04/09/2014
Barclays Will Probably Keep Its Investment Bank, Berenberg Says
Barclays Plc will maintain its “universal banking model” and keep its investment bank amid a review of its securities unit, according to analysts at Berenberg Bank.
Investment Banking
04/09/2014
JPMorgan's Dimon says U.S. banks healthy, Europe lagging
European banks are still lagging behind the U.S. banking industry, which has almost completely recovered from the global financial crisis
04/08/2014
Deutsche Bank Chairman Paul Achleitner backs Anshu Jain
Deutsche Bank has backed its India-born co-CEO Anshu Jain, amid reports that the German bank was looking at his replacement, saying he is doing an "excellent job".
04/07/2014
Report - top firm cuts London and New York staff
The Financial Times reports that VTB Capital has cut its operations in London and New York in a move that highlights how Russia’s second-biggest bank has curbed its international growth ambitions in investment banking.
04/06/2014
Raiffeisen Bank subsidiary to close Crimea branches
A subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International will close all its branches in Crimea by mid-month, the bank said yesterday, following Russia’s annexation of the Black Sea peninsula.
04/05/2014
Royal Bank of Scotland breaks vow to keep banks open by axeing 44 branches
The bank made a ‘customer charter’ pledge to keep any branch open if it was the last bank in town in a multi-million pound advertising campaign launched four years ago – along with a promise to ‘offer the best quality service possi
04/04/2014
European banks expected to bid for Germany & 39s IKB – resources
Personal fairness investor Lone Star is predicted to get bids from some big European banking companies for company financial institution IKB
04/03/2014
Confusion Reigns in Finance as JPMorgan Blocks Russian Embassy Payment
The payment was to be sent from the Russian embassy in Kazakhstan to Russian insurance agency Sogaz, which is partly owned by Abros, a subsidiary of Bank Rossiya.
04/03/2014
Natixis to Increase Japan Staff by 50% in Asian Expansion Push
The recruits will help the firm spur sales of fixed-income and equity products, including derivatives, to local clients through Japanese financial institutions.
04/03/2014
Rothschild and Dutch lender ends Investment Banking Cooperation
Australian news website Business Spectator reported the news earlier today.
04/01/2014
Nordea gains license to access China A-Share market
The Chinese government has granted Nordea Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor status, allowing it to trade directly in China's A-Share market through stock exchanges in Shenzen and Shanghai.
03/31/2014
China Development Bank Deals Mark Africa Push
Between cooperation pacts signed last week with British lender Barclays PLC and French bank Societe Generale, CDB has secured expertise spanning Africa, a key focus of China’s push for global resources and influence.
03/31/2014
Investment Banking Conflicts of Interest Probed by U.K. FCA
The U.K. finance regulator will review how investment banks manage conflicts of interest between their obligations to clients and their own trading positions.
03/31/2014
Green Investment Bank announces major investment in UK offshore wind
The UK Green Investment Bank has revealed plans for equity investments worth £461m in offshore wind projects that will use “next generation” turbines manufactured by Siemens, which itself has plans to boost the sector.
03/28/2014
JPMorgan Seeks to Become Among Top Three in Cash Equities
JPMorgan Chase & Co.is seeking to become one of the world’s three biggest stock brokers, lifting a division that has fallen behind its capital markets, equity derivatives and investment banking units.
03/27/2014
Barclays poised to break JP Morgan's DCM stranglehold
Barclays is on course to break JP Morgan’s six-quarter stranglehold on the global debt capital markets league table and claim the top bookrunner spot in the first quarter of 2014.
03/27/2014
BNP Paribas rebrands entire €35bn global fund range
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has rebranded its entire international fund range of 106 funds under the group's Parvest label.
03/26/2014
Barclays' Rebuild
Keith Mullin: Barclays should ditch Go-To language around IB
03/26/2014
Anshu Jain haunted by rainmaker past as Deutsche Bank fines multiply
Anshu Jain is under pressure to keep Deutsche Bank out of the headlines and focus on fulfilling its potential
03/26/2014
BNP Paribas plans to float separate clearing business division
The business restructuring of Capital Markets and Securities Services units will also help BNP Paribas to deal with ever changing regulatory environmen