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Investment bank Shawbrook spends £30m on 'Ashya' proton beam firm

Ashya’s case came to light when his parents – Brett and Naghmeh – took him from Southampton General Hospital in 2014 against the wishes of his doctors

Barclays Is Pulling Out Of Asia: Here’s Why

We cover factors that forced the bank to opt for major job cuts in the region

EIB Group supports micro-financing in the Netherlands with Qredits

Since any loan from the EIB can cover only up to 50% of the total investment in any project, this operation will make available at least EUR 200 million in microfinance loans for Dutch entrepreneurs.

Martin Currie completes PK Investment Management deal

Overall assets under management for the enlarged team will be $594 million US$425 million.

CEO: As little as 20% of UK investment bankers need be in London

The Financial Times reports that London is a sensitive subject for the world’s big investment banks.

City bankers' bonus will amount to a quarter of those of private equity firms' employees

The survey, which covered 1,000 City of London staff, also found that wealth managers and private bankers expect to receive an annual bonus worth on average £59,196 $87,000, amounting to about 60% of their salary.

There is really only one area of investment banking you want to be in right now

Investment bankers working on mergers and acquisitions had an incredible 2015.

How Goldman Sachs' most senior execs unwind

The series of posts comes as the bank takes strides to improve work-life balance for its e

Nine investment banking jobs that tell the story of 2016

Some banks have also been busy posting new job advertisements over the Christmas and New Year period.

Global investment banking fees fall 8 percent in 2015

One bright spot was mergers and acquisitions (M&A), where fees from completed activity rose 8 percent year-on-year

Barclays to shut Indian equities in costs drive - sources

Barclays is midway through a three-year cost-reduction plan, which involves shedding 19,000 jobs, or about 14 percent of its global workforce

Investment bankers now expect the worst bonuses of anyone in the City of London

Private bankers and wealth managers expect an average 60% of their salaries

Privatization: ABN Amro IPO leaves ING in the dust

Overtakes rival with new valuation; dismisses state meddling, commodities concerns.

Barclays to cut Asia investment banking jobs next week - sources

The latest job losses will include staff from countries in which the bank's business is not a leading player, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the subject.

Barclays rethinks bonus dodge

The revised Barclays pay policy will have to be approved by the Bank of England.

Two more top banks getting away with paying NO corporation tax in the UK

They also include JP Morgan Chase, Nomura, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.

More banks pay no UK tax, Labour wants tougher approach

This means seven of the 10 biggest foreign investment and commercial banks operating in Europe's main investment banking centre have said their main British arms paid no tax in that year.

RBS closes Luxembourg deal with BlackFin

The sale sees the bank, which had to take state assistance during the financial crisis, refocusing more on its UK funds business, though RBS continues to operate a banking and depositary business in Luxembourg.

Year 2015: A Successful Year for Estonian Startups

What happened in the Estonian startup scene in 2015?

Cryan sells out of China to boost Deutsche Bank capital levels

Regulators around the world have been pushing global banks like Deutsche to hold more capital to avoid a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis.

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