IMF Identifies Nine Big Banks Likely to Struggle With Profitability The Wall Street Journal
Global financial stability has improved, but risks ahead: IMF Reuters
Praet Says ECB May Reveal More on Reinvestments in Near Future Bloomberg News
EU weakens plan on bank protection, risks ECB clash on bad loans Reuters
Global bank regulators close to Basel deal: Bundesbank's Dombret Reuters
European banks may yet be back for more equity Financial Times
Investment banks ride leveraged loan boom Financial Times
Santander set to benefit from RBS 'start-up' fund The Times

UK AND IRELAND

U.K. Accepts EU's Need to Share Clearing Oversight, Hammond Says Bloomberg News
Speed up Brexit transition talks or deal will be worthless, says UK's Hammond Reuters
Hard Brexit with no trade deal 'would cost UK economy £400bn by 2030', says study The Independent
Early 2018 is crunch time for banks' Brexit decisions - UK official Reuters
Government admits Brexit leaves insurers at risk from hundreds of thousands of 'illegal' contracts City A.M.
Cost of terrorism insurance cut for small UK businesses Financial Times

Arbuthnot Banking Group
Britain's Arbuthnot Banking Group reports jump in Q3 loans Reuters

Ardonagh Group
Towergate owner to snap up motorbike broker Carole Nash in £65m deal The Daily Telegraph

Aviva
MOVES-Aviva Investors appoints Mike Craston as non-executive director Reuters

Hargreaves Lansdown
Hargreaves Lansdown enjoys growth in assets and clients Financial Times

Hiscox
BRIEF-Hiscox appoints Kate Markham as CEO for its London market business Reuters
Hiscox to increase capacity as it predicts "widespread market turn" Artemis
Hiscox predicts 'market turn' following record catastrophe losses Post

HSBC
Ex-HSBC Trader Says Client Got 'Fair' Price in Currency Deal Bloomberg News
Ex-HSBC forex trader claims client was 'treated fairly' Financial Times
HSBC trader defends Cairn currency deal in 'front-running' trial Financial Times

Jupiter Fund Management
Jupiter Fund Management sees solid inflows in the third quarter Financial Times

Lloyds Banking Group
MOVES-Lloyds Banking makes two appointments in commercial banking unit Reuters

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

BAWAG
BAWAG looks to raise up to 2.1 billion euros in Austria's largest IPO Reuters?
Bawag aims at 2 billion euros Börsen-Zeitung
BRIEF-BAWAG plans to end lease deal with Austrian Post by year-end Reuters
Bawag wants to go public and divorce from the post office Der Standard

Credit Suisse Group
Credit Suisse Names China Head finews

Temenos Group
BRIEF-Temenos: digital bank of Santander Group selects Temenos Core Banking Reuters?
Geneva's Temenos attracts the digital flagship bank as a customer finews.ch

UBS Group
UBS to hire fewer trainees, spend more on them, to satisfy clients Reuters
UBS: Dicey China Investment Banking Deals finews

FRANCE AND BENELUX

BofA Signs Lease for Paris Trading Hub Ahead of Brexit Bloomberg News
Citigroup picks Luxembourg for EU private bank hub Financial Times

AXA
Axa Spain moves to Bilbao the registered office of Axa Vida and Axa Pensiones Expansión
AXA IM adds near $100m from Asian private bank investors Artemis

BinckBank
BinckBank is rewarding lending of securities De Tijd
BinckBank to pay for securities lending L'Echo

Crédit Mutuel Group
The Confédération du Crédit Mutuel calls Arkéa to join the ranks Les Echos

HSBC France
Fitch Affirms HSBC France at 'AA-'; Upgrades VR to 'a-' Reuters

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Portuguese ex-PM Socrates indicted on corruption charges Reuters
Portuguese banks with more international financial assets with risk in 2nd quarter - BdP Jornal de Notícias

Bankia
Bankia values ??a quick sale of the brick portfolio from BMN El País

Liberbank
Liberbank to reduce bank board to 11 members Expansión

Novo Banco
EU regulators clear Novo Banco's sale, revamp Reuters
Novo Banco: Finance says sale to Lone Star will be "completed in the next few days" Jornal de Notícias
Taxpayers can be called back to finance Novo Banco Diário de Notícias
Novo Banco has to issue 400 million subordinated debt Jornal de Negócios

ITALY AND GREECE

Purchases on Unipol and Banco Bpm, stalling risk on bancassurance Il Sole 24 Ore

Eurobank Ergasias
Eurobank extends deal with EIF to fund small businesses Reuters
Eurobank: 260 million for SMEs following the new EIF agreement Naftemporiki
Eurobank: Additional €130 million for loans to SMEs Kerdos

Intesa Sanpaolo
Intesa allocates one hundred million for Venetian shareholders Il Sole 24 Ore

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Swedish c.bank's Jochnick says little budget impact on cbank policy Reuters
Crisis Exit Brings Relief to Norway's $1 Trillion Piggy Bank Bloomberg News
Bank expert: Several banks have committed Danske Bank's mistakes Politiken
Banks' profits are rising - but core earnings are boring FinansWatch

Danske Bank
BRIEF-Danske Bank placed under AML investigation in France? Reuters
Danske Bank is charged with breach of French money laundering rules FinansWatch
Danske Bank charged with laundering in France Finans

Nordea Bank
Nordea chief executive calls for coordinated action against money laundering FinansWatch
UPDATE 1-Nordea joins rival DNB's Vipps payment app in Norway Reuters
Nordea switches to Vipps in Norway SvD Näringsliv

EASTERN EUROPE

Russian authorities agree to regulate crypto-currency market Reuters
Russian c. bank sees bailout hitting banking sector's earnings Reuters
Russia central bank: Otkritie, B&N Bank bail outs to require up to 820 billion rubles: RIA Reuters
The sanatorium rushes to the policy: The Central Bank will save insurers from bankruptcy up to redemption Kommersant

Sovcombank
Sovcombank bought shares of RosEvroBank Vedomosti

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