07/01/2012

Global investment banking fee income falls 25%

The fees totalled nearly $14 billion in the second quarter, down from more than $18 billion in the first quarter of 2012. Year to date, fees have totalled $32 billion, down 25 percent from the same period in 2011.

07/01/2012

Credit Agricole in Cheuvreux sale talks

French bank Credit Agricole is in talks to sell its loss-making Cheuvreux brokerage arm to financial services group Kepler Capital Markets, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.

07/01/2012

French bank Said Mulling Moving Loans to Belgium

The bank might move some loans in Italy and Spain to Belgium, in a bid to narrow a 40-billion-euro funding gap in those two countries, Bloomberg News reported Monday on its website, citing three unnamed sources.

07/01/2012

Credit Agricole eyes Greek unit sale -FT

Citing two unidentified banking sources, the FT said on its website that National Bank of Greece, Alpha Bank and Eurobank EFG had indicated they were ready to make bids for Emporiki subject to getting approval from the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund.

06/13/2012

UBS knocks James Capel off its perch

The 2012 Thomson Reuters Extel Survey continues to capture deeper, more analytical data from all the key market practitioners than ever before. Voting was conducted primarily online and ran from 19 March to 4 May 2012.

06/11/2012

Prescient buy AIB asset management subsidiary

Prescient Investment Managers (Ireland) Ltd employs 80 people managing funds for a wide variety of clients, including pension, corporate, charity and private clients both in Ireland and overseas.