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BNP Seeks Annual Revenue Growth Above 6% at Investment Bank

BNP Paribas SA, France’s biggest bank, is seeking a rebound at its corporate and investment bank as it sets out three-year growth plans amid signs Europe’s economy is recovering.

Fund manager pay outstrips investment banks

Asset management companies are matching pay levels in the investment banking industry in response to rising competition for talent between the two sectors.

Dubai banker bonuses nearly twice as high as in London

Professionals shouldn’t underestimate the fluidity of recruitment in banking in the U.A.E

Downsized Dutch banks start again in tough local market

Dutch banks ABN Amro and ING, once the pride of Amsterdam's international financial hub, are emerging from government bailouts to face a very different future in their local markets.

Is this the most simultaneously interesting and underpaid trading job in an investment bank?

If you want to work as a trader in an investment bank, you probably haven’t thought of targeting the ‘capital management desk’.

Deutsche Bank on track for FY targets, hikes bosses pay

Deutsche Bank is on track to meet its 2015 targets in investment banking

Credit Agricole eyes four billion euros net profit by 2016

Credit Agricole aims to lift net profit by 60 percent to over four billion euros in 2016

Investment banks should cut balance sheets by $1 trillion

Investment banks must take tough decisions to quit ailing business areas and should reduce their balance sheets by $1 trillion or almost a tenth to lift profitability

Bankers are not all wolves - TSB will bring trust back to banking

Banks have spent the past six years making headlines – for all the wrong reasons.

Barclays Said to Miss Alibaba IPO Fees by Defying SoftBank’s Son

The investment bank lost the chance to be among firms sharing hundreds of millions of dollars in fees from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s initial public offering when it advised and financed Charlie Ergen’s failed effort to buy Sprint Corp. last

Deutsche Bank Said to Plan Job Cuts at Investment Bank

Who asked not to be identified because the details aren’t public.Managing directors are included in the plan, they said.

Barclays to sell IPRS unit as part of investment bank overhaul

Shares in Barclays were given a lift by stories that the bank is weighing up the possible disposal of its Index, Portfolio and Risk Solutions unit, with two rival buyers mooted.

UniCredit rules out sale of HVB, no comment on Pioneer

Italy's biggest bank by assets, UniCredit SpA, ruled out on Monday a possible sale or listing of its German unit HVB

Director Dealing: HSBC Employees Awarded shares, Sell More

The company's Finance Director Iain Mackay acquired 242 shares before selling 6,381 shares, bringing his total holding to 1.0 million shares.

Credit Bank of Moscow Reports Net Income

Credit Bank of Moscow reported net income for 2013 of RUB 8.9 bln, an increase of 53.7 percent compared to 2012 net income of RUB 5.8 bln.

Western banks ready to cut off finance for Russia

THE world’s biggest banks are this weekend preparing to cut credit lines to Russian clients, risking a run on the rouble.

Barclays' Head of Equities for Asia-Pacific Nick Wright Retiring Amid Bank Shake-up Rumours

Nick Wright, the head of equities for Asia Pacific at Barclays, is retiring amid growing rumours that the bank is looking at paring down the company and restructuring roles and units to become more profitable.

Barclays reviewing the shape and size of its investment bank

Barclays is reviewing the size and shape of its investment bank, in a review that is expected to result in it shrinking and focusing on its most profitable areas

UBS delivers a poke in the eye for equity bulls

The bull markets are raging, IPOs are surging and investors are pinning their hopes on the FTSE breaking through the 7,000 barrier for the first time this year.

Investment Bank Revenue to Decline 11% in Quarter, JPMorgan Says

A decline in price swings and margins will contribute to a 19 percent contraction in revenue from trading fixed-income, currencies and commoditie

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