12/06/2015
Osborne in rush to sell Green bank
Whitehall has been vague on the timing
Investment Banking
12/03/2015
Barclays to lose £200m on Italian retail bank sale
Barclays said it would keep its Italian investment banking and corporate banking businesses open and continue to manage its remaining retail mortgage portfolio.
12/02/2015
Natixis says Asian banking revenues to jump 30 percent on new strategy
We have been doing significantly better than the target.
12/01/2015
Cowgill Holloway grows wealth management business with latest acquisition
Cowgill Holloway’s Regency House Wealth Management Limited acquired the Ilkley-based firm in an FCA-approved transaction expected to exceed £1m.
12/01/2015
Barclays CEO makes first day gain as shares jump on 'stress test' results
There had been concern the results would show Barclays may be stretched during the 2016 stress test, when minimum common equity capital ratio and leverage requirements will rise.
11/30/2015
RPT-UAE's KBBO hires Goldman, Morgan Stanley for Centurion London listing -sources
Centurion Partners was created through the merging of two KBBO subsidiaries, Centurion Investment and Infinite Investment LLC.
11/30/2015
Adviser rankings put small-scale Finncap above JP Morgan
Broking minnow has more advisory clients than the biggest investment banks, although it trails behind on broking
11/30/2015
Battle of the Banks
UBS is also the biggest FTSE 100 financial advisor by market capitalisation, with its clients, including Vodafone, Unilever, and BP, worth £368bn.
11/30/2015
BNP Paribas’ Gérardin: What it means to be a manager
Relaxing with his copy of Financial News on the Eurostar not long ago, Yann Gérardin spotted a kindred spirit in a profile of one of his investment banking peers.
11/29/2015
ICBC Standard Bank agrees deferred prosecution settlement with SFO
The SFO insisted that full details of the facts of the case and the terms of the settlement would be set out in open court on Monday.
11/27/2015
BNP Paribas Investment Partners Increases Its Commitment to a Low-Carbon Environment
The index’s scientific committee, of which BNPP IP is a member, is currently reviewing various options for refining the index’s methodology
11/27/2015
European Islamic Investment Bank Changes Name
The company said it would make a further announcement on the subject before the end of the year.
11/27/2015
Bank employee plunges to death in City of London
A worker based opposite the scene of the incident, who asked to remain anonymous, told the Evening Standard that the building had an 'open atrium'.
11/27/2015
Barclays new CEO faces stress test on first day
That was made even clearer this week when Barclays was hit with its seventh fine in the past six years
11/26/2015
Barclays considered moving its investment bank HQ from London to New York
The move would have punched a massive dent in the collective ego of the bank and The City as a whole, as Barclays is one of Britain’s most famous finance brand names.
11/26/2015
Europe’s terrible banks look their best in years
Europe’s terrible banks haven’t looked this good in years.
11/26/2015
Green Investment Bank sees projects top £10bn
TOTAL of 58 green schemes supported.
11/26/2015
NAB Formally Decides to Spin Off UK Business
The demerger remains subject to certain conditions, including various regulatory and shareholder approvals.
11/26/2015
Stern words from banking's anti-banker
But the understated Brit is already making clear that under his leadership, Deutsche Bank will make a break with its immediate past -- or indeed, reconnect with its history.
11/26/2015
RBS: Whistleblower claims bank hid scale of losses prior to banking crisis to 'protect banker's bonuses'
He will also allege that when he expressed disquiet about the takeover of ABN Amro, which was in an even worse state, he was ignored because Fred "the Shred" Goodwin wanted it to go ahead.