02/06/2017
Barclays to overhaul back office operations to cope with ring-fencing
The ring-fencing rules seek to avoid a repeat of the 2008 crisis, when banks bad bets threatened depositors cash.
Investment Banking
02/06/2017
UniCredit agrees job cuts with unions ahead of cash call start
The plan also includes the proposed sale of 17.7 billion euros in bad debts.
02/06/2017
BNP Paribas leaves Serbia as Direktna Banka acquires Findomestic Beograd
Findomestic banka Beograd will start operating under the Direktna Banka brand as of the summer of 2017.
02/06/2017
Deutsche Bank Says 'Sorry' in Full-Page German Newspaper Ads
Losses on such bonds packaged and sold by major banks helped start the global financial crisis.
02/06/2017
Barclays to overhaul back office operations to cope with ring-fencing
The overhaul – including the creation of the new company known internally as ServCo – will affect most of the more than 10,000 people who work in Barclays back offices operations in 17 countries around the world.
02/06/2017
Brexit Banking Boom: US financial GIANT ‘starts search for new London headquarters’
A US banking giant has reportedly begun its search for a new base in the City of London, indicating high confidence from financial institutions in the run-up to Brexit.
02/06/2017
Meet the 42-year-old investment banker whose sought-after photography comes encrusted in diamonds
On top of that, she is a movie producer, a mother of two boys, and is one of the most connected people in elite circles within Davos.
02/06/2017
Why BNP Paribas Is Outpacing Its European Peers in Four Charts
For 2016, earnings probably totaled 7.6 billion euros, the most in six years.
02/03/2017
UBS comes outfighting after testing year
A strong fourth quarter put a cap on a year in which UBS's investment banking model was severely tested.
02/03/2017
UniCredit to launch 13b-euro rights offer on Monday
UniCredit's shares closed at 26.6 euros in Milan on Wednesday, a gain of 5.7 per cent.
02/03/2017
UK magazine honours Barclays bank
Barclays Bank of Botswana has been named Botswana’s ‘Bank of the Year 2016’ by Acquisition International
02/03/2017
Deutsche Bank’s Worst Trading Quarter in Years Fuels Concern
How can the unit return to profitability now that it is shedding assets and Deutsche Bank is cutting bonuses.
02/03/2017
Macquarie's Green Investment Bank aspirations have not bought it many friends
Johnson gave his speech in late October but his warm words must feel like a distant memory to Macquarie's UK business
02/02/2017
German Banks Face Big Margin Hit If Rates Do Not Rise
The German banking sector has not been able to significantly reduce operating costs in the recent and not so recent history.
02/01/2017
Growth in UK consumer borrowing slows
British economy was driven by debt-fuelled spending during the fourth quarter of 2016
02/01/2017
Deutsche Bank to Propose New Bonus System for Execs
Deutsche Bank has revised its system of bonuses for executives after shareholders rejected a plan they tried to get approved last year.
02/01/2017
Research analysts culled at top investment banks
Ranks of sellside stock and bond pickers have fallen 10% since 2012
02/01/2017
Eurozone Economy on Pace With U.S.
Fourth-quarter output, lowest unemployment in seven years, higher inflation eases some concerns
02/01/2017
Bank closure is a ‘great shame’
More customers are using mobile and internet banking
01/31/2017
Comdirect pre-tax profit 2016: EUR120.7m
Securities are the best response to the zero-interest environment.