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Thursday's headlines, Financials edition

PERILS puts European windstorm Friederike insured property loss at €1.5 bn Reinsurance News
European Investment Bank is increasingly promoting arms companies Handelsblatt

UK AND IRELAND

Brexit Talks in Peril After May Rejects EU Draft Deal Bloomberg News
Brexit Talks Yield Some Hope With Citizens' Rights Deal Closer Bloomberg News
EU nationals arriving to the UK during Brexit transition period can stay, says government City A.M.
UPDATE 1-Planned Scottish state lender to help finance SMEs Reuters
Cap rent-to-own lending like payday loans, MPs told The Daily Telegraph
More first-time buyers are getting their mortgage applications approved as access to finance improves City A.M.
Re/insurers left in "unacceptable position" of Brexit uncertainty: BIBA Reinsurance News

Admiral Group
Admiral staff pocket £3,600 after insurer gets 'back in the groove' The Daily Telegraph
Admiral setting up EU hub in Spain in preparation for Brexit Reinsurance News
Admiral applies for post-Brexit base in Spain Post
Admiral, owner of the portal 'Rastreator', will establish in Madrid its base for the EU Expansión

Allied Irish Banks
AIB investors monitoring its bad loan progress Irish Independent

Barclays
Barclays Currency Trader Cries Foul on Indictment Tactic Bloomberg News

Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable Life hires Goldman Sachs to examine possible sale Financial Times

FBD Holdings
Insurance claims still in need of major reform The Irish Times

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
JLT's 'chequebook open' to European acquisitions following strong results Post
BRIEF-Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Acquires Trade Credit And Political Risk Broker In The USA Reuters
UPDATE 2-Job cuts to follow as JLT plans restructure Reuters

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds pursued HBOS takeover at 'colossal risk' to shareholders, High Court hears The Daily Telegraph
Lawyer in Lloyds shareholder action asks judge to send "firm message" to bank after "colossal risk" of HBOS acquisition City A.M.

Man Group
Hedge fund Man Group dips despite toasting first $100bn year The Daily Telegraph
Man Group has smashed through $100bn under management as it reports record inflows and beats expectations City A.M.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group
RBS CFO Says Job Cuts `Inevitable' in Digital Transformation Bloomberg News

Sabre Insurance Group
MOVES-Insurer Sabre names Andy Pomfret senior independent director Reuters

Ulster Bank
Ulster Bank closes bank branches as a result of Storm Emma Irish Independent

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

UN expert: Switzerland must do more to combat 'dirty money' Swissinfo.ch
Digital payment is becoming increasingly popular with Austrians DiePresse

Aareal Bank
Aareal Bank Q4 Profit Rises; Proposes Dividend Increase - Quick Facts RTT News

Commerzbank
Goldman Sachs and SocGen Submit Bids for Commerzbank Unit Bloomberg News

Credit Suisse Group
MOVES-Credit Agricole, Credit Suisse, Sabre Reuters

Dero Bank
Customers of Dero Bank criticize closure by the Bafin Handelsblatt

Deutsche Bank
Regulator Seeks Kushner Loan Details From Deutsche Bank, Two Others Bloomberg News
NY regulator asks Deutsche Bank, two others for details about Kushner loans Financial Times
New York regulator asks Deutsche, other banks about Kushner loans: source Reuters

Deutsche Börse
Deutsche Börse to add 200 employees to Cork base The Irish Times
Deutsche Börse announces 200 more jobs at Cork base The Times
Deutsche Börse expands location in Ireland Handelsblatt

EFG International
EFG is in turnaround mode Finanz und Wirtschaft
merger costs burden Swiss bank EFG Handelsblatt

Erste Group Bank
Erste Bank's profit soars Market Watch
UPDATE 2-Erste bets on online banking to tap eastern Europe upswing Reuters
Erste Group earns magnificent in East Central Europe Neue Zürcher Zeitung

