05/11/2012
The flow of talent from both European and U.S. banks, which began two years ago after a decade of boom, reflects a longer-term fall in profits and tighter regulation of the banking industry, which has given trading houses and hedge funds greater scope to
05/11/2012
UniCredit SpA, Italy's biggest bank, said first-quarter profit rose 13 percent as higher trading income related to the buyback of its securities offset a drop in fees and lending.
05/11/2012
Credit Agricole SA, France’s third- largest bank by market value, said first-quarter profit dropped 75 percent, hurt by Greek losses.
05/10/2012
Gao Xiqing, president of China Investment Corp., said the nation’s sovereign wealth fund has stopped buying European government debt on concerns about the region’s financial turmoil.
05/10/2012
KBC Groep NV, Belgium’s biggest bank and insurer by market value, reported a smaller-than-estimated drop in profit on capital gains in the Belgian life insurance business and lower loan losses in all regions except Ireland.
05/08/2012
As the bank reported a slide in pre-tax profits to $4.3bn (£2.7bn) from $4.9bn, Gulliver said that the markets were rewarding the coalition's austerity policies by keeping interest rates low and sterling strong.
05/04/2012
BNP Paribas SA (BNP), France’s largest bank, said first-quarter profit rose 9.6 percent, helped by the sale of a stake in property company Klepierre SA and a rebound in fixed-income trading revenue.
05/04/2012
Royal Bank of Scotland reported a first-quarter group operating profit of £1.184bn. Core operating profit was £1.667bn, with return on tangible equity 11%. Impairment losses totalled £1.314bn, down 33% year-on-year.
04/26/2012
Around 45 M&A bankers from RBS will join the new firm, people familiar with the matter said, but there is no set timescale for the launch, which will be managed carefully to protect ongoing deals for existing clients.