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Friday's headlines, Financials edition

Editor's note: The Daily Dose Europe, Headlines edition will not be published Jan. 1, 2018. The next feature will be published Jan. 2, 2018.

Global equity issuance up from 2016 slump, bankers see further rise in 2018 Reuters
Bitcoin falls $1,000 after South Korea promises crackdown on trading The Guardian

UK AND IRELAND

U.K. Holds Back Historic Files on EU as It Prepares for Brexit Bloomberg News
Mortgage approvals hit 15-month low
The Times
Speed-to-market still a sticking point for UK ILS: Clyde & Co Artemis
Disappointing number of financials plan to come to Dublin post-Brexit The Irish Times

Royal Bank of Scotland Group
RBS shareholders revive call to set up committee Financial Times
Small RBS investors renew push to set up shareholder committee Reuters
RBS shareholders renew calls for greater influence The Times

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Dombret defends capital rules Börsen-Zeitung
Thousands of bank customers complain to the Bafin Handelsblatt

Berner Kantonalbank
Berner Kantonalbank appoints new Head of Investment Advisory finews.ch

Fritz Nols
BRIEF-?Fritz Nols Will Launch Strategic Business Unit "Cryptocurrencies" Next Year In 2018 Reuters?

Raiffeisen Bank International
"The threat comes from politics" Handelsblatt

Swiss Re
Swiss Re chief urges governments to back cyber insurers Financial Times

FRANCE AND BENELUX

French banks post comfortable capital reserves L'Agefi

ABN AMRO Group
ABN Amro keeps the investment bank against the light De Telegraaf
ABN Amro raises a large number of investment bank for discussion Het Financieele Dagblad

Aegon
BRIEF-Aegon To Divest Additional Block Of U.S. Run-Off Businesses Reuters

Ageas
Ageas insurance group increases profits in Portugal to 81.6 ME by September Jornal de Notícias

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

New rules of financial markets arrive at the RA after date to take effect Jornal de Negócios

Banco de Sabadell
Sabadell seeks investors to promote two million meters of soil Expansión

Bankia
Bankia will close 99 offices in 2018 as part of its merger with BMN Europa Press

Caixa Geral de Depósitos
CGD may sell shares in three companies as of Friday Jornal de Notícias
Workers excluded from CGD sales in South Africa, Spain and Brazil Jornal de Negócios

Kutxabank
Kutxabank delivers to the BBK, Kutxa and Vital foundations 115.5 million euros as an interim dividend Europa Press

ITALY AND GREECE

Italian parliament dissolved ahead of new polls Financial Times
Italy to vote on March 4, with hung parliament feared Reuters
Italy's President Dissolves Parliament, Triggering Elections Bloomberg News

Banca Consulia
Banca Consulia increases the capital by 5.75 million MF

Banco BPM
New tear of Banco Bpm after the targets of the ECB Il Sole 24 Ore
Banco Bpm, the sale of Aletti to Anima was completed MF

Unione di Banche Italiane
BRIEF-UBI Banca ?says ECB sets minimum CET1 ratio requirement for 2018 of 8.625 pct? Reuters

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Long wait for the Riksbank's first interest rate hike Dagens Nyheter
Soon Facebook can become your bank E24

SpareBank 1 Markets
Sparebank 1 Markets is investing in Europris before the new year Dagens Næringsliv

EASTERN EUROPE

Five large banks in Russia saw outflows from corporate accounts in November Reuters
Russia's Deposit Insurance Agency has used $14 bln of central bank credit line Reuters
Russia's Sberbank, Gazprombank grant $1.7-billion loan to Rosneft/Gazprom Neft project Reuters
Moldova's c-bank holds key rate at 6.5% SEENews
The Central Bank will discuss the creation of a supranational crypto currency with the EAEC and BRICS Vedomosti
The Central Bank wants to replace the withdrawal of licenses from banks with high fines Vedomosti

Alfa Finance Holding
Bulgaria's Alfa Finance boosts stake in Solarpro through subsidiary SEENews

Araratbank
ARARATBANK'S bonds worth $5 million listed at NASDAQ OMX Armenia Armbanks

Finansbank
BRIEF-Finansbank Gets Financing Worth $150.0 Mln And EUR 350.0 Mln Reuters

Ohridska Banka
Societe Generale to hike capital of Macedonia's Ohridska Banka SEENews
EBRD to lend 2 mln euro to Macedonia's Ohridska Banka for green projects SEENews

Sberbank of Russia
Transneft and Sberbank decide the dispute over losses on derivatives Vedomosti

The Daily Dose Europe "Headlines" edition aggregates banking, financial services and insurance headlines from the websites of a limited number of major European publication titles and newswires, with an editorial deadline of 6 a.m. London time. Some external links may require a subscription. Language translations to English are provided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.

Please note that the Daily Dose Europe "Headlines" edition will not be published Jan. 1, 2018, on account of the holiday. The Daily Dose Europe "Headlines" edition will return Jan. 2, 2018.