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Citi has named the leadership for its banking, capital markets and advisory business in Iberia. Meanwhile, it has also announced who is taking on Abraham Douek's responsibilities in DCM after he quit to join Santander.

NatWest Markets has created a new climate and environmental, social and governance (ESG) capital markets team, which will be led by Caroline Haas.

Bryan Pascoe, former head of debt capital markets at HSBC, is joining the International Capital Market Association as chief executive, succeeding Martin Scheck, who has been in the role since 2009.

Citi has moved to bolster its UK investment banking team by poaching James Ibbotson from Deutsche Bank, the second real estate investment banker to switch firms in a matter of days.

Citi named on Monday who will be chairman and co-heads of its banking, capital markets and advisory division for the UK and Ireland.

The global head of public sector origination at SEB will be moving to New York in September to lead the bank’s fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) business in the Americas.

James Marriott is joining Wells Fargo in a senior debt capital markets role this autumn after he resigned from NatWest Markets, where he was head of DCM and advisory for financial institutions and sovereigns, supranationals and agencies.

A managing director from Crédit Agricole's sovereign, supranational and agency bond business will join BNP Paribas in September.

Citi has promoted a number of its CEEMEA debt financing team, across both bonds and loans.

As environmental, social and governance linked issuance increasingly take centre stage in the capital markets, the way investment banks are marshalling their resources in this area is undergoing a big shift, with the creation of new, distinct teams increasingly populated by professionals who do not have traditional banking backgrounds.

Senior SSA bond market participants have condemned the European Commission’s decision to temporarily exclude 10 of its primary dealers from the Next Generation EU syndication programme due to breaches of European antitrust rules. The Commission’s actions have also raised fears that other European borrowers could follow suit.

A trio of senior bankers from Credit Suisse’s European financial institutions group (FIG) have followed the team’s European head to Jefferies.