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Wednesday's headlines, Financials edition

Guindos Leaps to Defense of ECB's New Tiering System Bloomberg News
ECB sees little evidence of money market tightening: de Guindos Reuters
ECB's Villeroy Voices QE Dissent, Says It's Not Needed Now Bloomberg News
ECB bond purchases unwarranted right now - Villeroy Reuters
Bank Job Cuts Approach 60,000 as Commerzbank Plans to Swing Ax Bloomberg News

UK AND IRELAND

Supreme Court: Suspending Parliament was unlawful, judges rule BBC News
Boris Johnson Attacks Historic Court Ruling and Vows to Deliver Brexit Bloomberg News
Labour will not support election until no-deal Brexit ruled out Reuters
UK watchdog threatens to shut 'problematic' pensions advisers Reuters
Investors' £7.9m in Asset Life 'cannot be found' The Times

AIB Group
AIB taps green finance market for loan scheme Irish Independent

Aviva
Exclusive: Aviva's Asian units attract interest from global suitors - sources Reuters

CYBG
CYBG to cut 330 jobs as part of Virgin Money merger Financial Times
CORRECTED-Clydesdale Bank axes 330 jobs after Virgin Money takeover Reuters

HSBC
HSBC gets partial satisfaction in court fight against 33.6 mln euro EU Euribor cartel fine Reuters
HSBC's Gamble Pays Off as $37 Million Euribor Fine Scrapped Bloomberg News

Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's launches parametric policy with no named perils required Artemis
Lloyd's announces new parametric solution targeting hotel profit protection Reinsurance News
Lloyd's unveils further measures to tackle market culture amid 'sobering' survey Post
Lloyd's harassment survey prompts stronger inclusivity measures Reinsurance News

London Stock Exchange Group
London Stock Exchange defends pricing of market data Reuters
LSE CEO says Refinitiv deal is gateway to growing data market Reuters

Metro Bank
Metro Bank Shares Tank After Pulled Bond Issue The Wall Street Journal
Metro Bank crashes to record low The Times
Metro Bank shares hit record low prompting sale speculation Financial Times

Swiss Re
Swiss Re to transfer Australian business under Asian headquarters Reinsurance News
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions opens LA office Reinsurance News

Woodford Investment Management
Embattled fund manager Neil Woodford sells bulk of his firm's stake in Malin Irish Independent
Woodford to sell IP Group stake in book build: bookrunner Reuters
Woodford offloads IP Group shares in cut-price sale Financial Times
Treasury panel advised by Neil Woodford on report backing unlisted stocks The Times

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Trading costs rise after Switzerland's loss of EU access rights Financial Times
National Bank promotes interest rate fantasies in the mortgage market Finanz und Wirtschaft

Credit Suisse
Private detective acted 'defensively' in Credit Suisse case: memo Reuters
Credit Suisse Spy Defends Surveillance of Star Banker Bloomberg News
Credit Suisse disputes allegations about private investigator Financial Times

Decalia Asset Management
Ex-Syz Banker Joins Swiss Rival finews.com

EFG International
EFG brings new Portugal boss from Deutsche Bank finews.ch

Seba Crypto
Seba Crypto changes name finews.ch

St. Galler Kantonalbank
St. Galler KB appoints new member of the executive board finews.ch

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

The Bank of Spain warns of the slowdown: sinks the growth forecast and lowers job creation El Mundo

Banco Santander
Santander books impairment of around 1.5 bln euros on UK unit Reuters
Santander will cut the profit by 1,500 million due to the deterioration of its British subsidiary El País
Santander will reflect a deterioration of 1,500 million in its subsidiary in the United Kingdom by Brexit El Mundo

Bankia
The trial for the IPO of Bankia will end on Wednesday, Oct. 2 Expansión

BBVA
BBVA says goodbye to the high office that hired Villarejo to collect debts from brick defaulters El Mundo
BBVA dismisses Antonio Béjar, the former head of Operation Chamartín El País

Caixa Geral de Depósitos
CGD launches DaBox app that lets you aggregate all current accounts in all banks Jornal Económico
Caixa invests 1 million in personal finance trainer Expresso

Haitong Bank
Haitong Bank reaches profit of 11 million euros in the first half of 2019 Jornal Económico

ITALY AND GREECE

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Italy May Present Three Separate Monte Paschi Exit Plans to EU Bloomberg News

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Danske Bank
HSB switches from Swedbank to Danske Bank Dagens Nyheter

DNB
CORRECTED-Norway's DNB warns of $111 million loan loss provision Reuters
DNB's shock $110m provision linked to Thomas Cook collapse TradeWinds
DNB losses related to the Thomas Cook bankruptcy Finansavisen

EQT Partners
Shares in private equity group EQT surge 25% after IPO Financial Times

Nordea
Nordea increases interest rates on mortgages E24

EASTERN EUROPE

Russian central bank considering negative rate on FX deposits - Ifax Reuters
Central Bank discusses negative rates on foreign currency deposits with banks Vedomosti
Russian cbank chief tells Putin banking sector is capable of boosting lending Reuters
Russian firms step up Eurobond issuance amid global easing trend Reuters
Turkey points to longer-term bond issues after rates fall, investors say Reuters
Hungarian central bank keeps rates on hold, as expected Reuters
Hungary one of four EU states not backing climate neutrality Budapest Business Journal
EBRD set to invest $323 mln into Bosnia in 2020 Reuters
Bulgaria's Groupama Insurance seeks nod to offer services in Romania SEE News

Baltinvestbank
The securities market was manipulated quickly and often. Kommersant

mBank
Whether to buy mBank should be a business decision: Polish PM Reuters
Polish state-owned banks may eye mBank purchase, need not pursue deal - PM PAP
Poland's mBank rises on speculation about Commerzbank sale plans Reuters

Getin Noble Bank
Poland's Getin Noble plans to let go up to 320 people Reuters

International Investment Bank
IIB approves two projects in follow-up meeting Budapest Business Journal

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