05/05/2013
Kepler Capital Markets acquires Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux
Crédit Agricole CIB and UniCredit Bank AG each take a stake in the enlarged company
Investment Banking
05/02/2013
BNP Paribas Profit Tumbles
BNP Paribas SA (BNP), France’s largest bank, reported a smaller decline in first-quarter profit than analysts estimated, helped by French and Belgian consumer banking.
04/30/2013
Credit Suisse Names Europe Investment Bank Heads
They will both keep their current roles and report into Jim Amine
04/28/2013
RBS investment arm 'its key weakness’
The fall in earnings follows renewed calls by the government for RBS to continue shrinking its investment banking
04/20/2013
Commerzbank To Report Loss In Q1 On One-off Charges - Update
German lender expects to report a net loss in its first quarter of 2013
04/10/2013
Dutch Bank to Close Singapore Office
The Singapore branch has 17 employee
04/10/2013
RBI with consolidated profit of € 725 million again Austria's most profitable bank
While this result is a quarter below the figure reported for 2011, it once again places us well ahead of all the other banks in Austria
04/09/2013
France's Natixis aims to wind down 'bad bank' by mid 2014-CEO
We still have to manage 14 billion euros in assets
04/08/2013
Raiffeisen Bank International CEO returns 2 million euro in pay
He felt morally obliged to cut his overly generous compensation
04/07/2013
JP Morgan AM to launch a London-listed investment company
"This is global equity income for the cautiously optimistic."
03/28/2013
Bahrain bank buys shares in England football team
Dubai-based GFH Capital bought The Championship (second division) club in December after protracted negotiations lasting more than six months and despite concerns over their financial firepower.
03/27/2013
Itau grabs new Europe investment bank boss from Morgan Stanley
Itau last year moved its corporate and investment banking arm's European headquarters to London from Lisbon.
03/27/2013
Belgium Considering Selling Stakes in BNP Paribas, Belgacom
Prime Minister Elio di Rupo is also looking at unloading 3.5% of the government's stake in Belgacom
03/24/2013
JPMorgan Chase Wins Actual Award For Its Handling Of The London Whale Debacle
What's dumber than JPMorgan Chase losing $6 billion in credit derivatives
03/24/2013
UK Banks statutory profits down 40% on the previous year - KPMG
Five major banks in the UK have lost most of their gains in 2012 core profits due to large fines and compensation
03/20/2013
Deutsche Bank takes $800 million lawsuits charge
The bank said the information about the lawsuits had become available after it published unaudited, preliminary figures on Jan. 31.
03/19/2013
Barclays to cap hiring even if GDP recovers
Sustained pressure on costs is expected to mean the bank will look to cut more jobs in the coming years
03/17/2013
Generali CEO Mario Greco Sees First Quarter ‘Similar’ to Fourth
France is “giving results” and “Germany continues to perform well"
03/17/2013
Banker denies responsibility for JP Morgan losses
Blames deception by London team for 'London Whale' trading incident, which saw company lose £4bn
03/17/2013
UniCredit returns to full year profit
Confident that the bank would be able to take advantage of any improvement in the economy in the second half of 2013.