Exclusive-Deutsche Bank tells investors some of their Russian shares are missing

By Sinead Cruise and Carolina Mandl LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank has told clients it can no longer guarantee full access to Russian stocks that belong to them, underlining the challenges global investors face to recover stranded investments in the country’s companies. Germany’s largest bank said in a note dated June 9 and viewed…

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Greek conservatives storm to victory in repeat election

By Renee Maltezou and Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s conservative New Democracy party stormed to victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday with voters giving reformist Kyriakos Mitsotakis another four-year term as prime minister. With most votes counted, centre-right New Democracy was leading with 40.5% of the vote and 158 seats in the 300-seat parliament,…

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Factbox-What’s new with the U.S. Fed’s 2023 bank stress tests?

By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is due to release the results of its annual bank health checks on Wednesday, June 28. Under the “stress test” exercise, the Fed tests banks’ balance sheets against a hypothetical severe economic downturn, the elements of which change annually. The results dictate how much capital…

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Big US banks to fare well in annual health checks despite spring turmoil

By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big U.S. lenders are expected to show they have ample capital to weather any fresh turmoil in the banking sector during this week’s Federal Reserve health checks, although resulting investor payouts are likely to dip slightly, analysts said. The central bank on Wednesday will release the results of its…

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