Danske Bank initiates hiring freeze amid higher compliance costs <!-- no image --> <div>Danske Bank has initiated a hiring freeze in non-critical positions to cope with rising compliance costs and a tough business environment, the bank said on Thursday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=lsA8oofg6uE:zNg0IlP5D6g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=lsA8oofg6uE:zNg0IlP5D6g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=lsA8oofg6uE:zNg0IlP5D6g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=lsA8oofg6uE:zNg0IlP5D6g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=lsA8oofg6uE:zNg0IlP5D6g:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/lsA8oofg6uE" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters