06/11/2013
RBS To Unveil 2,000 Investment Bank Job Cuts
Some of the cuts will fall at RBS's markets operations in the City although many will take place in Asia and its other international operations.
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06/10/2013
Barclays Chairman doesn't see Sumitomo stake sale leading to others
The sale by Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp of about half its stake in UK
06/09/2013
Intesa Sanpaolo to be first Italian bank to trade directly in China
Intesa Sanpaolo, through its asset management unit Eurizon Capital, will be the first Italian bank to trade directly in onshore Chinese financial markets, the bank said on Friday.
06/06/2013
Citi expands private equity services business into Luxembourg
Citi’s local Luxembourg team will serve its private equity clients, leveraging the bank’s existing global private equity expertise and delivering its established experience in Luxembourg depositary banking as well as local regulatory and compl
06/03/2013
Baird Adds To European Investment Banking Team
With several years of broad deal experience, Luen will be another senior European resource in Baird's Investment Banking group.
05/29/2013
Kuwait's Burgan gets approval for stake buy in Maltese bank
the commercial banking arm of Kuwait Projects Co was planning to buy the stake in the trade finance specialist for an undisclosed price.
05/29/2013
UBS to Boost Base Salaries for Bankers, Traders
UBS is set to raise pay for investment bankers by an average 9 percent to entice staff into staying by lifting salaries to market rates, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
05/28/2013
Intesa Sanpaolo Group strengthens asset management in Eastern Europe
The Intesa Sanpaolo Group has strengthened its Asset Management business through the establishment of a new centre in Eastern Europe
05/27/2013
RBI with consolidated profit of € 157 million in the first quarter of 2013
Decline in profit especially due to one-off items; Operating income slightly increased
05/22/2013
China Construction Bank Buys Stake in Russian Bank
China's second-largest bank by assets said that it purchased a $100 million stake in Russia's VTB Bank
05/22/2013
UK banks lose ground to US rivals on fees
US, SWISS and German banks have all upped their share of the UK’s investment banking revenues so far in 2013
05/08/2013
Dresdner Bankers Celebrate Bonus Win Commerzbank Wants to Forget
To ease concerns about a bonus pot set aside that summer to retain staff
05/06/2013
Credit Agricole First-Quarter Profit Jumps After Greek Exit
Credit Agricole SA Tuesday said first-quarter net profit jumped 51%, as the French bank draws a line under its disastrous foray into Greece, and slims down its investment bank to cope with Europe's sovereign-debt crisis.
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
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