08/29/2014
British and French banks led the advance, boosting their combined exposure to the region by $79 billion in the past year, according to the report based on data from the Bank for International Settlements.
08/28/2014
The petition to the head of the Catholic church reads: “Your acknowledgement of the dire threat of climate change, the Vatican’s efforts to become the first carbon-neutral state, and your dedication to caring for Creation give us great hope.
08/28/2014
IPRS has attracted bids from nearly every major player in the index industry, including Standard & Poor’s, MSCI, Markit, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and the CME Group.
08/27/2014
The shift has been dramatic, but has gone unnoticed among the massed ranks of banker-bashers
08/27/2014
Investment banks are using both the carrot and the stick to ensure that their junior talent doesn’t depart for rivals, hedge funds or private equity firms
08/27/2014
Brocade Leasing to be underwritten by BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, allowing organisations to align network capacity with fluctuating business demands
08/26/2014
Barclays is on a mission to transform the culture of banking – and technology is its enabler
08/21/2014
Investment-banking fees in Europe, growing faster than in Asia and the Americas, are set to reach a seven-year high as sales of debt and stock and a buoyant U.K. economy outweigh stagnant income from trading.
08/21/2014
Audit firm KPMG has written to Europe's largest lenders saying a European Commission plan to separate banks' consumer and investment-banking arms should be shelved.
08/20/2014
Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse yesterday confirmed that it had created investment vehicles for scandal-mired Banco Espirito Santo before it was bailed out by the Portuguese government.
08/20/2014
Equity Bank’s investment arm to collaborate with London-based global investment services firm
On the other end, Equity Investment Bank is a member of the Nairobi Stock Exchange and is locally licensed to provide investment banking services including stock brokerage.
08/20/2014
Scandals and instances of fund mismanagement call for an overhaul in client ties
08/15/2014
Viridian, which has been owned by Arcapita Bank since 2006, reported earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of 99 million pounds in the year to the end of March on 1.6 billion pounds of revenue.
08/15/2014
Credit Suisse plans to team up with Fidelity’s retail clients to get their hands on promising IPOs
08/13/2014
Of the 25 countries whose banks report lending data to BIS, the biggest surge in new loans in the year ended March 31
08/13/2014
Those entering the industry today are increasingly viewing their banking job as a training ground to move on to other ventures
08/12/2014
The firm, which hasn’t yet been named, will use algorithms to trade mainly equities and other liquid securities globally.
08/11/2014
Many stock market floats have underperformed in recent weeks
08/08/2014
The recent rush to market of IPOs has raised concern from other asset management firms.
08/06/2014
It did not say who the bidders for 100 percent of state-owned NKBM were.