12/22/2017
Central Bank to Directly Control Investment Banks in EU
The regulatory body is planning to get large institutions that have assets of more than 30 billion euros
Investment Banking
12/19/2017
Meet the ex-senior investment bankers trying to unlock tech millions
Equity options have long been a selling point of working for tech firms, particularly if you get in at the ground level and the company ends up going public.
12/18/2017
Barclays kills its mobile banking app for Windows phone
Barclays originally launched on Windows phone in 2014
12/17/2017
Deutsche Bank noticed suspicious payments linked to Trump's Manafort
The German bank flagged payments it felt were questionable and has been subpoenaed to provide information as part of the investigation into the 2016 US elections.
12/17/2017
Investment banks split on shifting assets ahead of Brexit
Groups are taking radically different stances on process of ‘novation’
12/16/2017
Bankers set for $120m payday from shopping centre deals
This would be shared between Rothschild, Jefferies and UBS advising Westfield, and Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs for Unibail.
12/12/2017
J.P. Morgan is offering a new route into a front office job
It’s also been hiring more apprentices – the number of places on offer is up 30% on 2016 and it has started recruiting for its office in Canary Wharf.
12/12/2017
Banking on Warsaw: inside Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse in the Polish capital
J.P. Morgan said in September that it intends to hire 3,000 people in Warsaw within three years.
12/12/2017
RBS Leaves Bonus Pool Flat for First Time Since Crisis
Last year, the Edinburgh-based lender cut its compensation pool by 8 percent to 343 million pounds ($458 million)
12/12/2017
UBS will launch Live Ethereum Platform with Credit Suisse
Madrec aims to simplify things for banks
12/08/2017
EIB plans internationally-focused offshoot
The European Investment Bank plans to launch an internationally-focused E7 billion-E8 billion subsidiary aimed at countries fuelling Europe's migrant crisis.
12/05/2017
Scottish lawmakers to pressure RBS to stop branch closures
The closures will also entail 680 job cuts.
12/05/2017
Goldman Sachs to beef up Polish operations
US investment bank plans to hire about 250 new staff in Warsaw
12/05/2017
Deutsche to rebrand asset manager and keep control after IPO
The listing will give the unit the ability to attract and retain talent by incentivising staff with bonus shares, although it is not targeting overall pay increases.
12/04/2017
HSBC is moving jobs from London to Paris, but Asian banks stay put even as Brexit looms
Some Asian banks do not do enough business in the EU to justify the costs of setting up new operations, say analysts
12/04/2017
French Bank Natixis Bets On Fixed-Income, Equity Derivatives To Grow Asia sales
Natixis Aims To Boost Asia’s Share Of Its Corporate And Investment Banking
12/04/2017
Goldman London bankers queuing up for new jobs in Milan
It’s still early days for Goldman’s plans, but first movers are expected to be managing directors and vice presidents.
12/04/2017
French bank Natixis bets on fixed-income, equity derivatives to grow Asia sales
Natixis also plans to continue adding to its headcount of 620 in Asia, its fastest-growing region globally, by 10 percent a year over the next three years, global CEO Laurent Mignon told Reuters in an interview.
12/04/2017
Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland to close branches
This has been a strategy of banks globally.
12/01/2017
Barclays Sells Another Tranche Of African Operation
The British Bank’s Stake In Absa’s JSE-Listed Parent Company Is Now Just 14.9%