Top Investment Banking News for 06/12/2009



BofA to Name Vice Chairman of Investment Banking - DealBook Blog .
Bank of America appears set to name the head of its Merrill Lynch Middle Eastern banking business, Fares Noujaim, to be its vice chairman of global corporate and investment banking, according to people familiar with the bank's plans. ...

Barclays' Sale of BGI May Boost Capital, Weaken Bank - Bloomberg

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Barclays' Sale of BGI May Boost Capital, Weaken Bank
Bloomberg
While bgi's pretax profit fell 19 percent to 595 million pounds, earnings from investment banking plunged 44 percent. New York-based blackrock is in talks to buy BGI for $12 billion to $13 billion in a cash and stock deal that would be the largest in .
Barclays To Be Well-Capitalized After BGI Sale - CEO Wall Street Journal
BlackRock to Acquire Stake in Barclays Unit New York Times
blackrock snares BGI in blockbuster $13.5 billion deal MarketWatch
Economist - The Associated Press
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Leerink Swann Appoints Jed Cohen as Managing Director, Investment Banking (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOSTON----Healthcare investment bank Leerink Swann announced that Jed Cohen has joined the firm as Managing Director, Investment Banking...

HSBC to segregate general banking and investment service in branches (Thaipr.net)
HSBC is implementing new measures at its branches to segregate its general banking service areas from investment service areas in line with new investor protection recommendations from the Hong Kong M..

BizKnowledge Watch Blog Archive The Outlook for Retail Banking .
The blurring of boundaries between retail and investment banking meant that few banks escaped unscathed, despite the origins of the crisis lying in the trading and securitization markets. The retail banking industry has seen its ...

Signal Hill Capital Group adds to investment banking team (BizJournals)
Signal Hill Capital Group LLC has added three new executives, the Baltimore-based investment banking firm said Thursday...

Bank of America Said to Name Noujaim Investment Bank Vice Chair - Bloomberg

BBC News
Bank of America Said to Name Noujaim Investment Bank Vice Chair
Bloomberg
By David Mildenberg June 9 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp., the biggest US bank by assets, will name Fares Noujaim as vice chairman of global corporate and investment banking, according to a person familiar with the matter. .
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Investment banking: Quigley stresses Bank of America's commitment . Euromoney Magazine
Ken Lewis Explains Himself Forbes
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Bondholders Face Losses From Commercial Mortgages - Bloomberg

Bondholders Face Losses From Commercial Mortgages
Bloomberg
EURFilling that much space will be extremely difficult in this environment,EUR said John Levy, a principal at John B. Levy & Co., a real estate investment banking firm based in Richmond, Virginia. EURThat will require several good-sized tenants in a market .
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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-12 04:03 Morgan Stanley's Asia-Pac investment banking head resigns (Interactive Investor)
HONG KONG, June 12 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley's head of Asia Pacific investment banking, Matthew Ginsburg, has resigned, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. Ginsburg, a veteran Asia banker, is expected to take the top Asia Pacific investment banking job at Barclays, the sources said. Sources added that Ginsburg is working out the final details of his situation, and that nothing is ...

Oppenheimer Seeks To Bolster Investment-Banking Operations - Wall Street Journal

Oppenheimer Seeks To Bolster Investment-Banking Operations
Wall Street Journal
By Jessica Papini Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Oppenheimer & Co. is expanding its investment-banking group and is looking to hire five to 10 investment bankers over the next several months. Marshall Heinberg, head of investment banking, .
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UPDATE 1-Morgan Stanley Asia-Pac investment banking head resigns
Posted by admin. June 11, 2009. * Morgan Stanley to reshuffle top Asia ranks - sources (Adds details, background, byline). See original here: UPDATE 1-Morgan Stanley Asia-Pac investment banking head resigns ...

Is it true that investment bankers from Goldman Sachs make over .
If you sincerely have a passion for investment banking, go for it. But if you simply lust for money, think carefully. Would you marry someone you didn't love? No, you'd become miserable and regretful. The same thing will happen if you ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Boosts Morgan Stanley Stake - Barron's

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Mitsubishi UFJ Boosts Morgan Stanley Stake
Barron's
"MUFG and Morgan Stanley are currently engaged in discussions on a global strategic alliance in a broad range of fields, including corporate finance and investment banking, retail financial business, and asset management," the Tokyo-based company said .
Video: In-Depth Look - Repaying TARP - Bloomberg Bloomberg
Southpaw: Morgan Stanley: back from the abyss and back to basics Euroweek.com (registration)
Goldman could shed 'commercial bank' charter guardian.co.uk
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Barclays shares down after sale of investment unit (AP via Yahoo! News)
Shares in Barclays PLC opened lower in London Friday following the announcement that it had sold its Global Investment unit to U.S. fund manager BlackRock Inc. for $13.5 billion...

