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Friday's headlines, Financials edition

Brexit Threat to Financial Market Leads EU Regulators to Step Up Bloomberg News
Regulators say banks near full compliance with post-crisis capital rules Reuters
Top ECJ official says eurozone bond buying is legal Financial Times
Carstens Says Central Banks Must Press on With Normalization Bloomberg News
IFRS 17 to have mixed results for reinsurers, says Deutsche Bank Reinsurance News

UK AND IRELAND

UK markets watchdog says cooperation with EU to aid smooth Brexit Reuters
RBS boss warns 'bad Brexit' will tip UK into recession The Daily Telegraph
Frank Field attacks FCA decision over pension fees The Times
FCA retreats from ban on pension transfer fees Financial Times
MP blasts watchdog for failing to crack down on rogue pension advisers who 'circle like vultures' The Independent
Ireland processing over 100 Brexit-related applications from finance firms -cenbank Reuters
Central Bank governor sees case for bankers' bonuses The Irish Times

Funding Circle
Funding Circle on downward spiral The Times

HSBC
Ex-HSBC employee in jail over $87,000 customer accounts scam Reuters
HSBC bolsters infrastructure, power and real estate teams in expansion drive Reuters

Legal & General Group
Ex-RBS adviser Henrietta Baldock takes top L&G post The Times

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds in 'serious' breach of PPI rules (again), says competition watchdog The Daily Telegraph
Britain's CMA toughens action against Lloyds Bank over PPI Reuters

Permanent TSB Group Holdings
PTSB's credit rating upgraded by Moody's The Irish Times

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

Allianz Group
Pimco Group CIO Ivascyn says short-maturing Treasuries look more attractive Reuters

Commerzbank
Commerzbank employee wins London sex and maternity discrimination case Financial Times

DZ Bank
DZ Bank is cutting jobs and setting itself ambitious growth targets Handelsblatt
DZ Bank skips every eleventh job Börsen-Zeitung

Hannover Re
Hannover Re's at-risk $50m Seaside Re 2017-3 cat bond extended again Artemis

NORD/LB
NordLB is urgently looking for investors Handelsblatt

UBS Group
Showdown for UBS in Paris Neue Zürcher Zeitung
The UBS process or the last grains of sand in the gearbox Neue Zürcher Zeitung

FRANCE AND BENELUX

Aegon
Aegon is making settlement for $195 million in US Het Financieele Dagblad

Groupe BPCE
BPCE: Laurent Mignon remakes his staff Les Echos

ING Groep
'Raise confidentiality obligations for ING accountants' De Telegraaf

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Banking reduces bad credit by $18 billion since peak 2016 Diário de Notícias

Banco Santander
Santander seeks RBS business grant The Times

Bankinter
Bankinter lowers to 0.89% the differential of its variable rate mortgage Europa Press

CaixaBank
UPDATE 1-Spanish court to investigate Caixabank's purchase of BPI Reuters
CaixaBank reaffirms the legality of all operations carried out for the takeover of BPI Europa Press

Millennium BCP
BCP sues the European Commission because of the Novo Banco Jornal de Negócios

ITALY AND GREECE

UPDATE 1-Italy mulling bank tax measures to fund budget - govt source Reuters
UPDATE 2-Greece working on bank bad-loan asset protection scheme - bankers Reuters

Assicurazioni Generali
Generali was buyer in Casino's €565m real estate deal Financial Times

Banca Monte dei Paschi
Paschi Said in Advanced Talks With Warburg for Belgian Unit Bloomberg News
Mps, close to the sale of the Belgian subsidiary MF
Mps sells the builders' credits MF

Praxia Bank
Bob Diamond Builds Online Greek Bank as Investors Flee Rivals Bloomberg News

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Danske Bank
Danske Bank memo shows how Russians moved money Financial Times
Danske's $1.5 Billion Extra Buffer Part of FSA's Ongoing Review Bloomberg News
TIMELINE-Danske money laundering scandal widens with DOJ inquiry Reuters
U.S inquiry deepens Danske money-laundering crisis Reuters
Danske Bank stops repurchase programs SvD Näringsliv

Nordea Bank
Nordea says it is not under money-laundering investigation Reuters

Swedbank
Swedbank says its anti-money laundering procedures not being investigated Reuters

EASTERN EUROPE

Ukraine cenbank says up to 13 banks need to be recapitalised Reuters
Slovakia's finance minister eyes central bank governorship Reuters
Slovenia ruling raises hopes of bank bail-in repayments Reuters

Alfa-Bank
Alfa-Bank tries on reform Kommersant

Bank Pekao
Bank Pekao will issue bonds worth PLN 750 mln Warsaw Business Journal

GetBack
GetBack receives three offers for selected assets Warsaw Business Journal

PZU
Poland's PZU chief expects more domestic bank consolidation Reuters

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