Top Investment Banking News for 04/14/2009



Little margin for error in investment banking (eFinancial News)
For a patient that was so convincingly declared dead last year, the investment banking industry seems to be in remarkably good health. But the question remains whether Wall Street could yet relapse into its chronic state as quickly as it appears to have recovered...

Schwarzenegger Debt Defies Academics as Negotiations Trump Bids - Bloomberg

Schwarzenegger Debt Defies Academics as Negotiations Trump Bids
Bloomberg
The unit is the investment-banking arm of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America Corp. EURMarket forces have been behind the trend towards negotiated deals,EUR Andersen said in an e-mail from New York. EURRetail order periods have been critical to .
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Solution-CF SCF is a specialist and independent Corporate Finance lead advisory business, assisting with trade sales, acquisitions and management buy-outs of...

Arianna Huffington: Here's a Switch: Some Good News About Banking (HuffingtonPost)
An upcoming analysis by the IMF predicts toxic debts on the balance sheets of banks and insurers could go as high as $4 trillion. But it's not all doom and gloom. There are actually many things going right in the banking industry -- starting with credit unions. They're lending, their balance sheets are solid, and their capital levels are at near record highs. Another positive development: the ...

Ears in-built passwords may help curb call-centre, banking frauds
April 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - 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. ...

U.S. Banks: Why Only The Simplest Will Succeed | Daily Markets
The combined Wells Fargo was thus much less reliant on the slumbering investment banking business than other top-tier banks. It was also far less involved in high-risk capital-markets game playing, which got so many other banks in ...

Citi Is Said to Weigh Selling More Japan Assets - DealBook Blog .
The bank may also sell all or part of its Nikko Citigroup investment banking and Nikko Asset Management fund management units, along with the retail brokerage, the sources said. Jon Diat, a spokesman for Citigroup in New York, ...

World markets rise on Goldman Sachs earns (AP via Yahoo! News)
World stock markets rose Tuesday after surprisingly strong earnings from U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs fueled hopes that the global banking system may be over the worst...

US Banks: Why Only the Simplest Will Succeed - Money Morning

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US Banks: Why Only the Simplest Will Succeed
Money Morning
Both Wells Fargo and Wachovia were heavily oriented to conventional retail and commercial banking, with massive branch networks all over the United States. The combined Wells Fargo was thus much less reliant on the slumbering investment banking .
Big Banks Rally As Wells Fargo Bolsters 1Q Expectations Wall Street Journal
Wall Street holds its breath while the US's first-quarter results . guardian.co.uk
Wall Street banks on five-week rally Journal Record (subscription)
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3 Ways to Preserve Capital | The Money Times
investment-banking industry may have changed permanently, Goldman is in a strong position to recover well when the economy turns. Will the business return to historical profitability? This question's a bit tougher to answer, ...

Investors Flummoxed by Citis Japan Sale - Wall Street Journal Blogs

Boston Globe
Investors Flummoxed by Citis Japan Sale
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY
But to make the sale more attractive, Citi may also be offering part of its Nikko Citigroup investment banking unit, people familiar with the situation said. Citi has previously said that it is keeping Nikko Citigroup as part of its core business. .
Citigroup considers sale of Nikko Citigroup: report Reuters
Citigroup May Sell Parts of Nikko Citigroup Unit, Nikkei Says Bloomberg
* Citi may sell Nikko Citigroup, Nikko Asset - sources guardian.co.uk
Interactive Investor - guardian.co.uk
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Euro Slides on Speculation Slump Will Force ECB to Cut Rates - Bloomberg

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Euro Slides on Speculation Slump Will Force ECB to Cut Rates
Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Insight Investment Management and Fischer Francis Trees & Watts have begun recommending carry trades, which lost favor last year as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression drove investors to the relative safety .
US Dollar May Fall as Goldman Earnings, Japan Stimulus Boost . Daily FX
FOREX TRADERS WILL BE LOOKING FOR SOLID EVIDENCE OF RECOVERY ForexTV.com
Yen May Fall on US Banking Outlook, Demand for Higher Yields Bloomberg
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Goldman Sachs To Repay TARP Funds As 1Q Profit Surges - Wall Street Journal

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Goldman Sachs To Repay TARP Funds As 1Q Profit Surges
Wall Street Journal
The investment bank delivered first-quarter earnings that sailed past even the most optimistic predictions and plans to raise $5 billion in stock to help pay back government bailout funds. It would become the first big US bank to repay federal loans .
Goldman Sachs Plans to Raise $5 Billion to Repay US Bloomberg
Goldman Posts Profit, Moves to Repay Rescue Money Washington Post
Goldman Sachs (GS) Blows Past Street EPS Estimates, Announces $5B . StreetInsider.com (subscription)
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Investment Banking, Lending Split: BofA Lewis Suggests
Investment Banking, Lending Split: BofA Lewis Suggests - The Huffington Post...

