03/22/2018
Barclays CEO ‘still waiting’ to hear new investor’s views
Staley says bank will return more cash to shareholders as soon as legacy misconduct issues are resolved
Investment Banking
03/22/2018
Morgan Stanley to hire 80 in Paris after Brexit: source
Its move to transfer some staff there follows a similar pattern to other banks which have picked one EU center to be their main regional subsidiary in the bloc, but then locating other parts of their businesses in several countries.
03/21/2018
Meet the Rising Stars of Investment Banking 2018
FN presents the 25 men and women under the age of 40 standing out in the European investment banking industry
03/21/2018
Royal Bank of Scotland is considering Amsterdam as post-Brexit European HQ: FD
RBS needs a post-Brexit European base in order to continue offering its financial services, so-called passport rights, in continental Europe.
03/21/2018
ABN Amro picks SIA for instant payments access
Thanks to SIAnet, the fiber optic network with high speed and low latency stretching over 170,000 kilometers, ABN AMRO was one of the early users to introduce instant payments.
03/21/2018
Bank of Russia to trim its key rate in March - Rabobank
With inflation at a record low and unlikely to accelerate sharply in the coming months
03/20/2018
SocGen Earmarks €1B To Handle US Probes Into Libor, Libya
The French bank said in a regulatory statement that it earmarked the funds to deal with investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
03/18/2018
Berenberg unfazed by new European rules on equity research
German private bank boasts one of the largest equity research operations
03/16/2018
Barclays investors give CEO Staley year to fix investment bank
Staley, feted for his achievements at U.S. powerhouse JPMorgan <JPM.N>, pledged to revive Barclays' tired investment banking franchise as soon as he joined the bank in 2015, ending years of under-investment in the wake of the financial crisis.
03/16/2018
Nordea confirms re-location to Finland
The stability, he estimated, will only be increased by the 55-billion-euro common fiscal backstop to be established within the European Union by 2023 and by the banking union advocated by Finland.
03/14/2018
SocGen in exclusive talks to buy Commerzbank's EMC unit: Handelsblatt
The EMC unit includes Commerzbank’s exchange traded funds portfolio, equity derivatives and other market making businesses.
03/13/2018
French bank Natixis buying into three M&A boutiques, bolsters China presence
Natixis plans to buy a 51 percent stake in Fenchurch, which is focused on corporate finance advisory to financial services companies in Britain.
03/13/2018
Barclays pays top managers over £20m in shares
Awards mostly to compensate several senior executives for payouts forfeited on leaving JPMorgan Chase
03/12/2018
Nomura said to appoint Brexit czar in Tokyo to handle move
This refers to a situation in which several countries borrow from just a few big international banks, raising the risk that losses in one country encourage the banks to withdraw from other borrower countries as well.
03/12/2018
Deutsche float plan for fund management arm with chequered UK record
The German lender's chief executive has unveiled plans to sell off a chunk of the division, which has a colourful City record.
03/11/2018
Funding Circle Picks Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley for IPO
U.K. online lender’s share sale may spur IPOs from rivals
03/08/2018
Atom Bank in £149m capital raising
Spanish lender BBVA lifts stake in UK challenger to almost 40%
03/08/2018
Wall Street Banks Dominate Amid M&A Boom Gripping Nordic Region
Goldman ranks second when it comes to Nordic corporate deals
03/07/2018
FirstRand to enter transactional banking in the UK
Freshly armed with a UK banking licence, FirstRand will launch transactional banking through Aldermore, chiefly to attract more deposits.
03/07/2018
Goldman puts some London staff on notice for German move by June
It has informed members of its London-based derivatives and debt capital markets teams working on German accounts that their activities will be relocated to its base in Frankfurt and to make the necessary preparations to move to those offices by end-June,