11/03/2015
Goldman's European Ambitions
Richard Gnodde, the co-head of European business at Goldman Sachs, tells Handelsblatt why he still sees huge potential to expand in Germany and Europe.
Investment Banking
11/02/2015
Investec launches investment banking service for North of England
Investec has completed 12 sole bookrunner IPOs in the last two years including Bonmarché, Servelec and SCS.
11/02/2015
RBS chairman warns ring-fencing will make UK banks 'completely uncompetitive'
RBS, which remains 73 per cent taxpayer-owned after receiving £45.5 billion in bailouts in 2008/09, almost collapsed as a result of high-risk investments
11/02/2015
HSBC forms joint-venture securities co. in China
The announcement Monday, however, could portend a new era of joint ventures in China
10/29/2015
Barclays to Spend $1.5 Billion to Meet Regulatory Requirements
To meet coming regulatory requirements, Barclays plans to create a separate holding company for its business in the United States.
10/29/2015
Deutsche Bank raises the white flag on global reach
EU policymakers should reflect on the constraints they have imposed
10/29/2015
Santander profits boosted by customers switching banks
Another 1m customers joined the bank this year, but margins are being squeezed as competition hots up
10/29/2015
EU strikes deal on handing break-up powers to bank supervisors
The draft would ban such banks from proprietary trading — making financial bets using their own money — and in some cases require them to prove to supervisors that their investment banking activities did not pose a threat to financial stabilit
10/29/2015
European investment banks get the nip and tuck treatment
The treatment looks familiar: change management, launch a strategic review, scale back, cut jobs, shed assets and slash costs.
10/29/2015
Clydesdale Bank launches new investment arm for tech start-ups
The division will lend fast-growing firms between £500,000 and £1m
10/29/2015
Crushing investment banks does not make us safer
British and European investment banks are shrinking, but we will not be safer if we have to rely on the US giants
10/29/2015
European investment banks get the nip and tuck treatment
The treatment looks familiar: change management, launch a strategic review, scale back, cut jobs, shed assets and slash costs.
10/26/2015
John McFarlane: Barclays chairman vows to let new chief get on with the job
The bank is working through the final stages of appointing Jes Staley, an American investment banker, who it hopes will lead a revival of its fortunes
10/24/2015
Andrew's billionaire paedophile former friend who spent a year behind bars after paying teenage girls for sex secretly backed new Barclays boss for job
Epstein is a convicted sex offender and was once close to Prince Andrew
10/22/2015
Seconds out: Barclays in the ring with the Treasury Select Committee
You wouldn’t know it from its public statements, but Barclays is actually a very busy bank right now.
10/22/2015
Shh! Credit Agricole Kept Its Sudan Business Quiet
The key compliance challenge of the modern investment bank is to convince employees that their electronic communications are being monitored.
10/20/2015
Standard Bank scoops 22 awards for quality services
Standard Bank has been a recipient of the EMEA Finance’s Treasury Services Award for the sixth consecutive year
10/20/2015
Embarrassing six billion Panne: Oops! German bank gives hedge fund accidentally six billion us dollars
The sums are juggled with those on international financial markets, one can sometimes get dizzy.
10/20/2015
Treasuries Defy Goldman Call as Returns Beat German, U.K. Bonds
If the course continues, this will be Treasuries’ first back-to-back monthly gain since January, according to Bloomberg World Bond Indexes.
10/20/2015
HSBC share price: Bank could move European headquarters to Düsseldorf
Move could happen in case of Brexit, German boss says