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Meet the new head of global markets at Nomura

The Japanese bank has promoted Steve Ashley, a former Royal Bank of Scotland rates trader who has spent his career split between London and Tokyo, to head of global markets

Chammah calls time on Morgan Stanley career

Walid Chammah, one of Wall Street's most senior and well-regarded bankers, has decided to step down after 19 years at the US bank

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The group of elite nations considered ultra-safe – where a country has been given a AAA rating with a stable outlook from all three major ratings agencies – dwindled further last Friday, after Standard & Poor’s stripped France and Austria of their top ratings and downgraded the Netherlands' outlook. Here are a look at the remaining triple-A rated nations with stable outlooks.

Goldman Sachs posts worst return on equity since 1999

US giant delivered a return on equity of just 3.7% in 2011, its lowest as a listed company, after suffering large hits to its FICC trading business and principle investing and lending division

PwC has fired a warning to firms targeting deals in emerging markets, after figures show that over half the deals that began due diligence last year did not reach completion

Cinven has lined up HSBC and JPMorgan to provide one of the largest European buyout financings of the year so far

PT Bank Indonesia appoints chief executive

Dubai Islamic Bank appoints operations head

Morgan Stanley International chairman set to retire

Walid Chammah, a 19-year veteran of the firm, plans to leave early this year

Benedict Hentsch & Cie names chief executive

Revenues at Goldman Sachs Asset Management were marginally up in the fourth quarter, thanks to solid performance from both equities and fixed income assets

Former MF Global COO joins commodities broker

ED&F Man is looking to grow its trading team with further hires from its one-time parent

DBS appoints Yvonne Hsin to Private Bank China.

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Meet the new head of global markets at Nomura

Chammah calls time on Morgan Stanley career

Around the world in triple-As

Goldman Sachs posts worst return on equity since 1999

PwC issues emerging markets warning

Evercore unit hires business director

Cinven lines up £430m buyout financing

Ernst & Young names chief executive