02/17/2012

RBS opens China Desk in London

Building on the similar blueprint that RBS established with the launch of their UK-based India Desk earlier this year, the China desk will offer expertise and guidance across the market, including regulatory insight and product support.

02/15/2012

Deutsche Bank narrows asset manager bidders

Deutsche Bank has pared down the shortlist of potential investors vying to buy its asset management operations to fewer than 10, three sources close to the process said on Tuesday.

02/14/2012

Banks Accept New Reality On Cash Payouts

Barclays Capital said on Friday it would cap the cash element of bonuses at GBP65,000, while Deutsche Bank will cap cash bonuses at EUR100,000 and stock awards exercisable this year at EUR100,000. Morgan Stanley is capping cash bonuses at $125,000.

02/06/2012

Crédit Agricole launches new financing model

Crédit Agricole is launching a new financing model in its corporate and investment bank which will allow France’s third-largest lender by market value to continue project and trade finance, despite upcoming unfavourable capital rules, accordi

01/26/2012

UBP incurs profit decline

Client assets increased almost 11 percent to 72 billion francs in 2011 following the acquisition of ABN Amro Group NV’s Swiss wealth-management unit, UBP said on its website today.

01/24/2012

Credit Suisse to use derivative-bond bonuses

Banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley cut bonuses after anxiety about Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis helped depress profits and share prices last year.

01/24/2012

Nordea Profit Beats Estimates

Nordea Bank AB, the Nordic region’s largest lender, said fourth-quarter profit rose 2.1 percent as higher income from lending offset rising losses on bad loans.

01/23/2012

Bank merger sealed in Greece

The merger of the two largest private sector banks in Greece is “a game-changer decision of historic proportions which enhances the ability of the country to overcome the crisis, stabilizes the banking system and sends a positive message regarding t

01/22/2012

Jefferies to make move for RBS cash equities

RBS is selling Hoare Govett and its wider cash equities, equity underwriting, and mergers and acquisition businesses as part of a restructuring of its global banking and markets (GBM) business.