Top Investment Banking News for 03/07/2009



STEC Appoints Technology Investment Banking Veteran Chris Colpitts . - MSNBC

STEC Appoints Technology Investment Banking Veteran Chris Colpitts .
MSNBC
SANTA ANA, Calif., March 4, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC) announced today that Chris Colpitts, Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank, has been appointed as an independent director to the .
STEC Adds Investment Banker To Board socalTech.com
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British government takes controlling stake in Lloyds Banking Group (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
LONDON - The British government has become the majority shareholder in Lloyds Banking Group PLC in exchange for insuring more than 260 billion pounds in toxic assets, the bank said Saturday...

UK Government Takes Controlling Stake in Lloyds Banking Group (Khaleej Times)
LONDON - The British government has become the majority shareholder in Lloyds Banking Group PLC in exchange for insuring more than 260 billion ($367 billion) in toxic assets, the bank said Saturday...

Michigan business news briefs: Beringea investment (Detroit Free Press)
Beringea LLC, a Farmington Hills-based private equity and investment-banking firm, said Wednesday that it has made a $3.5-million investment in Fjord, an 8-year-old digital-design firm based in London...

Ideoblog: More on the uncorporation and investment banking
James Glassman and William Nolan get on the Michael Lewis bandwagon in today's WSJ by arguing that that the root of Wall Street's excessively risky ways was abandoning the partnership model: [I]na $14 trillion economy, you can't hire ...

No More EUR˜Ostrichology for UBS - Wall Street Journal Blogs

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No More EUR˜Ostrichology for UBS
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY
The zero-bonusing of most of the investment banks staff, while understandable in the context of UBS losses, has left a poisonous atmosphere within the business. According to reports, a management call between investment banking chief Jerker Johansson .
UBS may be next to quit NZ Stuff.co.nz
UBS Gets New Ammo With Villiger Forbes
UBS names former finance minister as chairman FinanceAsia
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Synergies between commercial and investment banking? - FierceFinance
Not too long ago, as Glass Steagall crumbled, investment banks feared that commercial banks would leverage their lending relationships into investment banking relationships. The advantage seemed. Read more...

Africa's Standard Bank bets on Russia recovery - Reuters

Reuters South Africa

Africa's Standard Bank bets on Russia recovery
Reuters
By Serena Chaudhry JOHANNESBURG, March 6 (Reuters) - Africa's biggest bank by assets, Standard Bank (SBKJ.J), is gambling on a Russian investment banking recovery by snapping up a stake in Troika Dialog while assets are cheap, as part of its drive into .
Standard Bank Buys 33% of Troika for $200 Million Bloomberg
Standard Bank buys a third of Russian investment bank, Troika: Rob . Moneyweb
Troika, Standard Bank Seek EUR˜Troubled Russian Assets Bloomberg
Moneyweb - Bloomberg
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Merrill Lynch Names Jayanti Bajpai As Asia Pac Co-Head of I .
Bank of America on Wednesday appointed Jayanti Bajpai and Jiro Seguchi as joint heads of the corporate and investment banking arm of Merrill Lynch in the Asia Pacific region. The appointments are effective immediately. ...

Investment Banking Wardrobe for Women | Mergers & Inquisitions
Guide to women's attire in investment banking and how to craft an appropriate wardrobe...

Was I Wrong About Investment Banking Bonuses? - Motley Fool

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Was I Wrong About Investment Banking Bonuses?
Motley Fool
A month ago, I came out strongly against the idea of a government limit on bonuses for investment bankers. Based on the reaction to the article, most readers seemed to believe I was either on the take from the North American Investment Banking Union .
Freaky February: Both Stocks and Treasuries Fall Motley Fool
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UniCredit investment banking staff won't get bonuses: report .
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Staff in UniCredit's investment banking business were told Friday morning that they won't receive a bonus for 2008 as the business prepares to report a loss for the year, according to a report on the Web site of ...

Was I Wrong About Investment Banking Bonuses? (The Motley Fool)
I've argued against government limitations on banking bonuses. Am I just crazy or what?..

STEC Appoints Technology Investment Banking Veteran Chris Colpitts to Board of Directors (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SANTA ANA, Calif., March 4, 2009 -- STEC, Inc. announced today that Chris Colpitts, Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank, has been appointed as an independent director to the STEC Board, effective March 5, 2009...

Volcker Urges Dividing Investment, Commercial Banks - Bloomberg

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Volcker Urges Dividing Investment, Commercial Banks
Bloomberg
By Matthew Benjamin and Christine Harper March 6 (Bloomberg) -- Commercial banks should be separated from investment banks in order to avoid another crisis like the US is experiencing, according to former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. .
Volcker backs much needed banking system reforms Daily Finance
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Scotiabank picks up select assets, staff from UBS Energy (National Post)
As UBS continues to sell off non-core businesses as part of a global retrenchment, the investment banking arm of Bank of Nova Scotia has picked up select assets and employees from UBS Energy...

