Nonetheless, Barclays seems to be plugging its gaps. Marco Valla, its very popular head of financial sponsors left to run banking at UBS in June and Barclays just hired Christian Oberle from JPMorgan to replace him. Like many of Barclay's senior hires this year, Oberle is likely to have come on a large guaranteed bonus. While Barclays cuts costs with one hand, it's adding them with the other. Separately, Financial News reports that Jan Skarbek, the former head of UK investment banking at Citigroup, has resurfaced after quitting his job last year. Skarbek quit after allegedly telling a junior she needed "love and affection" on a work trip to Spain. Skarbek left the bank before an investigation into the incident was completed. In his new role, Skarbek will work for boutique firm Europa Partners. He declared himself "excited" and said he was looking forward to, "offering clients discrete, impartial and conflict-free advice". Meanwhile...