Investment Banking

If the vote for independence is successful, Scotland’s sovereign risk rating could be in the BBB lower investment grade region, according to Director of Sovereign Risk Analysis Jan Randolph of IHS.

QNB has announced the acquisition of an additional holding of 11.0% (2,047,877,260 ordinary shares) in Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (Ecobank). QNB Group’s total stake in Ecobank is now 23.5%.

Hans van der Noordaa, member of the Management Board Banking will become the Chief Executive Officer of Delta Lloyd N.V. as of 1 January 2015. He will therefore step down from the Board per 1 October 2014.

The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD), rated Aaa/AAA (Moody’s/S&P), and Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, finalized the terms of secondary distribution of World Bank Bonds for Japanese retail investors.

With one week to go today Azad Zangana, European Economist, Schroders provides his latest economic insight into the Scottish Referendum.