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        <title><![CDATA[Christian Baumgaertel - Senior Finance Editor]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[EIB Expects to Double Support for Defense Industry, Calvino Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christian Baumgaertel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:03:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BNP Paribas Signs €5.1 Billion Deal to Buy Axa’s Asset Manager]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-21/bnp-paribas-signs-5-1-billion-deal-to-buy-axa-s-asset-manager</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christian Baumgaertel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:49:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A BNP Paribas SA bank branch in Paris, France, on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. BNP Paribas SA is in exclusive talks with Axa SA to buy the insurer’s asset management unit for €5.1 billion ($5.5 billion), a move that will create one of Europe’s largest money managers.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deutsche Pfandbriefbank Adds Provisions Amid Property Crisis]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:18:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays to Goldman See Dealmaking Rebound: Future of Finance]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:37:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank Raided in Possible Money Laundering Case]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christian Baumgaertel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:28:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The headquarters of Deutsche Bank AG in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Deutsche Bank turned the blame on an ex-client for crippling losses it suffered investing in risky foreign exchange derivatives the German lender sold.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Credit Suisse Vice Chairman Schwan to Step Down]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christian Baumgaertel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 06:27:42 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Severin Schwan Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zurich to Sell Italian Life, Pensions Back Book to GamaLife]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christian Baumgaertel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:53:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hurricane Ida Could Cost Insurers as Much as $30 Billion, Swiss Re Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2021 06:30:39 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - AUGUST 30: A car is seen under rubble after a building was destroyed by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on August 29 in Louisiana and brought flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Credit Suisse Suspends Supply Chain Finance Funds Over Valuation]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:43:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Credit Suisse to Take $450 Million Charge on Hedge Fund York]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 06:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Credit Suisse logo is displayed at entrance to a Credit Suisse Group AG bank branch in Zurich, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. Credit Suisse’s third-quarter results were boosted by gains at the key trading unit, bringing relief to Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam as he seeks to emerge from a spying scandal that dented the bank’s reputation and cost him a key lieutenant. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Fees in Free Fall Is the New Reality for a Humbled Industry]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nishant Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2020 07:00:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SocGen Says Trading Conditions Normalizing Slower Than Expected]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2020 07:37:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SocGen Equities Trading Wiped Out in Perfect Storm for CEO Oudea]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:19:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Natixis to Sell Most of Coface Stake in $521 Million Deal]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 07:41:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Virus Dread Spreads With Germany on Alert After Munich Cases]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Loh]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:14:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Credit Agricole Reports Rising Revenue and Profit]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2019 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Credit Agricole SA logo sits above the entrance to a bank branch in Paris, France, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co., HSBC Holdings Plc and Credit Agricole were fined a total of 485.5 million euros ($521 million) for rigging the Euribor benchmark as European Union antitrust regulators wrapped up a five-year investigation into the scandal.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Natixis Replaces Risk Head Debray to Cap Tumultuous Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:06:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Allianz Expands U.K. General Insurance With $1 Billion in Deals]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 06:43:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Commerzbank Rises as Report of ING Interest Adds Another Suitor]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christian Baumgaertel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:57:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Societe Generale, Nomura Job Cuts Add to Wave of Finance Firings]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 10:33:43 GMT</pubDate>
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