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
Deutsche Bank
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
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
Munich Re
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
Uniqa Insurance Group
FRANCE AND BENELUX
Achmea
Achmea pays € 100 million storm damage De Telegraaf
Crédit Agricole Group
ING Groep
ING BANK SLASKI SA Changed date of publication of the consolidated annual report and the annual report for 2017 PAP
Rabobank
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 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
CaixaBank
CaixaBank and the CEOE expand their line of financing for companies to 20,000 million Europa Press
Millennium BCP
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
Credito Valtellinese
The Creval aims at 170 issues with the Solidarity Fund MF
Intesa Sanpaolo
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 to offer PLN 217.9 mln in dividend from 2017 profits, DPS at PLN 5.15 - market filing. PAP
Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski
Sberbank of Russia
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
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