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Deutsche burden in US settlement eased by fine print

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG sought an unusual provision in its $7.2 billion mortgage-bond settlement with the US government, and seems to have won it: the bank can pay down part of its penalty by lending money to fund managers. As part of the agreement, Germany’s largest bank has to provide $4.1 billion of relief for mortgage borrowers. Other lenders ...

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Lloyds rejigs executives ahead of strategy review

  Bloomberg Lloyds Banking Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Antonio Horta-Osorio has reshuffled senior jobs at the bank to create a new role to advise on cost control ahead of a strategic update this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Jennifer Tippin, the London-based bank’s former customer services director, will lead group organizational design and cost management ...

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Ex-BOE’s king raps Central banks for losing focus, humility

  Bloomberg It would seem that Mervyn King isn’t a fan of what central bankers have been doing since he departed their ranks. In a discussion of the economics profession and central banking, the former Bank of England governor expressed concerns ranging from the ‘narrow’ focus of macroeconomics, a lack of humility among forecasters and the risks of straying into ...

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