04/05/2012

RBS structured product director leaves

He left the firm last week after a year and a half in the role, which involved creating and marketing structured products to institutional investors, including discretionary wealth managers and hedge funds.

04/03/2012

Angela Knight to step down as BBA chief

She also had to manage the often conflicting positions of the banks as a raft of new regulations were brought in – with largely domestic operators in need of a slightly different agenda to those with big foreign positions.

04/03/2012

Societe Generale Reorganizes Corporate And Investment Bank

The Paris-based lender has also appointed a new chief financial officer, Vincent Mortier, at its corporate and investment bank, and Richard Paolantonacci as head of the newly created Scarce Resources management activity.

04/03/2012

DekaBank fires CEO after spat over bonus

The move highlights the deep split over bonuses and an increased willingness by unlisted public-sector savings banks to flex their muscles over some regional lenders that harboured global ambitions.

04/02/2012

UK financial firms hiring again - CBI poll

Financial firms in Britain, including banks hit in 2011 by the euro zone debt crisis, have started taking on new staff again, confounding forecasts for more lay-offs, according to a new industry survey.