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Goldman and Nomura send about 10% of staff back to London offices

At JPMorgan Chase & Co, about 15% of its staff are back, and mergers and acquisitions bankers are returning for the first time this week.

HSBC France to cut 1 in 3 global banking and markets jobs

The cost-saving round of job cuts is expected to be completed by the end of next year.

Can BNP Paribas beat the investment banking jinx?

The French lender is the latest European bank with ambitious plans to take on Wall Street

With consolidation, Raisin takes on European promise of single market

The ensuing expansion of the cooperation with Raisin Bank has also underscored the bank’s own ambition to grow as a partner for European fintechs.

Goldman banker moving from Dubai to London in latest change to Mideast lineup

It wasn’t immediately clear if Goldman plans to replace Francois in the Middle East.

Bankers get on their bikes in French travel revolution

It had been considering alternative transport before the pandemic in the light of schemes to promote it by Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, and the government.

BNP Paribas accelerates integration of Deutsche Bank prime brokerage business

With the integration of the Deutsche Bank business, BNP Paribas is aiming to become the top prime broker in Europe and potentially break out as a top four global player.

AAA-rated PM and Amundi quant research head discuss which ESG sectors outperform

In his research, he compared the different performances of ESG investments in different regions as well as the different environmental, social and governance pillars.

EU GDP: National forecasts tell us this is the squall before the storm - Chris Bailey, Raymond James

Both the euro area equity markets and the euro remain highly geared to the perceived success (or not) of such initiatives.”

BNP has Goldman in its sights after beefing up hedge fund business

French bank aims to join prime broking’s top 3 following acquisition of Deutsche unit last year

Citi just launched a new unit that will apply data science to dealmaking.

It's all part of a playbook to become a top-3 global investment bank.

Deutsche Bank equities professionals try to settle at BNP Paribas

Instead of sales or trading, insiders many of the people who've migrated to BNP Paribas from DB instead work in technology, with DB's tech systems seeming to be the real focus of BNP's purchase.

HSBC brokers deal to take full ownership of German arm

HSBC is planning to retrench more than 35,000 positions to cut costs as the Covid-19 pandemic affects its revenues, especially in continental Europe.

Deutsche Bank asks top managers to forego a month’s pay

CEO Christian Sewing has resumed his plan to cut 18,000 jobs that had been put on hold

This could be the end of juniorization in investment banks

With the future still highly uncertain, there are signs that banks are strengthening benches as volatility persists.

Societe Generale finalises the acquisition of Commerzbank's Equity Markets and Commodities activities

It covers the activities of ETF market-making, which consists of ensuring the market liquidity for ETFs issuers and of executing orders for institutional clients

Deutsche Bank sells bond to boost its capital ratio as recession looms

European and national regulators have granted banks more flexibility in how they can meet certain capital requirements to help keep lending flowing to businesses struggling amid the crisis.

Junior bankers move home: "There's no cooking or cleaning"

Home often seemed the better option.

French banks plot next moves after heavy derivatives losses

The structured products business is highly profitable for banks when markets are benign

SocGen to revamp trading arm after equities revenue wiped out

CEO Frédéric Oudéa pledges second round of changes in a year after ‘extraordinary’ crisis

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