Top Investment Banking News for 08/04/2008



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UBS Investment Bank Counsel David Aufhauser Resigns (Update1) - Bloomberg

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UBS Investment Bank Counsel David Aufhauser Resigns (Update1)
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
Aufhauser, general counsel for the investment bank and North America, will remain an adviser to the Zurich-based bank until Sept. .
UBS investment banking unit lawyer in NY probe: report Reuters
Firms Pay More to Retain Brokers Wall Street Journal
UBS GC Resigns in Wake of Cuomos Auction Rate Securities Filing Wall Street Journal Blogs
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HSBC says investment bank resilient amid turmoil - Reuters

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HSBC says investment bank resilient amid turmoil
Reuters - 3 hours ago
LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Profit at HSBC's investment bank arm fell more than a third in the first half but it said its ability to absorb big writedowns and .
China's BoCom says partner HSBC won't sell shares guardian.co.uk
UPDATE 1-HSBC profits sag 28 pct to $10.2 bln on bad debts Forbes
Timeline: The credit crunch of of 2007/2008 Reuters
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Boston Private to Increase Investment in Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough, LLC (Centre Daily Times)
Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPFH) today announced it has increased its investment in Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough, LLC (BOS) of San Francisco and Silicon Valley, California to 70%. Boston Private initially acquired a 20% interest in BOS in February 2004 and through additional investments over the past 3 years increased its ownership as of December 31, 2007 to approximately ...

HSBC declares investment bank arm resilient (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Profit at HSBC's investment bank arm fell more than a third in the first half but it said its ability to absorb big writedowns and grow strongly in Asia vindicated the unit's streamlined focus on emerging markets...

China bags gold in bank stakes - The Age

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China bags gold in bank stakes
The Age, Australia - 5 hours ago
. prove that China could compete on a global stage, said Richard Gibb, Asia head of financial service investment banking at Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong. .
Banking baton passes to China's sprinters Melbourne Herald Sun
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Fortis earnings fall 50 percent in second quarter (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Banking and insurance company Fortis NV reported a 50 percent fall in net profit for the first quarter on Monday, blaming the turmoil in financial markets for a fall in the value of its loans and investment portfolio...

Analysts are expecting a large round of job cuts in European investment banking at year end, as deal and trading . (eFinancial News)
Analysts are expecting a large round of job cuts in European investment banking at year end, as deal and trading volumes are forecast to fall and the threat of regulatory changes could affect banks earnings potential, forcing them to cut overheads...

BNP Paribas Dodges Bullet a Year After Freezing Funds (Update2) - Bloomberg

BNP Paribas Dodges Bullet a Year After Freezing Funds (Update2)
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
Credit Agricole may take another 1.2 billion-euro writedown on subprime investments made by its investment banking unit, Calyon, when it announces results .
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Cost of a wrong turn: The Big Freeze part 2 EUR the future of banking - Financial Times

Cost of a wrong turn: The Big Freeze part 2 EUR the future of banking
Financial Times, UK - 54 minutes ago
But, whatever the ultimate bill, the impact on investment banking and financial regulation will be profound. EURśThis has been a very deep and unusual crisis .
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Investment banking: UBS puts its best foot forward in the Gulf - Euromoney Magazine

Investment banking: UBS puts its best foot forward in the Gulf
Euromoney Magazine, UK - 2 hours ago
The Saudi team at UBS will start with about 20 people, probably including staff in asset management, in the investment bank, and in wealth management. .
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Chief risk officer the latest to depart Wachovia
In yet another management move at Wachovia, chief risk officer Don Truslow will retire, the company said late Friday...

STREET MOVES: Barclays Capital Hires Investment Banker Team - CNNMoney.com

STREET MOVES: Barclays Capital Hires Investment Banker Team
CNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago
They will report to Mathew Pendo, head of US investment banking, according to Barclays Capital spokesman Brandon Ashcraft . Prior to joining Barclays .
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Goldman Sachs Acquires Elite Development (St. Petersburg Times)
MOSCOW EUR” Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs said Friday that it had bought Pokrovsky Hills, an elite townhouse neighborhood in northwest Moscow, from U.S. insurance firm AIG and Deutsche Bank for an undisclosed sum...

Credit Suisse Promotes Three - Wall Street Journal

Credit Suisse Promotes Three
Wall Street Journal - 15 hours ago
Two senior China bankers, Janice Hu and Jeremy Xiao, are being promoted to co-chairmen of China investment banking, sharing Mr. Zhang's previous role. .
MOVES-Credit Suisse, ABN AMRO Asset Management Reuters India
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Cayne says he was caught unaware by Bear's sudden demise
(Reuters)EUR”Former Bear Stearns Chief Executive James Cayne came close to dying last September from sepsis triggered by a severe prostate infection, Fortune Magazine reports on Monday on its website...

Banking giant HSBC reveals 28% fall in profits (The Herald)
HSBC today revealed a 28% fall in first-half profits as the impact of US bad debts and credit crunch losses continued to weigh on the banking giant...

Aufheuser resigns as UBS fallout continues (Financial Times)
David Aufhauser has quit as the general counsel of UBSs investment banking division as the fall-out widens from investigations into the failed market in auction rate securities...

UBS investment banking unit lawyer in NY probe: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The general counsel for UBS AG's investment banking unit is at the center of a civil probe by New York's attorney-general into the Swiss bank's sales of auction-rate securities, the Wall Street Journal reported...

UBI sets sights on move into investment banking (Financial Times)
Union Bank of India, a mid-sized state-owned lender, has plans to expand into investment banking to tap a growing global market in which increasingly aggressive Indian companies are acquiring foreign rivals...

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Investment banking: Troika commits to its markets - Euromoney Magazine

Investment banking: Troika commits to its markets
Euromoney Magazine, UK - 2 hours ago
by Guy Norton Troika Dialog, Russias oldest investment bank, has announced appointments to strengthen its market position in Russia and the Commonwealth of .
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Barclays Adds Energy Bankers in Houston (New York Times)
Barclays Capital, the investment arm of the British bank Barclays , said Monday it hired an energy banking team in Houston, adding to a string of recruiting moves in the United States...

UBI sets sights on move into investment banking - Financial Times

UBI sets sights on move into investment banking
Financial Times, UK - 17 hours ago
By Justine Lau in Hong Kong Union Bank of India, a mid-sized state-owned lender, has plans to expand into investment banking to tap a growing global market .
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Union Bank of India eyes investment banking (Financial Times)
Union Bank of India, a mid-sized state-owned lender, has plans to expand into investment banking to tap a growing global market in which increasingly aggressive Indian companies are acquiring foreign rivals...

ABC knocked by $134 million CDO write-down
Wholesale bank also says non-interest income was 12 per cent lower due to the mark to market of the funds of hedge funds portfolio which it decided to completely exit in March 2008...



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