February 2012
Some clear trends emerge from this year’s results. Notable among them is the leadership of local private banks in the key global battlegrounds of two of the fastest-growing markets. With global banks facing regulatory and business challenges, local specialist wealth managers are gaining ground in both developed and emerging markets.
February 2012
Lots of small deals for FIG bankers… But no big transformational ones
February 2012
Brazil’s IPO market has been tarnished, so it’s imperative the first deal for 2012 is done with care and respect
February 2012
At long last, investment bankers are bowing to the inevitable. Four years after the crisis, the industry is undergoing a much-needed transformation, as banks exit businesses they simply cannot make a return on. Bank chiefs are struggling to adapt to the new rules of the game. It should lead to an era of greater specialization and further consolidation.
February 2012
The business is consolidating rapidly and survivors might enjoy rising market share and healthier margins.
February 2012
David Einhorn’s £7.2 million ($11.3 million) fine by the UK’s Financial Services Authority for insider trading in Punch Taverns stock should make some hedge fund managers and investment bankers very afraid.
February 2012
EU infringement process launched; Orban backs down
February 2012
US and European banks might soon do business in Myanmar, and could learn much from Indonesia and Vietnam’s transitions.
January 2012
Bankers predict the next round of ECB financing could top €1 trillion. But it will take more than an LTRO-induced liquidity injection to fix Europe’s banks
February 2012
US Fed to incentivize investors; Single-family homes new asset class
February 2012
The ECB doesn’t have to take the same losses on Greek debt as the private sector – but it should.
February 2012
"Bankers are not going to repeat the errors of the past or buy 10-year bonds with three-year funding. Such a duration mismatch would ultimately be suicide"
February 2012
New strictures have breathed life into shadow banking – it now constitutes about a quarter of the global financial system – and regulators fear they have created a monster. But look closer and there's much more to this financial Frankenstein…
February 2012
Ackermann puts on a brave face over a poor set of results, but Deutsche’s performance in its powerhouse sales-and-trading business shows just how tough the markets are for even the strongest banks
February 2012
The complaint filed by the SEC at the New York Federal Court on Wednesday against four ex-Credit Suisse employees provides another fascinating insight into the chaos that erupted across fixed-income trading desks, as the seizure of the short-term funding markets in mid-2007 began to ricochet through to the shaky edifices of structured finance that had been built upon them.
February 2012
The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan has always feared risk. Now it’s seeking higher yields, branching out into listed securities, real estate, gold and emerging market debt. But is this ultra-cautious fund really ready?
February 2012
Euromoney reveals that certain markets and parts of investment banking are consolidating much faster than people realise, especially in fixed income, currency and commodities
February 2012
VTB Capital accelerates expansion; Bhattal’s permanent replacement sought
February 2012
Taiwanese focus on Fujian; Hua Nan logical trailblazer
January 2012
As the European bank-funding crisis pushes banks to fund themselves ever shorter-term, concerns are growing that collateral, the lifeblood of all secured borrowing, is running out. Can the shadow banking system ride to the rescue?
February 2012
UBS isn’t doing too badly for a bank supposedly in the midst of a terminal crisis
February 2012
February 2012
Barclays Wealth has reinvented itself in just five years. With the benefit of heavy investment, it has developed a unique model of interacting with clients – using behavioural finance. It is targeting only high-net-worth clients and expanding globally.
January 2012
Euromoney takes a look at how banks need to fundamentally change the way they do business
January 2012
Includes Bonds, Equities, Loans, M&A, MTN, Project Finance
February 2012
Today’s UK newspapers and online media outlets are full of news of a highly-paid employee of a large government-owned institution known by its three initials agreeing to take a cut in pay.
No, it’s not another banker at RBS: it’s BBC television football pundit Alan Hansen.
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