HSH Nordbank
HSH Nordbank to be sold to US private equity consortium Financial Times
State owners seal sale of HSH Nordbank to buyout groups Cerberus, Flowers Reuters
The HSH sale was an agreement in the last second Handelsblatt

Monetas
Monetas rescue deal collapses acrimoniously Swissinfo.ch

Munich Re
Munich Re's insurer HSB names non-executive board members Reinsurance News

Raiffeisen Gruppe Switzerland
Former Raiffeisen boss Vincenz faces criminal probe swissinfo.ch
Swiss prosecutors investigate former bank, insurance exec Vincenz Reuters
Criminal charges against former Raiffeisen boss Vincenz Finanz und Wirtschaft

Swiss Re
Swiss Re enhances Corporate Solutions reinsurance protection for 2018 Reinsurance News

Uniqa Insurance Group
Uniqa increases profit and increases dividend Handelsblatt

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Achmea
Achmea pays € 100 million storm damage De Telegraaf

Crédit Agricole Group
MOVES-Credit Agricole hires Kalbin for FIG syndicate Reuters

ING Groep
ING under the "curatorship" of the Dutch justice system Les Echos
ING BANK SLASKI SA Changed date of publication of the consolidated annual report and the annual report for 2017 PAP

Rabobank
Rabobank sniffs crypto coins Het Financieele Dagblad

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

The Bank of Spain creates the Deputy General Directorate of Financial Innovation and Market Infrastructures Europa Press

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
BBVA to pledge $100bn of finance into green energy projects Financial Times
BBVA will not finance projects linked to coal Expansión
BBVA will mobilize 100,000 million in sustainable development until the year 2025 El Mundo
New bond issue: Banco Bilbao (BBVA) issued international bonds (XS1788584321) for EUR 1,500.0m maturing in 2023 Cbonds

Bankia
Goirigolzarri (Bankia) earns 500,000 euros in 2017 Expansión

CaixaBank
CaixaBank and the CEOE expand their line of financing for companies to 20,000 million Europa Press

Millennium BCP
Sonangol will hold interests in Galp and Millennium BCP Expresso
Sonangol has 1.9 billion at Galp and BCP. And will not sell Diário de Notícias

ITALY AND GREECE

Greek PM makes small changes to cabinet, keeps finance, foreign ministers Reuters
Apollo aims for € 300m on problematic loans in Italy MF
Banks are preparing for Script Tests Kerdos

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Italy's Monte Paschi could play role in banking consolidation Reuters
Mps: Pagani, soon for consolidation ANSA

BPER Banca
Bper initiates the securitization of 2 billion Npl MF

Credito Emiliano
Credem has a new head of private banking MF

Credito Valtellinese
The Creval aims at 170 issues with the Solidarity Fund MF

Intesa Sanpaolo
Intrum is looking for partners for Intesa Sanpaolo npl MF

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Norway should extend most mortgage restrictions -central bank Reuters
Will impose strict mortgage requirements in Oslo Dagens Næringsliv

EASTERN EUROPE

Polish banks likely to issue at least PLN 45 bln worth of housing loans in 2018, roughly flat y/y PAP
Profits of Hungarian banks jump 50% in 2017 Budapest Business Journal
Central Bank will understand why citizens are disappointed in investment insurance Vedomosti

mBank
mBank meets all conditions to sell part of unit mFinanse - filing PAP
mBank to offer PLN 217.9 mln in dividend from 2017 profits, DPS at PLN 5.15 - market filing. PAP

Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski
Bank PKO BP sells PLN 1 bln in subordinated bonds, prices paper at 150 bps above WIBOR6M PAP

Sberbank of Russia
Sberbank enjoys another jump in quarterly net profits Financial Times
Sberbank went to the commission Kommersant
Sberbank explained its participation in the election campaign Banki.ru
Sberbank increased its profit for the year by 38.2%, spent on reserves Banki.ru

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.