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Friday's headlines, Financials edition

EU says finance sector ready for disorderly Brexit Reuters
EU warns Italy over loosening fiscal purse strings Reuters
EU and asset managers clash over 'sustainable' investing plan Reuters
Brussels sharpens focus on 'sustainable' investment Financial Times
EU Commission launches at Capital Markets Union Börsen-Zeitung
ECB drops pledge to buy more bonds if needed Financial Times
ECB gives up on bigger bond buys en route to stimulus exit Reuters
ECB Assumes Final QE Push Totaling 30 Billion Euros Bloomberg News
ECB edges towards ending crisis-era support Financial Times
ECB makes mini-step direction exit - Draghi with broadside against the US Börsen-Zeitung
Draghi forced to ease jitters on markets over QE stance Irish Independent
Draghi Says ECB Has 'Some Work' to Do on Fixing Gender Balance Bloomberg News
Draghi Says Euro-Area Turnaround Warrants Policy Dial-Back Bloomberg News
Protracted Italian political deadlock might impact euro economy, says ECB's Draghi Reuters
Banks, Ecofin to the battle on the Mrel MF
EU aims to boost fintech with crowdfunding 'passports' Reuters
Swift says blockchain not ready for mainstream use Financial Times

UK AND IRELAND

EU Seeks 'Strong Signal' on Ireland Before Brexit Moves Bloomberg News
May needs to provide 'realistic' Irish border plans - EU's Tusk Financial Times
Tusk Says `Ireland First' in EU-U.K. Negotiations: Brexit Update Bloomberg News
Hammond to Get Spring Boost With Smallest Deficit in a Decade Bloomberg News
No Brexit Deal Until Next Year, U.K. Officials Say Privately Bloomberg News
UK should not favour financial services in Brexit - Labour Party Reuters
British Bank CEOs to Meet Saudi Crown Prince Bloomberg News
British banks set for 'Year One' of new post-crash era as profits rise says influential ratings agency City A.M.
UK pension scheme liabilities could be reduced by up to 1% with CMI 2017: Aon Reinsurance News

AA
City raises concerns a credit downgrade could be 'terminal' for the AA City A.M.

Aviva
Aviva FY profit rises 2 pct, plans 500 mln stg buyback Reuters
Aviva boss credits Brexit for surge in profits to £3.1bn Sky News
Aviva has £600m war chest for acquisitions Post
Aviva moves on from Ogden blow to return to profit Post
UPDATE 2-Aviva eyes Poland, Turkey investments, plans buyback Reuters
Aviva increases full-year dividend and plans buyback Financial Times
Aviva plans £600m spending spree The Times
Small investors hit by Aviva bond buyback The Times

Beaufort Securities
FBI inquiry kept failed broker alive The Times

Euromoney Institutional Investor
BRIEF-Euromoney Institutional Says Bought Extel? Reuters

HSBC Holdings
HSBC Board Member Mark Tucker:'We want to invest in Germany' Handelsblatt

JTC Group
Financial services firm JTC poised for 310 mln stg London IPO - source Reuters

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Banking Group launches 1 billion pounds share buyback Reuters

Shawbrook Group
BRIEF-Shawbrook Group- Appoints John Callender As Chairman Reuters

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Germany nominates Balz as Bundesbank board member - sources Reuters
Swiss, Qatar step up mutual assistance in criminal probes Reuters

Allianz Group
BRIEF-Allianz Appoints Chief Business Transformation Officer To Board? Reuters

Deutsche Börse
Deutsche Börse sees Brexit as an opportunity Börsen-Zeitung

Edmond de Rothschild Group
Banque Edmond de Rothschild raises dividend finews.ch

Liechtensteinische Landesbank
BRIEF-Liechtensteinische Landesbank FY Profit Up 7.1 Pct At CHF 111.3 Million Reuters

PostFinance
Postfinance buys SIX finews.ch
Postfinance participates in the SIX Stock Exchange Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Raiffeisen Gruppe Switzerland
Crash at Raiffeisen: President throws the towel finews.ch
Raiffeisen: The first heads fall at the top finews.ch
Raiffeisen president resigns Finanz und Wirtschaft
Raiffeisen brings new supervisors on board finews.ch

solarisBank
'ABN AMRO invests in new bank' De Telegraaf
BBVA, Visa and ABN Amro join investment in German fintech group Financial Times
BBVA invests in the German fintech solarisBank Europa Press
BRIEF-BBVA To Invest In German FinTech Firm Solarisbank Reuters

Zurich Insurance Group
Zurich brings upright starter in board of directors finews.ch
BRIEF-Zurich Insurance proposes Alpiq CEO Jasmin Staiblin for board seat Reuters

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Belfius Banque
'Belfius deserved the fall of Arco himself' De Standaard

Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa - Turbulence zone L'Agefi

ING Groep
ING angers Dutch politicians with CEO pay rise plan Reuters

La Mutuelle Générale
'The Mutuelle Générale is much stronger to prepare a rapprochement' L'Agefi

Lendix
The 'crowdlending' platform Lendix finances 25 Spanish companies with 10 million euros Europa Press

Société Générale
Société Générale Insurance wants to rely more on ALD and Boursorama Les Echos

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Banking: unions want 3% increases, banks offset 0.4% Jornal Económico
The CNMV suspends six months exemptions of transparency in the orders of 13 Spanish securities Europa Press

Banco Finantia
Banco Finantia changes executive management Jornal Económico

Bankia
Bankia will distribute 340 million in dividends on April 20 Europa Press
Bankia will open at the end of March a new deadline to join the geographical mobility of the ERE Europa Press

Caixa Geral de Depósitos
BCP and owner of Novo Banco in the race to the Spanish subsidiary of CGD Diário de Notícias
BCP and Lone Star among the 15 entities interested in the Spanish subsidiary of CGD Jornal de Negócios

Novo Banco
Novo Banco reduces one third of the tables since 2014 Diário de Notícias
Novo Banco bondholders want Portugal cbank chief quizzed over bond transfer Reuters

ITALY AND GREECE

Azimut, Mediobanca estimates 2017 revenues up 13% MF
New system promises flexibility for Italian life re/insurers: Fitch Ratings Reinsurance News
ECB lowers emergency funding cap for Greek banks to 16.6 bln euros Reuters

Banca Carige
Carige's investor Mincione wants to raise stake, oust board: sources Reuters

Banco di Desio e della Brianza
Banco Desio, no M & A files with Credem MF
BRIEF-Banco Desio Says Has No Open Dossier With Credem For Possible M&A Operations Reuters

Credito Valtellinese
Creval, membership increases to 83% ANSA
Investors in Italy's Creval take up 83 percent of 700 million euro cash call Reuters

NORDIC COUNTRIES

DNB
Ottar Ertzeid has earned over 100 million last eight years Dagens Næringsliv

EASTERN EUROPE

Draghi: Asking ECJ for more clarity over Latvia's Rimsevics Financial Times
UPDATE 1-ECB goes to court after Latvian governor barred from meeting Reuters
Latvian Central Bank Bars Governor as Resignation Calls Grow Bloomberg News
Latvia banks still complicit in money laundering, claims US Financial Times
Watchdog says more Latvian banks could close or merge Reuters

Bank Zachodni WBK
BANK ZACHODNI WBK SA Supervisory Board's consent to establish BZWBK Bank Hipoteczny S.A. PAP

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.