Loans by Spanish banks may start growing again, says Scope Ratings, after several years of contraction. But the rating agency expects volume growth to remain moderate for the foreseeable future.

Nomura, Asia's global investment bank, announced the appointment of Neeta Atkar as a Non-Executive Director of Nomura Europe Holdings plc and, subject to regulatory approval, she will also Chair the Risk Committees.

According to Mohit kumar, Global Head of Rates Strategy, Crédit Agricole CIB, thus a rate sell-off from current levels becomes self-defeating. If rates sell-off further, it would trigger a sell-off in risky assets which would in-turn create a bid for fixed income.

A record one-month jump in net % of investors indicating they have taken out protection against a sharp fall in equity markets in the next 3 months, at net -30% in February from net -50% in January

Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, announced trading volumes for January 2018.