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Wednesday's headlines, Financials edition

BIS Chief Sees 'Strong Case' for Cryptocurrency Intervention Bloomberg News
Bitcoin is a bubble, a Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster, the Bank of International Settlements' head says City A.M.
Central banks must act against 'Ponzi scheme' cryptocurrencies - BIS head Reuters
EU plans to cut UK's market access if Brexit transition terms broken Financial Times
IMF chief economist sees strong world fundamentals despite market turmoil Reuters
InsurTech investment balloons in 2017: WTW The Insurance Insider

UK AND IRELAND

Bank of England signs up to code aimed at keeping forex markets clean Reuters
New BoE policymaker Stheeman says Brexit, real estate top focus Reuters
Ireland border 'fudge' threatens to pull apart Brexit talks Financial Times
Concerns over loss of value claims hit London A&H market The Insurance Insider
Irish insurance market is growing steadily, foreign business dominates premium income Reinsurance News
Venture investment in UK fintech more than doubles Financial Times

Broker Network
Broker Network appoints Tony Monnington as commercial director Post

Hargreaves Lansdown
Hargreaves Lansdown lures investors from problem-hit Barclays The Daily Telegraph
Rival's woes help boost new business at broker Hargreaves Lansdown Financial Times
Strong results from Hargreaves Lansdown fail to beat a FTSE slump City A.M.
UPDATE 1-Hargreaves Lansdown H1 profit up 12 pct on client asset boost Reuters

HSBC
BRIEF-HSBC Holdings Declares Dividend Of US$0.3875 Per Series A American Depositary Share For Qtr Reuters

Investec
BRIEF- Investec Plc Say Stephen Koseff, Bernard Kantor to step down Reuters
Investec's Koseff, Kantor Step Down After 40 Years at Helm Bloomberg News

Lloyd's of London
BRIEF-Lloyd's Of London Announces Three New Appointments To Franchise Board? Reuters
Lloyd's adds three to franchise board Post

Permanent TSB Group Holdings
PTSB chief denies bank deliberately targeted tracker holders The Irish Times

Pool Re
Pool Re increases coverage in anticipation of more terror attacks Business insurance
More UK terrorist attacks predicted for 2018: Pool Re Business Insurance

Prudential Plc
Prudential in $100m allocation to Securis post-event ILS fund strategy Artemis

Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Royal Bank of Scotland executives 'misled' politicians over small business report –lawmaker Reuters
RBS bosses misled parliament over GRG scandal, claims MP The Times
Labour MP says FCA produced 'sanitised' summary of RBS report Financial Times
MP Clive Lewis claims RBS 'misled' MPs over GRG, and the FCA's summary is 'sanitised', as he reveals he has full report City A.M.
RBS denies British lawmaker's allegation it 'misled' politicians Reuters

Santander UK
BRIEF-Santander UK ?Updates On Ring-Fencing And Part Vii Transfer Scheme? Reuters

Standard Chartered
REFILE-StanChart prunes coverage, may cut investment banking jobs -sources Reuters

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Banking supervision remains a construction site Die Presse
ECB Bond Program: Bundesbank should be able to meet purchase specifications Handelsblatt

Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse Fund Liquidated, ETFs Halted as Short-Vol Bets Die Bloomberg News
Credit Suisse Says It Saw No Losses From VIX-Linked Securities Bloomberg News
BRIEF-Credit Suisse Announces Coupon Payments Reuters
Credit Suisse 'volatility' fund liquidated after market selloff Reuters
Credit Suisse liquidates ETN linked to volatility L'Agefi

Munich Re
Munich Re slides 5% after profits blown off-course by hurricanes Financial Times
UPDATE 2-Munich Re's Q4 results, 2018 guidance disappoint Reuters
Munich Re's fourth-quarter results, 2018 guidance disappoint Business Insurance
Munich Re hopes for rising prices Börsen-Zeitung
Munich Re Revenue breaks down - dividend remains stable Handelsblatt
Financial Officer of Munich Re sees market collapse left Handelsblatt

PKB Privatbank
PKB Undaunted by Brazil Sting finews.com

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Mutuals' tariffs will increase again Le Figaro

ABN AMRO
'Leadership style' played role in ABN AMRO chairwoman's departure Reuters

ASR Nederland
ASR completes acquisition of Generali Nederland De Telegraaf
Assicurazioni Generali SpA completes sale of Dutch business to ASR Nederland Reinsurance News
Generali completes sale of Dutch subsidiary Post

BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas boosts profit targets on improving economic outlook Financial Times
BNP Targets Higher Profitability as Corporate Banking Misses Bloomberg News
BNP Paribas punished as profit falls short of forecasts Reuters
BNP Paribas raises its profitability objective L'Agefi
BNP Paribas sees the horizon clear L'Agefi
BNP Paribas gives the Belgian government financial windfall De Standaard

