trending Market Intelligence /marketintelligence/en/news-insights/trending/ZPZHwEIVaDt_mpd9ooGIQw2 content esgSubNav
In This List

Friday's headlines, Financials edition

Podcast

Street Talk Episode 87

Blog

A New Dawn for European Bank M&A Top 5 Trends

Blog

Insight Weekly: US banks' loan growth; record share buybacks; utility M&A outlook

Blog

Banking Essentials Newsletter 2021: December Edition


Friday's headlines, Financials edition

ECB cuts key rate, to restart bond purchases Reuters
ECB cuts rates and tells governments to act Financial Times
ECB Cuts Rates, Revives QE to Lift Growth as Draghi Era Ends Bloomberg News
Draghi's Divided ECB Leaves Markets Hoping for Government Action Bloomberg News
Draghi Gives Banks Pain Relief as ECB Negative Rates Deepen Bloomberg News
Draghi Hits Back at Deutsche Bank's Blasting of Negative Rates Bloomberg News
Draghi ties Lagarde's hands with promise of indefinite stimulus Reuters
ECB's tiered rate is cold comfort for euro zone banks Reuters
Text: ECB statement after policy meeting Reuters
Swiss welcome scrutiny in handling Libra cyrptocurrency: watchdog Reuters
France: we can't allow Facebook's Libra in Europe Reuters
France to block Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency in Europe The Guardian

UK AND IRELAND

'Absolutely not': PM Johnson denies lying to Queen Elizabeth in Brexit crisis Reuters
UK's Labour likely to extend reach of planned financial transaction tax Reuters
Labour to Expand U.K.'s Financial Transaction Tax If Elected Bloomberg News
Insolvency 'cash grab' will backfire, Treasury warned The Times
Northern Irish 'no-deal' Brexit challenge dismissed in court Reuters
Irish unity poses greater risks to Northern Ireland than Brexit does The Irish Times

Brooks Macdonald Group
Brooks Macdonald International logs outflows of £163m International Adviser
Wealth manager ups its funds under management to £13 billion Insider

HSBC
HSBC seeks to reassure staff after report of retail business sale: union Reuters
Former HSBC forex chief Johnson loses appeal over US conviction Financial Times
U.S. court upholds ex-HSBC executive's conviction for foreign-exchange scheme Reuters

London Stock Exchange Group
Hong Kong bourse eyes cash boost to LSE bid Financial Times
LSE board poised to decide fate of Hong Kong exchange's $39 billion offer Reuters

Permanent TSB Group Holdings
PTSB sells distressed mortgages for €264m Irish Independent

Woodford Patient Capital Trust
Woodford listed fund says administrator to cut valuation in another of its holdings Reuters
Woodford investment trust hit by further writedown Financial Times
New blow for Neil Woodford investors after £36m writedown to holding The Times

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA

German savers need not reckon with negative interest rates: Scholz Reuters
Germany to tumble into recession, says Ifo think tank City A.M.

Bantleon Bank
Bantleon Brings Ex-UBS Analysts to the Equity Team finews.ch

Credit Suisse Group
Credit Suisse Turns Overweight on Global Stocks as Others Reduce Bloomberg News

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank is first to settle bond-rigging lawsuit, amid federal probe Reuters
Deutsche Bank settles US mortgage bond rigging case Financial Times
Deutsche Bank Emerges as Whistle-Blower in Bond-Rig Probe Bloomberg News

EFG International
EFG Hires IAM Expert From Credit Suisse finews.com

Helaba
Helaba wants to rebuild and delete jobs Handelsblatt

Munich Re
Enstar subsidiary to acquire certain run-off portfolios from Munich Re subsidiaries Reinsurance News

UBS Group
UBS names Wetter head of Swiss equity capital markets business Reuters
UBS has a new IPO boss finews.ch
Chief UBS communications chief joins Pictet finews.ch

FRANCE AND BENELUX

BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas lays groundwork for Alexa-style FX trades Financial News

Kas Bank
Shareholders approve Kas Bank plans De Telegraaf

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Banco Santander
Santander issues first end-to-end $20m blockchain bond City A.M.
Santander issues end-to-end blockchain bond Finextra
Santander Settles Both Sides of a $20 Million Bond Trade on Ethereum CoinDesk

CaixaBank
CaixaBank launches its new consumer finance subsidiary Expansión

Millennium BCP
BCP approves merger of Real Estate Investment Bank Jornal de Negócios
BCP Board of Directors Approves Merger of BII Jornal Económico

ITALY AND GREECE

Italian Bonds Win Out Again After Draghi Announces Fresh QE Bloomberg News

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
EU grants Monte dei Paschi more time to issue junior debt Reuters

Piraeus Bank
Piraeus Bank: Informing borrowers about the protection of their first home Naftemporiki
Piraeus: Letters to its customers on the protection of 1st house - Application helpline Kerdos

NORDIC COUNTRIES

Danmarks Nationalbank lowers interest rates: The interest rate is back at a historic bottom level Finans

EQT Partners
Buyout group EQT's listing price about €2bn more than expected Financial Times
EQT sets price range for 1.2 billion-1.3 billion euro Stockholm share listing Reuters
EQT is valued at SEK 65 billion Sydsvenskan

Jyske Bank
Jysk in strategic million rate: Opens mega-center in Bulgaria Finans

Nets
Lunar Way chooses Nets as its payments partner Verdict

EASTERN EUROPE

Russian c.bank: no grounds to expect monetary policy softening Reuters
Russian c.bank does not rule out 2019 inflation below 4% Reuters
Alfa Group Insurance Startup Received Central Bank License Vedomosti
UPDATE 1-Turkey's economy will grow in 2019 - Albayrak Reuters
UPDATE 2-Turkey's central bank cuts rates 325 points in second easing move Reuters
Turkey's Jumbo Rate Cut Secures Uneasy Truce for Erdogan, Market Bloomberg News
Turkish firms eye deal to launch domestic ratings firm Reuters

Alior Bank
Alior Bank sells PLN 360 mln of securitized receivables to ING BSK - press statement PAP

Nova Ljubljanska banka
Slovenian lender NLB bids for Serbia's Komercijalna -report Reuters

PNB Banka
Latvian Court Declares PNB Bank Insolvent After ECB Suspension Bloomberg News

VTB Bank
VTB canceled the accrual of bonuses for purchases on cards abroad Vedomosti

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. Language translations to English are provided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.

Some external links may require a subscription. Links are current as of publication time, and we are not responsible if those links are unavailable later.