04/09/2015
Behind Bank Valuations Lies Distaste for Investment Banking
In Europe, investment banking is still very much out of favor.
Investment Banking
04/09/2015
Credit Suisse May Cut Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank Says
Thiam may also decide to scale back the Swiss bank’s fixed-income business in emerging markets
04/09/2015
Societe Generale buys Jefferies' Bache unit
The drop in commodity prices has made life tougher for brokers
04/08/2015
Meet nine new analysts at Barclays investment bank
Barclays has been making redundancies at the senior end, it has remained committed to hiring junior bankers
04/08/2015
Germany's Wincor asks banks to explore sale or acquisition
No advisor has yet been officially mandated and the company may still decide against any move
04/07/2015
Société Générale Prime Services (Newedge) – Best European Prime Broker
With a 12 per cent market share, Société Générale Prime Services is the world’s largest execution and clearing broker of listed derivatives
04/07/2015
Banker Who Led UBS During Libor Scandal Donates To Conservatives, Gets Access To Party Leaders
Wilmot-Sitwell’s political contribution is legal
04/01/2015
Norway signals intention to join China bank
Norway says it intends to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as a prospective founding member in a move that could help the country's frozen relations with China thaw
03/30/2015
ICICI Bank to repatriate further capital from UK and Canada subsidiaries
ICICI Bank Canada and ICICI Bank UK had capital adequacy ratios of 33.2% and 21.8% respectively on 31 December 2014
03/28/2015
Dutch say aye to Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Rutte announced the decision on his official Facebook page during a visit to China and after a meeting with President Xi Jinping.
03/26/2015
UK government Green Bank to invest in Africa and India
In 2014 the government announced plans for the bank help drive private sector renewables investment overseas, using part of its £3.87 billion international climate fund.
03/26/2015
UK Green Investment Bank To Help Finance International Climate Fund
This new £200 million will come from the £3.87 billion that the UK had already allocated to the IFC to finance such projects
03/26/2015
Banco Madrid suspended from managing investment funds
Customers of the bank await the appointment of a new fund manager
03/26/2015
RBS raises value of Citizens sale to $3.7bn
Royal Bank of Scotland on Wednesday increased the value of shares it is selling in Citizens Financial to as much as $3.7bn
03/26/2015
Societe Generale Securities Services enhances its offering in Germany
Aimed at institutional investors, these services provide consolidated accounting and reporting services for greater accounting transparency and financial security for all types of direct investments.
03/26/2015
Austria's Raiffeisen Bank to Close 15 Russian Branches
Austria's Raiffeisen Bank is trimming its operations in Russia to save costs as a recession cuts into banking sector profits
03/26/2015
Deutsche Bank has a plan to turn itself into Goldman Sachs
German chancellor Angela Merkel's team is apparently on board with the idea.
03/26/2015
UK move to join china-led bank a surprise even to Beijing
The UK Treasury had told Chinese officials it would not announce its application to join until March 17.
03/25/2015
HSBC Holdings to issue $3.07billion of convertible bonds
Bonds that convert into shares or are cancelled when a bank's capital falls below a certain level are increasingly being sold by banks to improve their capital cushion if they run into trouble.
03/25/2015
Deutsche Bank now has 2,057 investment bankers earning an average of €1m
Deutsche spent a total of €2.1bn on the MRTs in its investment bank