Editor's note: The Daily Dose Europe, Headlines edition will not be published Jan. 1, 2018.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
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 raises a large number of investment bank for discussion Het Financieele Dagblad
Aegon
Ageas
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
Caixa Geral de Depósitos
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
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.
