03/25/2015
BRICS contingent reserve may become operational this year: RBI
It is expected that the inter-central bank agreement will be signed this year
Investment Banking
03/24/2015
The qualification enhancing private equity job prospects
Getting an entry level job in private equity is notoriously competitive
03/20/2015
Lloyds, Natixis and RBS sell Dubai World debt before $14.6 billion deal
The moves help pave the way for Dubai World to secure 100 percent creditor assent for its restructuring
03/20/2015
French bank to buy majority stake in Mauritius Commercial Bank Mozambique
The acquisition, for which financial details were not disclosed, will take effect via a capital increase and is dependent on the approval of the Central Bank of Mozambique
03/20/2015
Is ABN Amro re-entering India?
ABN AMRO Bank applies to RBI for setting up operations in India
03/19/2015
BNP Paribas may look at exiting India AMC business: Sources
According to sources, BNP Paribas wants to consolidate its operations in India and wants to exit its non-core assets
03/18/2015
Barclays pays £16.5m in share awards to executives
British banking giant Barclays paid £16.5m in shares to its top 11 executives, which is half the amount it paid out last year
03/17/2015
France, Germany, Italy to join China-led infrastructure bank
The $50 billion Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has been feted by Beijing as a way of financing regional development
03/16/2015
Morning Coffee: Immensely good news for investment bankers at Deutsche. IBD endurance brings rewards
Investment banking employees at Deutsche Bank can be forgiven for feeling disorientated.
03/16/2015
Immensely good news for investment bankers at Deutsche
Investment banking employees at Deutsche Bank can be forgiven for feeling disorientated
03/16/2015
RBS eyes sale or wind-down of CEEMEA corporate, institutional banking
The bank is exploring options for the sale
03/16/2015
Would you join RBS’s investment bank now?
Royal Bank of Scotland may not look like the best place to start your investment banking career.
03/15/2015
US seeking $1bn from RBS and Barclays
The US Justice Department is looking to fine four banks RBS, Barclays, Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase to settle accusations of criminal activity in the currency markets
03/15/2015
European Investment Bank to set up office in India
The bank has already started negotiations with RBI to facilitate low-cost funding to infra projects as well as to SMEs in India
03/13/2015
Commerzbank to pay $1.45 billion, terminate employees, install independent monitor for banking law violations
Bank ignored compliance staff warnings of potential fraud
03/13/2015
US anger at Britain joining Chinese-led investment bank AIIB
US statement says of UK membership that it is ‘worried about a trend of constant accommodation’ of China, in a rare public breach in the special relationship
03/13/2015
Investment banking more popular than at any time in the last three years
Investment banking has become one of the most attractive careers for Londoners and surged to its most popular level in three years
03/12/2015
New Credit Suisse boss faces stiff challenge in Asia
Incoming Credit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam is expected to focus on private banking in Asia while aggressively cutting jobs at its investment bank
03/12/2015
Threadneedle Investments makes strategic investment in London-based investment bank
This is a significant transaction because a leading global asset manager has made a direct equity investment into a Shariah-compliant investment bank
03/12/2015
Spanish Lender Offers to Buy TSB Banking Group of Britain
TSB Banking Group, the lender spun out of Lloyds Banking Group last year, said on Thursday that it had received a preliminary takeover offer from Banco de Sabadell of Spain.