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Friday's headlines, Financials edition

ECB Now Expected to Delay Changes to its Guidance on Future Policy Bloomberg News
ECB to chart steady course in March meeting: sources
Reuters
ECB to keep options open for banks that fall short at stress test Reuters
Paris yet to sign off on a German ECB head, suggests Le Maire Financial Times
Next ECB chief should not necessarily be from northern country - France Reuters
Banks complete 25 million euros securities transaction on blockchain platform Reuters
New Mifid regulations slamming small advisories Handelsblatt Global

UK AND IRELAND

May to set out UK 'tests' for Brexit deal BBC News
Britain's May to set out Brexit vision for trade deal deeper than any other Reuters
May Vows Brexit Deal Won't Hurt Jobs Bloomberg News
U.K.'s May to Face Cabinet Split Ahead of Key Brexit Speech Bloomberg News
MSPs agree emergency timetable for Scottish Brexit bill BBC News
UK government to fight Scottish bid for Brexit emergency powers The Guardian
EU boss Donald Tusk tells Theresa May he's 'not happy' with Brexit 'red line' Sky News
As May readies trade speech, Tusk sees difficulties Reuters
Banks leave £13bn in cheap money from Term Funding Scheme on the table City A.M.
FCA's Bailey urges market to examine a 'synthetic Libor' Financial Times
FCA boss urges industry to solve "big unanswered question" on Libor City A.M.
British insurers demand Bank of England action not words on capital rule Reuters
UPDATE 1-UK watchdog says markets fared well in recent volatility Reuters
Peer-to-peer lender Collateral enters administration Financial Times

AIB Group
Allied Irish Banks increases post-IPO dividend payments Reuters
Mortgage war hits AIB share as it rules out loan sell-off Irish Independent
BRIEF-AIB CFO says clearly appetite for further state share sales Reuters

Aon
Aon executives Christian, Page move into new roles Business Insurance

Bank of Ireland Group
Former BoI boss Richie Boucher appointed to board of CRH Irish Independent

Barclays
Barclays Won't Face Criminal Case for Hewlett-Packard Trades Bloomberg News

Hastings Group
Hastings profits jump on higher market share Financial Times

Hermes Investment Management
Federated Investors in talks to take stake in fund manager Hermes: sources Reuters

Schroders
Schroders defies gloom for active managers with £9.6bn net inflows Financial Times
Record year at Schroders is a big bonus for its staff The Times
Schroders looks beyond City in race to reach emerging-market millionaires The Daily Telegraph

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Germany's SPD faces moment of truth Financial Times
German SPD minister expects 60 percent party support for coalition Reuters
Swiss fintech startups are swimming in the money Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Allianz
Exclusive: Pimco economist Clarida seen as front-runner for Fed deputy job Reuters

Basler Kantonalbank
Basler KB enters significantly higher profit Finanz und Wirtschaft
Basler Kantonalbank Grows Across Business finews

Chubb
Insurer Chubb refuses to pay for Harvey Weinstein's legal defense Reuters

Credit Suisse Group
Credit Suisse Private Bank Bonuses Outpace Rest of Firm Bloomberg News

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
BRIEF-Deutsche Pfandbriefbank Adopts Policy For Higher Dividend Distributions Until 2019 Reuters

Deutsche Postbank
Postbank CEO Frank Strauss: "We have to be able to offer something similar to Google" Handelsblatt

Ergo Group
Munich Re's ERGO agrees on life portfolio management partnership with IBM Reinsurance News

GAM Holding
GAM: Clear Signs of Improvement finews
GAM reports profit boost after 2017 activist tussle Financial News
Investment company GAM cuts a fine figure for once Neue Zürcher Zeitung
GAM delivers as expected Finanz und Wirtschaft

Grenke
BRIEF-Grenke Says Antje Leminsky Appointed Chair Of Board Of Directors Reuters

HSH Nordbank
HSH Nordbank bondholders fear privatization measures Reuters

J. Safra Sarasin
Billionaire Safra's Swiss Bank Could Make 'Large' Acquisition Bloomberg News
J. Safra Sarasin has the costs under control finews.ch

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Landesbank: LBBW increases profits to more than half a billion euros Handelsblatt
Digitization is a top priority Stuttgarter Zeitung

