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Invesco profit rises 15pc on deposits, litigation settlement

Net income increased to $202.3 million, or 44 cents a share, from $175.2 million, or 37 cents, a year earlier, Atlanta-based Invesco said in a statement today.

UniCredit offers investors bonds buyback

Chief executive Federico Ghizzoni is raising money to boost capital and comply with European Banking Authority targets.

UBP incurs profit decline

Client assets increased almost 11 percent to 72 billion francs in 2011 following the acquisition of ABN Amro Group NV’s Swiss wealth-management unit, UBP said on its website today.

EU banks deepen dependence on unlimited central bank loans

ECB President Mario Draghi said last week he expects demand for loans next month to be “still very high,” though “probably lower than in December.”

Credit Suisse to use derivative-bond bonuses

Banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley cut bonuses after anxiety about Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis helped depress profits and share prices last year.

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Nordea Profit Beats Estimates

Nordea Bank AB, the Nordic region’s largest lender, said fourth-quarter profit rose 2.1 percent as higher income from lending offset rising losses on bad loans.

The merger of the two largest private sector banks in Greece is “a game-changer decision of historic proportions which enhances the ability of the country to overcome the crisis, stabilizes the banking system and sends a positive message regarding t

Jefferies to make move for RBS cash equities

RBS is selling Hoare Govett and its wider cash equities, equity underwriting, and mergers and acquisition businesses as part of a restructuring of its global banking and markets (GBM) business.

Dexia Sees Agreement for Denizbank Sale Before End of February

Mariani also said talks with Royal Bank of Canada about the sale of Dexia’s 50 percent stake in their joint venture RBC Dexia Investor Services are nearing completion.

Sberbank throws its weight into investment banking

In the words of a recent recruit – it’s the biggest bank you’ve never heard of.

Being international isn't sexy anymore for Citi

Citi's rivals JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have Europe problems, too, but they also have U.S. branch networks about five times the size of Citi's. And bank business in the U.S., like the economy, is improving.

Big Four firm regains leadership position in 2011

PricewaterhouseCoopers Regains Leadership Position In 2011

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Risk Appetite Back to Pre-Third Quarter Crisis Levels

London shrinks faster than any financial center as banks come under attack

Having fired more employees than in any other country last year, the capital’s banks are facing falling trading revenue, attacks from politicians to reduce pay and more job cuts.

UK banking giants plans to hire tens of thousands every year

HSBC has an employee attrition rate of 10% annually, and replacing those staff forms part of the new hiring, an HSBC spokesman said. HSBC currently employs 296,000 staff globally.

Top lender gets five weeks to find RBS buyers before bankers depart

RBS, the U.K.’s largest state-owned lender, last week said it will sell or close its unprofitable cash equities, mergers advisory and equity capital markets units.

Banker sackings and suspensions double in two years

The number of investment bankers sacked or suspended for failing to comply with regulatory rules has doubled in the two years since the Lehman Brothers crash, official figures show.

Saudi British meets market forecasts with 65pc jump in 4Q results

Net income rose to 655 million riyals ($175 million) from 397 million riyals a year earlier, the Riyadh-based lender said in a statement to the Saudi bourse today. The mean estimate of seven analysts was for a profit of 654.4 million riyals, according to

Societe Generale Securities Services has recieved nine ratings from Global Custodian

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has received nine major ratings, covering six countries, from Global Custodian Magazine* in its 2011 “Agent Banks in Emerging Markets” Survey.

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