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Thursday's headlines, Financials edition

EU-UK Brexit negotiators meeting pushed back to Friday Reuters
ECB's Draghi ignored in-house advice on decision to restart QE Financial Times
ECB vice-president expresses reservations on more rate cuts Financial Times
Euro zone ministers recommend Italy's Panetta for ECB job Reuters

UK AND IRELAND

Bankers brace for no-deal Brexit markets mayhem 10 days early Reuters
Labour will grant Boris Johnson a General Election on November 26 if Brexit isn't delivered by Halloween The Sun
Brexit extension beyond Halloween 'now priced in' City A.M.
Scottish Appeal Judges Hold Off Sending Brexit Extension Letter Bloomberg News
Government warned SMEs can't live off 'kind promises' after Brexit finance council meeting City A.M.
Bank of England to spell out fate of open-ended funds in December Reuters
Facebook's Libra must meet strict standards, says Bank of England The Guardian
Bank of England fires warning to Facebook on Libra cryptocurrency Sky News
Bank of England sets out rules of engagement for Facebook's Libra Reuters
FCA measures could hit UK motor & home insurers' profits: Fitch Reinsurance News
Disruptive no-deal scenario could weaken the UK equity market and pound City A.M.
Venture capital investment in fast-growing UK businesses surges City A.M.
Afreximbank to defy uncertainty with London float The Times
Ireland to sell more green debt to fund environmental projects Reuters

Aberdeen Standard Investments
Top-5 BHP investor Aberdeen Standard piles on climate pressure ahead of AGM Reuters

Barclays
Ex Barclays finance chief would have faced charges over Qatar rescue, trial hears Reuters
Barclays' ex-finance chief escaped charges due to ill health, court told Financial Times
Ex-Barclays bankers accused of creating 'smoke-screen' to hide secret fees paid to Qatar City A.M.

Greensill Capital
Greensill pours SoftBank's 'new tech' money into 92-year-old bank Financial News

Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's of London chairman to take job at app-based Cuvva Financial Times

Man Group
Man GLG names head of new quant investment team Financial News

RateSetter
Ratesetter recovering from loan scandal The Times

Reyker Securities
Investment firm responsible for £1bn assets goes into special administration City A.M.

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Avaloq and SIX Sign E-Bill Pact finews.com
First verdict in the Cum-Ex scandal: Blackmailer has to pay back money Handelsblatt

Brokerslink
Brokerslink bolsters European operations with new steering team Reinsurance News

Commerzbank
Another breakdown at Comdirect: Customers can not trade on the stock exchange Handelsblatt

Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale
Helaba and Dekabank: Schleweis' merger plan is met with skepticism Handelsblatt

Munich Re
Munich Re US names Anita Kuchma COO, Reinsurance Division Reinsurance News

Talanx
Talanx partners with intelligent automation firm WorkFusion Reinsurance News

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Banks are increasingly limiting themselves to large real estate deals Het Financieele Dagblad
French banks in Bourbon submitted a takeover bid L'Agefi

Banque Degroof Petercam
Degroof Petercam wins court case against rich French industrialist De Tijd

Bpifrance
Bpifrance signs its first investment in bitcoin L'Agefi

Crédit Mutuel Arkéa
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa forced to recapitalize its life insurance subsidiary Les Echos
MEDIA-Credit Mutuel Arkea to recapitalise its life insurance unit -Les Echos Reuters

Euroclear Bank
Euroclear Bank Belgium gets financial regulator nod to offer services in Bulgaria SEENews

Mapfre
The Mapfre insurer will cease its activities in France L'Agefi

Van Lanschot Kempen
Fiat for Van Lanschot capital return De Telegraaf

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Caixa Geral de Depósitos
CGD obtains authorization to sell Mercantile Bank shares to Capitec Bank Jornal Económico

Unicaja Banco
Unicaja slows the sale of its fund manager Expansión

ITALY AND GREECE

Italy raises $7 billion with first U.S. dollar bond since 2010 Reuters
Greece joins club of negative-yielding debt issuers Financial Times
Greece, Once in Crisis, Joins Negative-Rates Club The Wall Street Journal

Eurobank Ergasias
Eurobank: Expected offer from Pimco Kerdos

Intesa Sanpaolo
Intesa Sanpaolo invests 7 million in the Matipay fintech AGI
Intesa launches plan for the South MF

Mediobanca - Banca di Credito Finanziario
Mediobanca's new plan should rely less on Generali, consumer credit-Del Vecchio Reuters

UniCredit
UniCredit plans to charge negative interest rates from 2020 Financial Times

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Nordic Lenders at Risk From Eastern Europe's Latest Tax on Banks Bloomberg News
Nordic banks agree to fund common payment service Reuters

Danske Bank
Danske Bank on new Fed minutes: Committee members strongly disagree on monetary policy Børsen

SBAB Bank
SBAB lowers fixed interest rates - expects low interest rates for a long time Dagens Nyheter

EASTERN EUROPE

Mail.Ru and partners team up with Alipay for Russian payment JV Reuters
Turkey State Banks Prop Up Lira Ahead of Syria Incursion Bloomberg News
Eurasian Development Bank's investment portfolio in Armenia stands now at $91 million Armbanks
Bank of Slovenia to impose restrictions on surging consumer loans Reuters

Bank Millennium
Update: Bank Millennium sees no current need to increase provisions for CHF portfolio - CEO PAP

Eurohold Bulgaria
Eurohold hopes to acquire CEZ's Bulgarian assets by year-end Reuters

PrivatBank
PrivatBank bondholders' court win compounds lenders' tussle with former owners Reuters

VTB Bank
VTB sells offices near the Kremlin for 2.6 billion rubles Vedomosti

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