate clients fill board positions with directors well versed in corporate governance. Now, as board composition comes under ever greater scrutiny, the bank is expanding the offering into EMEA.

The UK government has announced its intention to dispose of some of its remaining 54.7% stake in NatWest, formerly Royal Bank of Scotland, through a pre-arranged trading plan which will see the government sell up to a 15% stake in the bank.

Barclays has elevated Jean Francois (JF) Astier and John Miller to co-heads of investment banking as part of a raft of promotions in New York that also include the appointments of Kristin Roth DeClark and Taylor Wright as global co-heads of capital markets.

Bridgepoint Group, the UK private equity firm, has seen its stock rocket on its first day after pricing a £907m IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund, the London-listed investment trust focused on renewable energy assets, has tapped equity investors for £105.1m to repay debt and finance the acquisition of its first wind turbines.

Barclays has promoted from within to fill the role of head of investment banking for continental Europe that has been vacant since Carlo Calabria left earlier this year to concentrate on a special purpose acquisition company.

Taylor Maritime Investments, the investment trust focused on the international shipping industry, announced an equity capital raising on Monday, just under two months after pricing its $253.7m IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

The Prudential Regulation Authority gave more detail on the likely direction of reforms to the risk margin and the matching adjustment on Tuesday, as it launched a quantitative impact study for the review of Solvency II in the UK.

Charlotte Weir is leaving Barclays after more than 20 years with the firm, most recently as head of corporate debt capital markets in EMEA, for a job at another bank in London.

European direct lender Pemberton is making a push to sign up wealth and asset managers in a bid to grow the private credit market's investor base.

As it integrates Deutsche Bank's prime brokerage business, BNP Paribas has announced that the head of the unit, Ashley Wilson, will be staying on as global head of prime services.

Credit Suisse has filled six roles in its sustainability strategy, advisory and finance (SSAF) group, headed by Marisa Drew, including a global head of net zero strategy.