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Monday's headlines, Financials edition

Brexit: Donald Trump promises fantastic trade deal when Britain loses EU 'anchor' The Times
EU 'willing to listen' to UK's Brexit ideas, says Donald Tusk City A.M.
Barnier: EU waiting for 'realistic, operational & compatible' proposals from UK Reuters
Top EU regulator Farkas to head banking lobbying group AFME Sky News
Europe's Brexit Unity Under Pressure as Johnson Makes G-7 Debut Bloomberg News
Boris Johnson: UK will remain 'energetic partner' on world stage after Brexit City A.M.
France's Macron says Europe looking at 'new tax cuts' to stimulate growth Reuters
TransRe promotes Andy Taylor to CUO of EMEA & Asia Pacific Artemis
Trans Re promotes Andy Taylor to regional CUO oversight role Reinsurance News

UK AND IRELAND

Brexit: Boris Johnson says odds of striking deal 'touch and go' BBC News
Boris Johnson: We'll easily cope with no‑deal Brexit The Times
UK will refuse to pay £39bn divorce bill in no-deal Brexit Financial Times
PM Johnson says 39 billion pound divorce bill not due in no-deal Brexit Reuters
Brexit: UK won't owe £39bn under no deal, Boris Johnson to tell EU's Tusk Sky News
Hundreds of British firms in talks to move to Netherlands The Times
Businesses 'not prepared' for Brexit cash‑flow crisis The Times
Next Bank of England chief must be independent and 'first class': PM Johnson Reuters
FCA cracks down on misleading CMC ads Post
Lloyds-Schroders wealth management staff hit out at IT problems Financial Times

Allied Irish Banks
AIB puts temporary hold on recruitment, promotion Reuters
AIB freezes hiring and promoting to curb expenses The Irish Times

Aon
Former Aon employee alleges sexism at the company left her with 'mental health complications' Post

JAB Holding
JAB aims to raise $8bn to further consumer deal spree Financial Times

Legal & General Group
Legal & General plans rival product to compete with new pension superfunds Reuters

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Banking Group under scrutiny for insolvency ties The Times

Permanent TSB
PTSB 'planning branch closures' in new year Irish Independent

Revolut
Revolut bolsters senior team with banking executives Financial Times

Royal Bank of Scotland Group
RBS and Santander ordered to fix PPI breaches Financial Times
UK competition watchdog reprimands RBS, Santander over PPI procedures Reuters
United Kingdom reprimands Santander and RBS for poor information to their clients about PPI insurance Europa Press

Woodford Investment Management
Woodford listed fund hits record low on valuation cut Reuters

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

German banks resist proposed negative rates charge ban on retail depositors Financial Times
Bundesbank chief Weidmann warns against too much economic pessimism Handelsblatt
OeNB boss Nowotny: "Party political interventions no longer play a major role in the National Bank Der Standard
AK demands legal minimum yield guarantee for company pensions Die Presse

Allianz
Germany's Allianz grows in Brazil with $734 million deal Reuters
Allianz expands in Brazil with €667mn acquisition from SulAmérica Reinsurance News

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank and UBS Explored European Banking Alliance The Wall Street Journal
Deutsche Bank also flirted with UBS in investment banking Handelsblatt

SIX Swiss Exchange
Urs Rueegsegger Returns to Banking finews.com

UBS Group
UBS Faces Client Backlash Over Options Strategy The Wall Street Journal
UBS taps BoE adviser van Steenis for sustainable finance, IR roles Reuters
UBS Hires City Veteran for Green Push finews.com
UBS turns former star analysts into a figurehead finews.ch
How UBS wants to raise 70 billion dollars from the super-rich finews.ch

Zürcher Kantonalbank
Zuercher Kantonalbank: Dwindling Revenues finews.com

Zürcher Landbank
Zürcher Landbank expands its customer business finews.ch

FRANCE AND BENELUX

France Must Keep Up Efforts to Reduce Debt, Le Maire Says Bloomberg News

Banque Degroof Petercam
Bank Degroof Petercam is chained De Tijd
The 4 big challenges of Bruno Colmant at the head of Degroof Petercam L'Echo

ING Groep
ING takes on Australia's big four banks in wake of scandals Financial Times
ING cuts sharply in ABN AMRO price target De Telegraaf

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Investment service companies reduce their profit by 62.5% in the first half Europa Press
The equity of pension plans grows 0.87% in July, to 74,549 million Europa Press
The EU requires banks to shield Brexit from its anti-crisis debt Cinco Días

BBVA
The smart aggregator for BBVA companies already has almost 88,000 customers in Spain Europa Press

Caixa Geral de Depósitos
CGD expects bank offers in Brazil from October Jornal de Negócios
Caixa Geral de Depósitos expects binding proposals by bank in Brazil in fourth quarter Jornal Económico
Government gives green light to negotiation with candidates to buy CGD bank in Brazil Expresso

Novo Banco
Resolution Fund will have to cede to the State part of the 25% held by Novo Banco Jornal Económico

ITALY AND GREECE

Italian debt markets hold their nerve Financial Times
Speeding up the issue of public pensions by transferring staff Kathimerini

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Coop Bank
Coop Bank receives order from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority - risk of money laundering Finans

Swedbank
Swedish regulator delays Swedbank money-laundering probe report Reuters
FI's review of SEB and Swedbank is delayed Svenska Dagbladet
Pressure on Göran Persson - required for response by FI Svenska Dagbladet

EASTERN EUROPE

CEE private equity fundraising reaches EUR 1.8 bln in 2018 Budapest Business Journal
Large banks began to reduce mortgage rates en masse Forbes Russia
Banks evaluated a new methodology for calculating customer loans RBC
The Central Bank announced a decrease in the average maximum deposit rate in rubles Vedomosti
MMR: The volume of mortgages fell by 20 billion to CZK 80.8 billion in the first half ČTK
Statement by Fitch Ratings on Turkish banks Hürriyet
Eximbank Deputy General Manager Gültekin: We guarantee 90% of the credit risk of SMEs in exports Hürriyet
Slovenia court ruling enables first bank bail-in repayment Reuters
Polish housing loan book edges up 1.3% m/m in July to PLN 449.5 bln - NBP PAP

Alta-Bank
The banker turned out to be a recidivist Kommersant

Gazprombank
Russian businessman eyes Gazprombank's stake in coal project Reuters
Gazprombank found a 49% buyer in one of the largest coal projects Vedomosti

PNB Banka
Latvia: PNB Bank challenges regulator's decision on liquidation Le Figaro

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