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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.

The UK government is consulting with market participants about new powers enabling it to block companies from listing their shares in the country on national security grounds. The move comes after concerns were raised about the 2017 listing of energy and metals company EN+.

The Loan Market Association has updated documentation around shifting legacy loan agreements from Libor to risk-free rates, with the trade body warning that there is only a short time frame left before major deadlines in the transition.

Former Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley banker Dolph Habeck has landed a senior syndicate role at SMBC Nikko in New York, following his recent spell at Greensill Capital.

Deutsche Bank has promoted two bankers from within to lead its Americas equity capital markets business.

A year and a half after Brexit, investment banks are still grappling with evolving requirements to run capital markets deals for EU clients from within the bloc, with consequences for the job market there and in London.

Natixis had not expected Brexit to happen, but after the vote, it pushed ahead anyway with plans to relocate staff to London. After four years and one strategic review, the French bank is now in the midst of moving staff back to mainland Europe.