Banking expo eyes risk management (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - Risk management during the crunch and IT investment to develop an efficient banking service will top talks at the 10th Banking Viet Nam 2009 Conference and Expo next month...

Fine-Tuning Obamas Plans for the Financial Services Industry - Private Equity Hub

Fine-Tuning Obamas Plans for the Financial Services Industry
Private Equity Hub, MA
We simply cant move forward again if we are forced to support massive banks that are money-losers. The oversight costs, alone, are outsized and unfair to taxpayers. Second, we must give serious consideration to separating investment banking and .
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Investment firm targeted Latinos in Ponzi scheme, SEC alleges (Los Angeles Times)
Maximum Return Investments of El Segundo and its owner misappropriated or lost $23 million from about 150 Latino investors in California and six other states, the federal regulator said in a lawsuit. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit Monday against an El Segundo investment firm, accusing its owner of operating a $23-million Ponzi scheme that targeted Latino investors from ...

Abu Dhabi Investment Company sees spate of strategic M&A, hires senior banker (Zawya)
ABU DHABI: Expecting the global economic crisis to prompt a spate of mergers and acquisitions, the Abu Dhabi Investment Company (ADIC) Abu Dhabi Investment Company (ADIC) has hired a senior investment banker from Rothschild to build a team to give advice on cross-border investment...

Foreign demand for Islamic bonds set to rise 2010 - expert .
Calyon is the investment banking arm of Credit Agricole. (Reuters). refered by .. -> url is -> www.arabianbusiness.com%2F552554-foreign-demand-for-islamic-bonds-set-to-rise-2010---expert-. Print | Email | Discuss this article | ...

Emirates NBD announces new General Manager of Private Banking and opens its latest center (AME Info)
Emirates NBD, the largest bank in the region in terms of assets, announces the appointment of Robbert Jan Voogt as the General Manager of Private Banking, who will lead the team with his financial expertise...

Saudi Arabia- Banking stocks push TASI above 5,300 (MENAFN)
Saudi Arabia- Banking stocks push TASI above 5,300..

European Stock Rally Reaches 21%, Metals Advance, Yen Climbs - Bloomberg

European Stock Rally Reaches 21%, Metals Advance, Yen Climbs
Bloomberg
EUREuropean stock markets are rising on a broad sense of optimism as well as the Goldman results,EUR said David Keeble, head of fixed-income strategy in London at Calyon, the investment-banking unit of Credit Agricole SA. EURBut this may be the last bit of .
Asian Markets Soar to Multi-month Highs as China Leads Broad-Based . Money Morning
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Macquarie close to launching China trust JV -sources - Reuters

Macquarie close to launching China trust JV -sources
Reuters
N) and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS.L) have set up trust ventures in China in the past few years. Besides the trust venture, Macquarie also reached a deal last year with China's Hengtai Securities to set up an investment banking joint venture .
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Taameer Investment achieves gold award in Oman Web Awards (AME Info)
Taameer Investment was awarded gold award at Oman Web Awards' grand ceremony, which was held at Albustan Palace Hotel on 28th February 2009...

Citi Is Said to Weigh Selling More Japan Assets (New York Times)
Citigroup has told potential buyers of its Japanese retail brokerage arm that it may also be willing to sell its Japanese investment banking and asset management operations, Reuters reported citing unnamed sources...

G7 Plus G20 Equals the Rocky Road to Recovery? : Music
Leaders in the economically neoclassical European Union have assiduously avoided using the term nationalize when speaking of injection of public funds into the global banking system.investment banking with knock-on threats to ...

Dubai-based Shuaa Capital Asked To Consider Closing - Wall Street Journal

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Dubai-based Shuaa Capital Asked To Consider Closing
Wall Street Journal
Shuaa and government-owned Dubai Banking Group agreed last month to extend the maturity of a AED1.5 billion convertible bond for year after a plunge in the investment bank's shares. The bank was ordered in September to pay $950000 by the Dubai .
= MIDEAST MORNING BRIEFING: Shuaa In Focus On Closure Vote News Zawya
Shuaa Capital shareholders face crucial vote tomorrow The National
Shuaa Capital Clarifies Issue of Article 285 of UAE Companies Law American Chronicle
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Crisis Altering Wall St. As Stars Begin to Scatter - New York Times

Crisis Altering Wall St. As Stars Begin to Scatter
New York Times, United States
One of the most prominent new banks, Moelis & Company, an advisory boutique that has offices in New York, Los Angeles and London, among other centers, was founded in 2007 by Ken Moelis, the former president of investment banking at UBS. .
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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 ...

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 ...



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