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Commerzbank to expand business across Europe – Handelsblatt

Germany’s second-biggest lender, based in Frankfurt

Quarton Partners combines with German investment bank

Quarton offers advice on mergers and acquisitions, complex securities transactions

EU set to boost post-COP21 climate financing to developing countries

Emphasis was also laid on the need to leverage private investors to engage in carbon emission reduction projects.

HSBC looks to global loan book to boost profits

"Investors come to us to buy emerging market assets."

William Blair 'on the prowl' for London hires

Gooch said that the firm will look to hire bankers specialising in the services sector.

Staley Seeks to Improve Profitability at Barclays

Sources tell Bloomberg that an additional 20% of investment bank employees at Barclays may lose their jobs.

Barclays to Slash A Fifth of Investment Banking Staff

The cuts come on top of the 19,000 layoffs planned for the three-year cost-cut program

HSBC bolsters Direct Custody network with US launch

Under new regulatory regimes, global custodians are liable for any assets lost in the chain

London bankers' 2015 bonuses could shrink up to 9 pct -study

Revenues at investment banks are expected to fall 2 percent from 2014, led by a drop in FICC trading income.

Osborne in rush to sell Green bank

Whitehall has been vague on the timing

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.

Natixis says Asian banking revenues to jump 30 percent on new strategy

We have been doing significantly better than the target.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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