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Brexit brings EBA down from London high-rises

Bloomberg The European Banking Authority gets a new home, as Brexit forces the regulator and its 180 employees to abandon their high-rise digs in London’s Canary Wharf financial district and relocate to the continent. Eight cities are competing to host the EBA. The prestige of housing the EU’s top banking regulator could lend some extra gloss to major euro-area financial ...

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Carige investors agree to back share sale key to bank’s survival

Bloomberg Banca Carige SpA reached agreement with a group of banks to underwrite a share sale of about 500 million euros ($590 million) after key investors pledged their support, allowing the lender to proceed with its restructuring plan. Malacalza Investimenti, Carige’s main investor, agreed to buy 17.6 percent of the stock, while the second-biggest shareholder Gabriele Volpi agreed to oversubscribe ...

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Turkey central bank move fails to stem lira’s slide on politics

Bloomberg Traders were unimpressed with the Turkish central bank’s latest attempt to support the lira, which is wobbling amid concern about the fallout from a US court case, tension with NATO, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s new calls for lower interest rates. While the lira jumped as much as 1.4 percent in thin Asia trading to touch a high of ...

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