Top Investment Banking News for 04/11/2009



Making Banking Boring (New York Times)
The regulated era of banking that followed the Great Depression was far less lucrative than the previous era, but one of spectacular economic progress. Perhaps the political winds need to shift again...

FARGO-ING CHANGE - New York Post

BBC News
FARGO-ING CHANGE
New York Post, NY
Market observers had predicted that Wells would look to sell the investment bank. But Wells now appears to have settled on keeping the investment banking unit, albeit smaller, with the higher risk, more transactional capital-markets businesses facing .
Video: April 9: Wells Fargo Sends Market Surging The Associated Press
Finally, economic optimism, thanks to Wells San Francisco Chronicle
Does Wells Fargo Mean Banks Are Back? Smartmoney.com
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - MarketWatch
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Hiring: Investment Banking Analyst / Associate - Palo Alto, CA .
Investment Banking Analyst / Associate - Palo Alto, CA. Description: Associates are involved in both sourcing and executing deals, maintaining client relations from the initial contact to the closing of the transaction. ...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Hires Steven Niemczyk as Global Head of Asset Management Investment Banking (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced that Steven J. Niemczyk will join the company's Global Corporate & Investment Banking business as global head of Asset Management Investment Banking in June 2009...

Barclays Sells a Fund Unit in Effort to Keep Government at Bay - New York Times

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Barclays Sells a Fund Unit in Effort to Keep Government at Bay
New York Times, United States
If the benefits to the companys accounts are unclear, the payoff to Robert E. Diamond Jr., the chief executive of Barclays investment banking and investment management business, is not. Mr. Diamond stands to make about $6.9 million on the deal before .
Barclays sells iShares for 3bn The Press Association
The 5million banker's bonus: Outrage over windfall for Barclays boss Daily Mail
Barclays sells iShares to CVC for $4.4 billion The Associated Press
Earthtimes (press release)
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HLS in Focus Investment Banking and the Legal Road Less Travelled
Mr. Kojima joined Goldman Sachs Investment Banking division upon graduation from HLS in 1995, and became Managing Director in 2002. Prior to joining the Private Equity Group, he specialized in leveraged buyouts and acquisition ...

(IT) VB/.Net Analyst Programmer Investment Banking Bristol
Net Analyst Programmer Investment Banking Bristol Permanent (50000pa)/Contract (350 - 450pd) An opportunity exists for a .NET Analyst Programmer to work in the Bristol based office of this large investment bank. ...

German Stocks Reach Two-Month High, Led by Banks; Henkel Falls - Bloomberg

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German Stocks Reach Two-Month High, Led by Banks; Henkel Falls
Bloomberg
EURThat fits in the overall picture that central banks and governments are 100 percent committed to stabilize the financial system and stimulate the economy,EUR said Tammo Greetfeld, senior equity strategist at unicredit Markets & Investment Banking in .
Real Trouble At Hypo Forbes
German government moves to nationalize bank CNN International
Germany unveils first full bank nationalisation AFP
Monsters and Critics.com
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What is the future for investment banks? - Peninsula On-line

What is the future for investment banks?
Peninsula On-line, Qatar
By Tony Jackson What is the future for investment banks? They are, after all, the pariahs of finance: the casino operators who turned out to be the biggest gamblers. Their original job was that of middleman between corporations and investors, .
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Bank of America named Steven Niemczyk global head of asset management investment banking in Bank of America Merrill . (eFinancial News)
Bank of America named Steven Niemczyk global head of asset management investment banking in Bank of America Merrill Lynch's global corporate and investment banking business...

Shuaa sees QNB as long-term investment - Banking & Finance .
Investment bank says Qatar National Bank remains one of its preferred top-down plays in Qatar...

EIB approves 255 mln pound London Olympics loan - Reuters India

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EIB approves 255 mln pound London Olympics loan
Reuters India, India
"The European Investment Bank has long been identified as a potential funding source for the affordable housing elements of the Olympic Village as part of a private sector-led banking consortium," the spokesman said. "This would be on commercial terms. .
London granted loan to finance Olympic dreams Deutsche Welle
EU approves loan for London 2012 Olympic Village SI.com
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Talking Biz News Dow Jones names editors to oversee investment .
EURAdams and Arindams extensive experience in financial journalism, their deep knowledge of capital markets and their experience reporting on corporate strategy make them ideal leaders of Dow Joness frontline investment banking ...

