02/26/2019
Citi Wins Multiple Debt Capital Markets Awards
The awards were decided by specialist editorial panels based on pitching processes, feedback from industry participants as well as relevant market data and league tables.
Investment Banking
02/26/2019
Bank of Ireland shares fall as its pre-tax profits for 2018 drop
Francesca McDonagh said the bank is committed to lowering its non-performing loans and has improved its position over the past year by almost a quarter.
02/25/2019
SocGen could cut 1,500 investment banking jobs: Le Figaro
France-based staff would be the hardest hit, with more than 700 jobs on the line, the paper said, citing an internal document.
02/25/2019
Banks tempt London staff to EU with Brexit sweeteners
Some of the City’s biggest lenders are working to shift thousands of employees to Europe before the UK officially exits the bloc
02/24/2019
10 major banking trends you can expect to see in 2019
Open Banking regulations from Europe to Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, and — soon — Canada are fragmenting traditional retail asset and liability gathering in most markets.
02/21/2019
Standard Chartered sets aside $900 million to cover U.S., British fines
The filing is the first time the bank has quantified the possible cost of the investigations.
02/20/2019
Gulliver’s non-travels worth £500,000
Between February and October he received a further £803,000 in salary, a fixed allowance of £1.1 million and a pension top-up of £241,000.
02/20/2019
Deutsche Bank Plans to Rebuild South Africa Staff After Cuts
German lender also plans to expand in the Middle East region
02/19/2019
Former Lloyd's of London chairman David Rowland passes away
David Rowland, chairman of the Lloyd's of London between 1993 and 1997, has passed away, Lloyd's said in a statement. He was 85.
02/19/2019
HSBC has been paying some big guaranteed bonuses to attract people to its investment bank
Despite it all, the global banking and markets division turned in a passable return on target equity of 10.5% last year and HSBC is still hiring.
02/17/2019
M&A activity in fund sector breaks 11-year record
Sale of Oppenheimer to Invesco is largest transaction as number of deals hits 253
02/15/2019
Does Credit Suisse pay inordinately well in Paris?
While managing directors (MDs) at French banks struggle by on €200k in base salaries, Credit Suisse is said to pay favoured French MDs €400k in base salary alone.
02/15/2019
RBS warns of Brexit damage despite profits more than doubling
Figure of £1.6bn means bank records second straight year of profit since 2008 state bailout
02/14/2019
ABN Amro shares fall more than 6% after fourth-quarter profit misses forecast
Clifford Abrahams, chief financial officer of ABN Amro told CNBC: "Q4 was operationally solid and steady...But we had a couple of specific items in Q4, we had some expenses and elevated impairments."
02/12/2019
Deutsche Bank’s funding woes deepen
Lender pays highest rates on euro bond market this year for a leading international bank
02/11/2019
Societe Generale eyes Saudi opportunities after Middle East expansion
Saudi Arabia is attracting the attention of the world's biggest banks as it undergoes an economic transformation that includes raising debt through bond sales
02/08/2019
How compliance jobs in investment banks fell down to earth
There was no strategic thinking – it was just adding people to mollify the regulators.”
02/06/2019
HSBC Said to Cut Over 50 Jobs in Investment Banking Division
Cull in global banking and markets unit to begin this week
02/06/2019
2 Barclays Lawyers Killed in Avalanche
A former Ashurst associate and her colleague were among the victims.
02/06/2019
Highlights of Handelsbanken’s Annual Report january – december 2018
Growth in business volumes in all home markets.