BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research highlights the importance of the peripheral trade (BTPs vs. Bunds) for the health of the credit market. Should peripheral spreads fail to rebound, BofA Merrill Lynch think that flows into credit will struggle going forward and so will returns.

Nomura Holdings, Inc. announced that it applied to the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on May 8 to establish a joint venture securities firm.

Heavy scrutiny by supervisors has put the balance sheet clean-up plans of Italian banks under the spotlight; reducing NPEs has emerged as a key element of the banks' business plans. Intesa and UniCredit look well placed to achieve their targets by 2021.

The order book reached an amount of more than €2.2bn, and was more than 4.4 times oversubscribed. The success of this transaction shows investors' strong confidence in Euronext's ambitions, strategy and solid credit profile.

Euronext announces that Rijnhard van Tets, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Euronext N.V. has decided to step down following the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) to be held on 15 May 2018.