09/12/2014
Barclays is letting go of 45 people a day. But who are they exactly?
To talk to fixed income recruiters in London, you’d think Barclays investment bank was in the middle of a bloodbath.
09/11/2014
Societe Generale Securities Services has been mandated by CILOGER, a French real estate asset manager, to provide depositary and regulatory reporting services within the framework of the Alternative Investment Funds Management Directive
09/10/2014
South African investment bank Investec said on Tuesday it will sell its UK mortgage business for 180 million pounds.
09/09/2014
Tom King, chief executive of Barclays investment bank, also said at the Barclays Financial Services Conference there were tentative signs of a pick-up in trading activity after a slow July and august.
09/05/2014
Central Huijin Investment Ltd., the state-owned holding company for China's largest financial institutions, is seeking European bank investments to diversify its domestic holdings
09/05/2014
VeinID system uses infrared lights to scan blood flow under the skin
09/03/2014
The move aims to compensate the officials for what they lose as a consequence of the latest EU rules.
09/03/2014
Banks are adapting trading businesses to an international accord calling for lenders to hold more capital and liquid assets
08/29/2014
British and French banks led the advance, boosting their combined exposure to the region by $79 billion in the past year, according to the report based on data from the Bank for International Settlements.
08/28/2014
The petition to the head of the Catholic church reads: “Your acknowledgement of the dire threat of climate change, the Vatican’s efforts to become the first carbon-neutral state, and your dedication to caring for Creation give us great hope.
08/28/2014
IPRS has attracted bids from nearly every major player in the index industry, including Standard & Poor’s, MSCI, Markit, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and the CME Group.
08/27/2014
The shift has been dramatic, but has gone unnoticed among the massed ranks of banker-bashers
08/27/2014
Investment banks are using both the carrot and the stick to ensure that their junior talent doesn’t depart for rivals, hedge funds or private equity firms
08/27/2014
Brocade Leasing to be underwritten by BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, allowing organisations to align network capacity with fluctuating business demands
08/26/2014
Barclays is on a mission to transform the culture of banking – and technology is its enabler
08/21/2014
Investment-banking fees in Europe, growing faster than in Asia and the Americas, are set to reach a seven-year high as sales of debt and stock and a buoyant U.K. economy outweigh stagnant income from trading.
08/21/2014
Audit firm KPMG has written to Europe's largest lenders saying a European Commission plan to separate banks' consumer and investment-banking arms should be shelved.
08/20/2014
Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse yesterday confirmed that it had created investment vehicles for scandal-mired Banco Espirito Santo before it was bailed out by the Portuguese government.
08/20/2014
Equity Bank’s investment arm to collaborate with London-based global investment services firm
On the other end, Equity Investment Bank is a member of the Nairobi Stock Exchange and is locally licensed to provide investment banking services including stock brokerage.
08/20/2014
Scandals and instances of fund mismanagement call for an overhaul in client ties