Breakingviews.com For the Treasury, a Reprieve in the Bond Market - New York Times

Breakingviews.com For the Treasury, a Reprieve in the Bond Market
New York Times, United States
When Dresdner bought Kleinwort Benson in 1995, it was best known for investment banking. But those operations were hived off leaving a modest-size private bank. Plenty of rivals will have their eyes on the firm's bankers and its loyal clients. .
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Oppenheimer Seeks To Bolster Investment-Banking Operations (Nasdaq)
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Oppenheimer & Co. is expanding its investment-banking group and is looking to hire five to 10 investment bankers over the next several months...

Will investment banking be back by the time I am out of business .
I am a junior high school right now, and am interested in getting into investment banking after getting out of business school. Will investment banking be big business again by the time I get out? The reason I like IB is because I ...

Worse '09, Better '10 In Dueling Forecasts - Wall Street Journal

Worse '09, Better '10 In Dueling Forecasts
Wall Street Journal
World Bank President Robert Zoellick said that while there are signs the recession may be easing in wealthy countries, developing nations are seeing a drop in exports, remittances and foreign investment. The bank said developing countries were likely .
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Piper Jaffray Further Bolsters Investment Banking Capabilities .
NEW YORK, June 9, 2009-- Piper Jaffray & Co. strengthened its investment banking capabilities with the additions of David Wirdnam and Matt Traina as...

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-06-12 05:13 UPDATE 1-Morgan Stanley Asia-Pac investment banking head resigns (Interactive Investor)
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UPDATE: Calendar Of Investment-Grade Debt: ANZ Banking (Nasdaq)
==========High-Grade Debt Week Of June 8================== ANZ Banking is offering three-year floating-rate notes backed by the Australian government, via HSBC/MS/ANZS...

One Bleak Outlook for Investment-Banking Fees - Deal Journal - WSJ
Investment-banking fees are likely to plunge nearly a quarter this year, with Europe, and Russia and the UK in particular, leading the decline, according to new research from financial consultant Freeman & Co...

By Dismantling Banking Rules, U.S. Government Has Guaranteed .
U.S. banking-industry regulators have long understood that there needed to be a carefully delineated separation between such low-risk activities as deposit-based banking, and much higher-risk activities as investment banking. ...

TechOSS IOVC Strategy Articles: How to Write an Investment Banking .
Riyan Richter is a contributor to Mergers & Inquisitions, the internet's leading resource on understanding investment banking, where he writes about how to write a good investment banking cover letter. ...

Morgan Stanley Asia investment head quits (Financial Times)
Morgan Stanley s head of Asia Pacific investment banking, Matthew Ginsburg, has resigned, a spokesman confirmed on Friday...

Investment banking under siege says banker Guiseppi | The Trinidad .
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Signal Hill Capital Group adds to investment banking team - Bizjournals.com

Signal Hill Capital Group adds to investment banking team
Bizjournals.com, NC
Signal Hill Capital Group LLC has added three new executives, the Baltimore-based investment banking firm said Thursday. J. Adam Hitt and Jeffrey C. Nahley join Signal Hill as managing directors. Justin Balciunas joins the firm as a director. .
Signal Hill Adds Three Senior Investment Bankers Business Wire (press release)
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Morgan Stanley Names Laroia, Richdale as Asia Banking Heads - Wall Street Journal

Morgan Stanley Names Laroia, Richdale as Asia Banking Heads
Wall Street Journal
By RICK CAREW HONG KONG EUR Morgan Stanley said Friday it is appointing Gokul Laroia and Kate Richdale as co-heads of investment banking for Asia-Pacific, replacing Matthew Ginsburg, who resigned from the firm. Ginsburg is expected to join Barclays .
Mathew Ginsberg resigns as investment banking head Merinews
Morgan Stanley's Asia-Pac investment banking head resigns Reuters India
Morgan Stanley top Asia banker resigns, co-heads named Reuters
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Private Equity Gains Favor With B-School Graduates - Wall Street Journal

Private Equity Gains Favor With B-School Graduates
Wall Street Journal
In that time, the proportion moving into investment banking rose far less, from 7% in 2003 to 9% last year. Data from Stanford showed a similar trend, with 9% of graduates choosing private equity in 2003 rising to 19% last year, compared with 4% and 5% .
Soapbox: a lack of substance Financial Times
MBAs Downgrade Expectations as Hopes for Dream Jobs Dim Wall Street Journal
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BofA to Name Vice Chairman of Investment Banking (New York Times)
Bank of America appears set to name the head of its Merrill Lynch Middle Eastern banking business, Fares Noujaim, to be its vice chairman of global corporate and investment banking, according to people familiar with the banks plans...



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