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Deutsche Bank board to review $8.5bn capital plan

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG’s supervisory board will meet to discuss a plan to raise more than 8 billion euros ($8.5 billion) as Chief Executive Officer John Cryan tackles concerns about capital levels, a person familiar with the matter said. The bank confirmed a Bloomberg News story that said the lender is planning an equity offering and the sale of ...

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Nordea’s mega-bank branches set off regulatory finger pointing

  Bloomberg When the biggest Nordic bank turned its subsidiaries into branches, regulators in Finland, Denmark and Norway complained they were left with too-big-to fail operations but no power to rein them in. Oversight was instead left to Sweden. But the full consequences of Nordea Bank AB’s decision to consolidate its Nordic operations are only gradually becoming clear. In a ...

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Morocco central bank okays five Islamic financial products

  RABAT / Reuters Morocco’s central bank approved the use of five types of Islamic banking transaction, giving a final regulatory nod for the country to launch an Islamic finance industry. Islamic banks and insurers are setting up in Morocco after new legislation allowed them into the market, and the central bank has set up a central sharia board, a ...

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