03/11/2016

HFTs set to benefit from ABN clearing move

High-speed trading firms are set for a boost after one of their primary clearing brokers moved to capitalise on the cost savings on offer following the London Stock Exchange's decision to allow its members a wider choice of clearing provider.

03/08/2016

ABN Amro opens Shanghai branch

Netherlands is China's second-largest trade partner in the European Union, and ABN Amro has historically been a major source of trade finance between the countries.

03/07/2016

European companies urged to back investment banks

US banks have stormed ahead of their European rivals in the past few years, as their clearer strategies and stronger balance sheets allowed them to steal a march on the global investment banking stage.

03/03/2016

UK Government to sell the Green Investment Bank

The UK Government said selling the bank - launched in 2012 with £3bn of public money - to private investors, will give it access to more than capital than if it remained in government hands

03/03/2016

UBS creates new Asia debt-financing group

UBS's latest move to streamline the investment banking operations come after the Swiss bank last month imposed a global pay freeze on its 5,200 investment banking staff

03/02/2016

UBS's Ermotti Says Negative Rates May Encourage Risky Lending

European banks are seeking ways to shore up earnings as negative interest rates curtail their ability to charge higher interest on loans than they offer to pay on deposits, while undermining appetite from clients seeking to buy or trade derivatives to hed

03/02/2016

Barclays' parting shot

The London bank said yesterday that it would sell down its 62% stake in Johannesburg-based Barclays Africa over the next two to three years.