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UPDATE 3-Insurer AXA's CEO goes, fuelling talk of HSBC role

* AXA's Henri De Castries says to step down * Speculation that Castries could chair HSBC * AXA names German-born Thomas Buberl as new CEO (Adds de Castries comments) By Maya Nikolaeva PARIS, March 21 (Reuters) - AXA Chief Executive Henri de Castries will step down in Sep

JP Morgan prefers StanChart to HSBC

(ShareCast News) - Shares in StanChart were offering close twice the value of those in HSBC, JP Morgan said, leading it to recommend them to clients over those in rival HSBC. Ongoing pressure on revenues from global markets and Asian wealth management might create downside risk for the sector, b

For Israeli bank, American makeover means St. Patrick's Day party

By Dan Freed NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) - Bank Leumi Le Israel BM has had its U.S. headquarters on Fifth Avenue overlooking the St. Patrick's Day Parade for more than 40 years, but this was the first year the U.S. unit of Israel's second-largest lender had a party to celebrate. Hos

Nomura downgrades StanChart, HSBC, Barclays

(ShareCast News) - China's economy was set to slow more sharply than most analysts were expecting, leading to a further devaluation of the country's currency, the yuan, which in turn would weigh on the broader emerging market currency space and business for the likes of HSBC and StanChart, Nomura sa

TOP NEWS SUMMARY: HSBC Kicks Off Search For New Chairman

HSBC says it has begun search for new chairman

LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - HSBC has begun the search for a successor to its Chairman Douglas Flint and will aim to nominate a candidate in 2017, Europe's biggest bank said on Friday. Replacing Flint, 60, would then allow the bank to begin the search for a successor to Chief Executive Stua

HSBC Board Starting Process Of Chairman Succession Plan

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Nomura Says Reduce StanChart And HSBC

Global watchdog flags slow "too big to fail" bank rule adoption

By Huw Jones LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - Many countries have not yet introduced laws allowing regulators to write down bank's debts to avoid taxpayer bailouts and prevent them being "too big to fail", the world's top financial watchdog warned on Friday. The Financial Stability Board

BUZZ-RBS, Lloyds propped up by bullish Nomura note

** Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds up about 1.5 pct following positive Nomura note ** Nomura raises PT on RBS to 280p from 275p, driven by discounted dividends and terminal value based on ROE/COE approach using its 2018 estimates; keeps "neutral" rating ** Brokerage has Lloyds among

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Berkeley Group Down On Property Tax Concerns

LONDON BRIEFING: Home Retail Group Takeover Offers Awaited

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Dovish Central Banks Buoy Miners But Sink Banks

MOVES-UBS names new compliance head after Colin Bell joins HSBC -memo

ZURICH, March 17 (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS has appointed James Oates as its new head of compliance and operational risk control after Colin Bell left to join HSBC , an internal memo said on Thursday. Oates was previously head of Group Internal Audit at UBS, according to the memo, the conte

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Banks Stocks Drop As Norway Eyes Negative Rates