Pay Dirt: Watching Wall Street - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Pay Dirt: Watching Wall Street
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
Q Did you find the investment banking lifestyle a tempting alternative to graduate work? A You know, I wasn't enticed at all. I wasn't at all motivated by the money; I really wanted to figure out what was going on. I actually made more money that year .
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STEC Adds Investment Banker To Board (socalTech.com)
Santa Ana-based STEC, a manufacturer of solid state disk drives, said this week that it has named investment bank Chris Colpitts as a board member. Colpitts is Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank, and was previously Managing Director and Global Head of Electronics Investment Banking at Lehman Brothers. According to STEC, Colpitts replaces James J. ...

Matthew Yglesias » Justice, Gender, and Investment Banking
Justice, Gender, and Investment Banking. One interesting thing from the aforementioned Michael Lewis article on Iceland that gets a bit buried because hes trying to be funny is this thing about gender and banking: ...

UBSs Sine, Head of Technology and Media, to Leave (Update2) (Bloomberg)
March 6 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AGs Jeffrey Sine , the head of investment banking for technology, media, and telecommunications companies, has told colleagues he plans to leave the firm, a person familiar with the matter said...

BofA names new heads of Asia-Pac corp & inv bank - Reuters

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BofA names new heads of Asia-Pac corp & inv bank
Reuters
HONG KONG, March 4 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday Jayanti Bajpai and Jiro Seguchi will be jointly accountable for Asia Pacific corporate and investment banking, in the latest high-level appointments .
Merrill Probe Stymied by Bank of America, New Yorks Cuomo Says Bloomberg
Bank Of America Merrill's Forbes To Leave Asia - Memo CNNMoney.com
BofA names Asia Pacific investment banking heads Financial News (subscription)
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Ronn Motor Company Engages Investment Banking Firm Pepperwood Partners, Dallas, Texas (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Ronn Motor Company, Inc. announced today the Company has entered into an Investment Banking Advisory Agreement with Pepperwood Partners of Dallas, Texas in order to enhance the Company's growth plans and seek a best efforts capital infusion of $25 million, for ongoing development of their hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell, electric and alternative environmentally clean automobile systems...

Citigroup shares close at $1.02 - Providence Journal

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Citigroup shares close at $1.02
Providence Journal, RI
Citicorp holds the companys EURœcoreEUR businesses such as retail banking, investment banking, credit cards and transaction services, while Citi Holdings runs the companys riskier assets, the consumer finance franchises and asset management. .
Citigroup Stock Sinks to $1 Per Share Washington Post
Citigroup Share Price Drops Below A Dollar Trading Markets (press release)
Citigroup stock falls below $1 for first time Reuters
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Investment Banking Director - www.WallStreetJobMarket.com, Jobs .
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Investment Banking Institute in Boston | WallStreetOasis.com
Hi everyone, I am interested in enrolling in the Investment Banking Institute or analyst exchange program located in Boston, but was wondering if anyone has ever personally or know of anyone who enrolled in the program...

BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking Names Sebastien .
BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Sebastien Cottrell to the firm's structured credit trading team in the US. He will be based in New York and report to Olivier Renart, ...

Was I Wrong About Investment Banking Bonuses? - Motley Fool .
Was I Wrong About Investment Banking Bonuses?Motley FoolWhether for stock trading, money management, or M&A advisory services, clients pay these banks through the nose. But are the services worth it? Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), for example, ...

Ronn Motor enters into Investment Banking Advisory Agreement with Pepperwood Partners - quick facts (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - Ronn Motor Co. (RNNM.PK) said it has entered into an investment banking advisory agreement with Pepperwood Partners of Dallas, Texas in order to enhance the company's growth plans and seek a best efforts capital infusion of $25 million, for ongoing development of their hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell, electric and alternative environmentally clean automobile systems...

Ronn Motor Company Engages Investment Banking Firm Pepperwood . - MSNBC

Ronn Motor Company Engages Investment Banking Firm Pepperwood .
MSNBC
AUSTIN, TX - Ronn Motor Company, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: RNNM) announced today the Company has entered into an Investment Banking Advisory Agreement with Pepperwood Partners of Dallas, Texas in order to enhance the Company's growth plans and seek a best .
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UniCredit investment banking staff won't get bonuses: report - MarketWatch

UniCredit investment banking staff won't get bonuses: report
MarketWatch
By Simon Kennedy , , ) investment banking business were told Friday morning that they won't receive a bonus for 2008 as the business prepares to report a loss for the year, according to a report on the Web site of Financial News Online. .
UniCredit Wihholds Bonuses for Investment Bankers Wall Street Journal
Unicredit staff will not receive 2008 bonuses Financial Times
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