Eurazeo
LPC-Eurazeo agrees Idinvest merger Reuters

ING
ING's CIB in France on the rise L'Agefi

Orange Bank
'Orange Bank has projects full boxes' L'Agefi

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

António Costa reiterates to Rajoy support from Portugal for the candidacy of Luis de Guindos to the ECB Jornal de Notícias
Guindos says there are 'very high odds' of going back to the ECB but he does not reveal if he will be the candidate Expansión
Caixa Ontinyent ensures that the Bank of Spain warned each year of the risk of investing in land Europa Press
Faria de Oliveira defends 'a pause in the legislation and the regulation' of the banks Jornal Económico
Governor: 'It is imperative that the management of banks at the highest level have digital skills' Jornal Económico
Governor warns that bank scanning may lead to closing of more agencies Jornal de Notícias
Governor warns of new banking threats Diário de Notícias
Madalena Tomé: SIBS is developing with banks the OPEN Banking API Jornal Económico

Bankia
Bankia and Aon sign an agreement to advise large companies in the contracting of specialized insurance Europa Press

Liberbank
BRIEF-Liberbank Says Board Approves Merger With Banco De Castilla-La Mancha Reuters
Liberbank and Bank of Castilla-La Mancha approve its merger Europa Press

Mapfre
Mapfre signs an agreement with Banco do Brasil to increase its business in the country Expansión
Mapfre signs an agreement of intent with Banco do Brasil to increase its business in the country Europa Press

Millennium BCP
Norges Bank retains qualified holding in BCP Jornal de Notícias
Norwegian central bank returns to qualifying holding in BCP Jornal de Negócios
Operation Fizz: BCP says that Carlos Silva does not have a place of work in the Bank's premises Jornal de Notícias

Novo Banco
Court condemns Novo Banco to pay more than 700 thousand euros to two dismissed workers Jornal Económico

Santander Asset Management
Mariano Belinky, new head of Santander Asset Management Europa Press

Unicaja Banco
BRIEF-Unicaja FY Net Profit At 142.4 Mln Euros Reuters
Unicaja Banco earns 138 million in 2017 and will raise the dividend by 17% Cinco Días
Unicaja gains 2.5% more and increases dividend by 17% Expansión

ITALY AND GREECE

Greece takes rain check after savage equity sell-off Reuters
Greece delays bond sale as markets reel Financial Times

Banca Carige
Banca Carige transfers 56 employees to Credito Fondiario MF

Credito Valtellinese
BRIEF-Italy's Creval finalises share issue syndicate Reuters

Intesa Sanpaolo
Intesa Sanpaolo to halve bad debt under 4-year plan Financial Times
Intesa Sanpaolo says to halve soured debts under new plan Reuters
BRIEF-Intesa Sanpaolo CEO says does not see cross-border merger as possible Reuters
BRIEF-Intesa eyes potential asset management partnership already in 2018-CEO Reuters
BRIEF-Intesa Sanpaolo can cut gross NPE ratio below 10 pct this yr-CEO Reuters
BRIEF-Intesa would keep majority in potential asset management partnership-CEO Reuters
Intesa Sanpaolo, 2017 profit rose 23% to € 3.8 billion MF
Intesa, a European-format plan MF
Messina, more volumes and less risk to become number one in Europe Il Sole 24 Ore

Finecobank
BRIEF-Finecobank FY Adj. Net Profit At EUR 218.5 Mln Reuters
FinecoBank, record profit. Dividend unchanged MF

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Denmark Sells Inflation-Linked Bonds for Only the Second Time Ever Bloomberg News

Danske Bank
Danica Pension invests 400 billion. kr .: The shares may fall further 5-10 per cent. Jyllands-Posten

Nordea
MOVE-Nordea promotes markets chief Rees to CFO IFR
Nordea: Retrieves new CFO internally Berlingske Business

Resurs Holding
BRIEF-Resurs Holding Q4 ?Operating Profit At SEK 371 Million? Reuters

Swedbank
Swedbank Q4 net profit tops forecast Reuters
Swedbank is sending out clouds - shareholders are breathing out SvD Näringsliv
Bank CEO is not afraid of interest rate hikes Sydsvenskan

Tryg
Tryg Insurance buys the troll troll Dagens Nyheter

EASTERN EUROPE

Emerging Europe's 'Next One to Hike' Goes Wobbly on Rate Liftoff Bloomberg News
Pekao should consider supermerger with PKO if Alior takeover fails -shareholder Reuters
Ukraine's investment shortage puts rebound at risk Financial Times
The Central Bank will check employees on the lie detector Vedomosti

Akbank
BRIEF-Akbank To Pay Dividend At Net 0.34 Lira Per Share As Of March 28 Reuters

Bank BGZ BNP Paribas
BRIEF-Bank BGZ BNP Paribas Says Does Not Meet Capital Adequacy Ratios, Plans Share Issue Reuters

VTB
Russia's VTB puts 2017 net profit at over $1.74 bln Reuters
VTB to invest 30 billion rubles in the creation of 40 logistics centers 'Post of Russia' Vedomosti
VTB found a member of the board in Sberbank 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.