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Bloomberg A battle for financial talent is intensifying in China, one of the few places worldwide where global banks are firmly in hiring mode. Credit Suisse Group AG this month hired a dozen analysts in China, almost half of whom used to work at UBS Group AG. UBS has scooped up more than 40 people from global and local firms. ...

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc told its staff to stop posting on all the bank’s social media accounts over fears of “negative reactions” to the revelations in leaked suspicious activity reports. “Given the current news coverage, a decision has been taken to pause all HSBC proactive social media posts with immediate effect (except for customer responses in banking services), to avoid ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG’s top leaders were warned multiple times about serious compliance failures that exposed the bank to money launderers, a news investigation shows. The supervisory board and committees that included Chairman Paul Achleitner were informed in 2013 and 2014 of anti-money laundering problems on at least three occasions, according to a BuzzFeed News story. Presentations at the time ...

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is building the next generation of dealmakers and investment bankers in a series of promotions, naming new leaders for mergers and acquisitions and other key businesses. In one of the highest-profile steps, the firm picked Stephan Feldgoise and Mark Sorrell to co-lead the global M&A practice. In equity-capital markets, David Ludwig will become global head ...

Bloomberg Morgan Stanley said it plans to eliminate the net carbon emissions generated by its financing activities within 30 years. The announcement came two months after the bank announced it would join the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials and start reporting the emissions resulting from its lending and investments. Morgan Stanley said in a statement that it will provide resources, ...

Bloomberg Staff at Danske Bank face a serious erosion of morale that could hit the lender’s business amid a string of scandals and the prospect of deep job cuts. “The average employee is just tired of all this,” said Kirsten Ebbe Brich, Danske employees’ representative on the bank’s supervisory board. It’s “affecting employee engagement and pride, their sense of connectedness ...

Bloomberg Bank of England (BOE) officials are expected to lay the groundwork this week for yet more monetary stimulus as optimism over the UK’s economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic fizzles out. While economists and investors don’t see immediate action, they widely predict the BOE’s bond-buying program will be expanded again before the end of the year. The latest policy ...

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. (BofA) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. were the winning bidders on $900 million of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) debt to finance subway, bus and commuter-rail capital projects as the transit agency seeks federal aid to avoid major service cutbacks. The sale shows the MTA, the largest mass-transit system in the US, can raise ...

Bloomberg Svenska Handelsbanken AB unveiled a series of cost cuts as part of a digital revamp it says will affect about 1,000 employees. Sweden’s biggest bank intends to almost halve its branch network, which has long been a hallmark of its business model, according to a statement on Wednesday. At the same time, management will invest about 1 billion kronor ...

Bloomberg A group of banks led by ING Groep won a court order compelling Citigroup Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. to reveal account details linked to failed commodities firm Agritrade International Pte. The Singapore ruling makes the two lenders share client names, bank statements and fund transfer instructions, according to court documents obtained by Bloomberg News. The information ...