Raiffeisen Gruppe Switzerland
Raiffeisen needs another board of directors Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Zurich public prosecutor's office seeks pre-trial detention for former Raiffeisen boss Pierin Vincenz Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Custody for Ex-Banker Pierin Vincenz? finews
How Swiss Banking Turned on Pierin Vincenz finews

UBS Group
UBS chief China strategist joins investment banking Finance Asia

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Luxembourg woos 20-plus top firms amid Brexit jitters Reuters
Banks run into hope against property register Het Financieele Dagblad

Axa
Axa to launch multiple lines through insurtech Brolly Post

BNP Paribas
REFILE-UPDATE 1-MOVES-BNP Paribas shuffles the pack in global markets Thomson Reuters' IFR
BNP Paribas reshuffles the staff of its market activities L'Agefi
BNP Paribas' funds arm has ditched tobacco investments across all its active strategies City A.M.

Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
Arkéa completes new record year in 2017 L'Agefi

Dexia
Bailed-out Dexia swings to net loss in 2017, lowers balance sheet Reuters
Dexia narrowed its balance sheet considerably in 2017 De Tijd

Euronext
Euronext says commodity data launch to happen in H1, 2018 Reuters

Kepler Cheuvreux
Bob Diamond's Atlas in Talks for Stake in Kepler Bloomberg News

Société Générale
Unions approve Societe Generale's French retail job cuts plan Reuters
Société Générale will also use the conventional collective break La Tribune

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Puigdemont withdraws candidacy for leader of Catalonia Financial Times
Catalonia Spain: Fugitive Puigdemont abandons presidency BBC News

Banco Santander
Santander polls the market for the issuance of a CoCo Europa Press

Bankia
Bankia breaks with Trea and earns 1,600 million in equity in funds El País

CaixaBank
CaixaBank will change its bylaws so that the board can decide on the transfer of its registered office Europa Press

Millennium BCP
BCP and shareholders return to strategic advice Jornal De Negócios

Novo Banco
Novo Banco sells assets and liabilities of the branch in Venezuela and leaves the country Jornal De Notícias
Novo Banco makes sale of the Venezuelan unit Jornal De Negócios

ITALY AND GREECE

Italian Parties Have Their Final Say Before Parliamentary Elections The Wall Street Journal
The node Npl and the profitability of banks, a double stress test Il Sole 24 Ore

Generali
Generali German Unit Gets Bids From Athene, Cinven Bloomberg News
Banca Generali brings profits over 200 million MF

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Bank Norwegian
Will get lower costs E24

BankNordik
Banknordik sells headquarters and tenants instead - expectations are lifted Børsen

Danske Bank
Whistleblower warning went to the heart of Danske Bank's control Berlingske Business

Jyske Bank
Jyske Bank sells out of Copenhagen trophy properties Børsen

EASTERN EUROPE

ECB's Rimsevics Back to Work at Central Bank Despite Bribe Probe Bloomberg News
Vote on Ukraine central bank chief faces further delay Reuters
Ukraine says it will extend sanctions against Russian banks Reuters
Russia's Sberbank, VTB need to transfer defense loans to Promsvyazbank -RIA Reuters
Russia's Putin says rescued banks need to be sold to the market Reuters
Russia Eyes Summer Deadline for New Cryptocurrency Laws CoinDesk
UPDATE 1-Serbia's central bank buys euros to stem dinar gains Reuters
Non-performing loans in Croatia fall to 11.4 percent at year-end Reuters
The four largest banks grew profit by eight percent to 54.6 billion CZK CTK
Clients of Czech banks have repaid their debts best in recent years E15
Hungary cenbank allots HUF 50 bn interest rate swaps for banks at tender Portfolio.hu

Banca Comerciala Intesa Sanpaolo Romania
Italian group names Romanian to manage its local bank Romania Insider

Banca Transilvania
Banca Transilvania redeems 24 million lei Wall-Street

Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan
Halyk Bank to offer shareholders a dividend payment Reuters

OTP Bank
Hungary OTP more than doubled its quarterly profit - analysts Portfolio.hu

Patria Bank
Patria Bank gets new capital from majority shareholder Romania Insider

Sberbank of Russia
Sberbank will reduce mortgage rates to 7% within one to two years Vedomosti
In Sberbank reported on the consent of the Central Bank to "whitening" the black list Banki.ru

VTB Bank
VTB attached a portion of the remuneration to the board to the value of its shares Vedomosti
VTB has left the deputy chairman Mikhail Sukhov 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.