WireTap 1400 05/12/11 Euromoney Skew December 05, 2011 Email LinkedIn X Facebook Show more sharing options Copy Link URLCopied! Print Email LinkedIn X Facebook A round-up of the key stories across the specialist financial media, including news that Commerzbank is buying back hybrid equity to boost capital Commerzbank prepares capital boost Commerzbank is planning to buy back some of its hybrid equity, the first in a suspected series of measures to strengthen capital.Click here for the full storyHSBC fined for mis-selling care bonds HSBC has been hit with the UK’s largest retail fine of £10.5 million for mis-selling long-term care bonds. Click here for the full storyFed might give loans to IMF to help eurozone: paper A German newspaper has reported that the Federal Reserve Bank and the 17 eurozone national banks might help provide the IMF with funds to aid states struggling with their debt. Click here for the full storyJapan's Olympus hid up to $1.7 billion; no proof of yakuza An investigative panel has found that Olympus hid up to $1.7 billion of losses from investors.Click here for the full storyWealthy investors abandon hedge funds following poor performance High net-worth investors are showing signs of disillusionment with hedge funds.Click here for the full storyMortgage burden looms over Dutch Dutch households are the most indebted in Europe, largely due to the big mortgages Dutch households take out. Click here for the full story