Bank of America Said to Lose Asia Power Banking Team - Bloomberg

Boston Globe
Bank of America Said to Lose Asia Power Banking Team
Bloomberg
Chapman, who worked for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. before joining Bank of Americas Merrill Lynch & Co. in September, was hired by Barclays Plc as managing director and head of power investment banking for the Asia-Pacific region, the people said, .
Bank of America Merrill Lynch names new global head of Asset . Trading Markets (press release)
bofa Taps UBS Exec to Head Asset Management TheStreet.com
Bank of America stocks falling continue - Hard time Ub News
Crain's New York Business - Reuters
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O'Keefe Investment Banking woos California film dollars to Metro .
But Bloomfield Hills-based O'Keefe Investment Banking thinks this may just be the tip of the iceberg. The five-person firm, an offshoot of O'Keefe Associates & Consulting, is partnering with All Cities Media Group, a California-based ...

National Holdings Corporation and Fund.com, Inc. Announce Agreement for $5 Million Strategic Investment (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----National Holdings Corporation , a full service investment banking company operating through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and Fund.com Inc. , an online financial content provider, today announced that they have entered into a definitive purchase agreement whereby Fund.com will provide $5 million in preferred stock financing to National based on a $.75 per common share price of ...

Investment Banking, Wall Street Style | Spammed
Young Chuck moved to Texas and bought a donkey from a farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the farmer drove...

Russia Bad Loans May Reach $70 Billion, Deepen Crisis - Bloomberg

Russia Bad Loans May Reach $70 Billion, Deepen Crisis
Bloomberg
Lenders should be able to cope with a delinquency rate of about 10 percent, central bank Deputy Chairman Gennady Melikyan said April 3. Troika Dialog, Russias oldest investment bank, forecasts defaults at 9 percent, a level thats unlikely to cause a .
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Dow Jones Newswires Appoints Leading Business Journalists to Head Coverage of Investment Banking (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Dow Jones & Company, a News Corporation company , today announced two new editorial appointments to lead Dow Jones Newswires' reporting, commentary and analysis of companies, industries and events for the investment banking community...

Investment Banking, Lending Split: BofA Lewis Suggests
Investment Banking, Lending Split: BofA Lewis Suggests - The Huffington Post...

Bank of America Said to Lose Asia Power Investment Banking Team (Bloomberg)
April 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. lost a team of six investment bankers specializing in power companies in Asia led by James Chapman , three people with knowledge of the matter said...

Making Banking Boring (New York Times)
The regulated era of banking that followed the Great Depression was far less lucrative than previous era, but one of spectacular economic progress. Perhaps it?s time for the winds to shift again...

South Africa: Retail, Investment Banking Spirits at 'Record Low Level' (AllAfrica.com)
Johannesburg EUR CONFIDENCE in investment and retail banking fell to a record low in the first quarter as profits contracted in both market segments in line with a slowing economy, the Ernst & Young Financial Services index shows...

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Ken Lewis Thinks Maybe Investment Banking And Commercial Banking .
Maybe the big guy is having morning after regrets about that Merrill acquisition...

A fraud that makes Madoff look small time - Baltimore Sun

Times Online
A fraud that makes Madoff look small time
Baltimore Sun, United States
Mr. Black believes they dealt in investment instruments they knew were created fraudulently. So, why haven't we seen the people responsible for this hauled off in handcuffs the way Bernie Madoff was? Or at the very least, how come the CEOs of the banks .
Trustee wants Gibraltar bank to give back Bernie Madoff money New York Daily News
Trustee seeks $150 million `clawback' The Associated Press
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SMH Capital Announces Stephen Hines has Joined the Firm's Investment Banking Practice in New York (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SMH Capital is pleased to announce that Stephen P. Hines has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its investment banking practice in New York...

North Carolina, Colorado Banks Shut as 2009 Failures Reach 23 - Bloomberg

AFP
North Carolina, Colorado Banks Shut as 2009 Failures Reach 23
Bloomberg
EURIm optimistic that it will help many banks clean their balance sheets and attract new private capital, and help give the government an exit strategy from their own capital investment program,EUR Bair said. The agency, which is proposing a one-time fee .
Cape Fear Bank to reopen Monday under new name StarNewsOnline.com
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Oman- Banking and investment sole loser as MSM rises (MENAFN)
Oman- Banking and investment sole loser as MSM rises..

Which Banks Will Rule? - Newsweek

Which Banks Will Rule?
Newsweek
Despite their huge market cap, the major Chinese banks are still mainly local retail and commercial playersEURthey don't yet do the sort of major cross-border investment banking that American institutions pioneered, and certainly none of them are .
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