Top Investment Banking News for 08/11/2009



US banks play catch-up on hiring effort - Reuters

Reuters

US banks play catch-up on hiring effort
Reuters
"Back in March and April, no one really knew if the investment banking business was going to exist again," said David McCormack, managing director at search .
Banks fired too many peopleDaily Finance

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Islamic banking boosts AMMBs Q1 net profit (The Star)
PETALING JAYA: AMMB Holdings Bhd posted a net profit of RM258.2mil for the first quarter ended June 30, a 27% jump compared with RM202.9mil recorded in the previous corresponding period, thanks mainly to contribution from the Islamic banking business and growth in other banking segments...

Commentaries » Blog Archive » For Sale: Investment Bank, one .
Oppenheim's investment banking business, which made a loss in 2008 EUR” largely because of share trading losses. The investment bank had been Sal. Oppenheim's main money machine in recent years but in 2008 dragged its parent nearly 120 ...

HSBC and Barclays ride out global storm EUR FT.Com Banks - An .
Monday's first-half results showed that both HSBC and Barclays have taken advantage of the frantic trading in bonds, interest rate products and currencies, and profits from investment banking are offseting rising bad debts from ...

Compensation Myths: Burger Flipper Vs. Investment Banker
Investment banking has long held a high regard in Wall Street and in corporate finance, which recruiters impress upon applicants. The role's prestige, heavy duty hours and responsibilities, accord opportunities to pursue an MBA at ...

Flaherty makes investment pitch in China (CBC.ca)
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is in China pitching Canada's banking system to investment officials in one of the world's most important economies...

BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking Creates Insurance Solutions Group for the Americas (Marketwire)
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 10, 2009) - BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking is pleased to announce the creation of the Insurance Solutions Group for the Americas. Francois Leblanc, formerly head of global risk solutions and structured capital markets for the Americas, will head the new group. Also joining the group is Josee Deroy, who has been appointed a Director. She will be ...

Is Investment Banking For The Birds? « The Quirky Indian
Is Investment Banking For The Birds? Posted by Quirky Indian under Uncategorized | Tags: Business, Economics, funny, humor, humour, Musings, News, Personal, Random, Thoughts | Leave a Comment. Did you know that parrots make good ...

Bank of Japan focuses on recovery risks - Business Mirror

AFP

BNP Paribas appoints China banking chairwoman
Reuters
Ren, a former managing director and chairwoman of China Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch (Asia-Pacific), will report to Christian de Charnace, .
BNP Paribas Names Ren CEO Of Greater China Corporate FinanceWall Street Journal
BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking Creates Insurance .Earthtimes (press release)
BNP Paribas appoints Margaret Ren as head of China bankingAlibaba News Channel
eFinancialCareers Singapore -Reuters
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UBS Needs Talent - Forbes

UBS Needs Talent
Forbes
Other new hires came from banks that had not tapped any government for support, including Barclays' investment banking division, Barclays Capital (Anatoly .
Lunchtime links: UBS investment bank is EXPANDINGeFinancialCareers UK
Volatility Sharpens Fixed Income FocusMarkets Media News
UBS Rebuilding Trading Unit With New HiresHedge Fund Net

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Merrill Hires Life Sciences Investment Banker - New York Times

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Merrill Hires Life Sciences Investment Banker
New York Times
Bank of America Merrill Lynch said Friday that it had hired Benjamin Perkins, the head of Pacific Growth Equities' life sciences investment banking team, .
BofA pays $33 million SEC penalty for Merrill dealMarketWatch
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Names Benjamin Perkins as Managing .PR Newswire (press release)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch names life sciences MDBanking Times
Wall Street Journal -Bloomberg -PR Newswire (press release)
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Banking need not be boring (The Star)
WHO says banking has become boring again? For Malaysian banks, it is back to basics but the playground has indeed been enlarged...

Borrowers Line Up In Australia's Debt Mkt-Sources - Wall Street Journal

Borrowers Line Up In Australia's Debt Mkt-Sources
Wall Street Journal
Ltd., Nordic Investment Bank and Members Equity Bank. Citigroup Pty. Ltd., the Australian branch of its US parent, is considering an offer of .

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Bank of America's Krawcheck Vows to Maintain Merrill's Culture - Bloomberg

Atlantic Online

Bank of America's Krawcheck Vows to Maintain Merrill's Culture
Bloomberg
Lewis moved investment banking and wealth management head Brian Moynihan to run consumer banking. Tom Montag was named head of corporate and investment .
Another Merrill Lynch Banker Defects to Deutsche BankWall Street Journal Blogs
How Uncle Sam Owns Ken LewisNew York Magazine
Judge says BofA's $33m fine is not enoughIndependent
Crain's New York Business -Financial Times -The Business Insider
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Commentaries » Blog Archive » For Sale: Investment Bank, one .
Oppenheim's investment banking business, which made a loss in 2008 EUR” largely because of share trading losses. The investment bank had been Sal. Oppenheim's main money machine in recent years but in 2008 dragged its parent nearly 120 ...

Capinnova Investment Bank (Khaleej Times)
Meanwhile, Bahrain-based Capinnova Investment Bank, a newly established Sharia compliant investment banking arm and fully owned subsidiary of BBK, has reported gross revenue of $1.17 million for second quarter of 2009 in comparison to $90,000 from same quarter last year...

US banks play catch-up on hiring effort - Reuters

Reuters

US banks play catch-up on hiring effort
Reuters
"Back in March and April, no one really knew if the investment banking business was going to exist again," said David McCormack, managing director at search .
Banks fired too many peopleDaily Finance

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Tourism and foreign investment ease pain of recession in Edinburgh (Times Online)
Surging tourism trade plus an unexpected increase in inward investment has allowed Edinburgh to weather the recession far better than expected, a report has revealed...

ANZ to buy RBS Asian assets for $550m | FT.com Banks - An .
The private banking and corporate investment banking business has not been sold. Share this Post[?] Category: Bank Stocks. Tagged: Acquisitions, Financial Markets, Private Equity, RBI, Stock Markets ...

Islamic banking boosts AMMBs Q1 net profit (The Star)
PETALING JAYA: AMMB Holdings Bhd posted a net profit of RM258.2mil for the first quarter ended June 30, a 27% jump compared with RM202.9mil recorded in the previous corresponding period, thanks mainly to contribution from the Islamic banking business and growth in other banking segments...

Jeff Urwin, Bear Stearns' One-Time Investment Banking Guru, Chops .
Even though it took Alex Reyfman, the former head of credit derivatives research for Bear Stearns, four price cuts before he finally sold his Upper West Side co-op, he ended up getting only $540000 less than his first asking price...

Bank of America Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call - FOXBusiness

Bank of America Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call
FOXBusiness
Bank of America is among the world's leading wealth management companies and is a global leader in corporate and investment banking and trading across a .

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Southern Trust Securities Restructures Investment in AR Growth Finance Corp. (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Southern Trust Securities Holding Corp. , a financial services company offering broker-dealer, investment banking, investment advisory and wealth management services through its wholly owned subsidiary Southern Trust Securities, Inc., announced today that it has restructured its investment in AR Growth Finance Corp. ...

Sal.Oppenheim aims to sell investment bank: sources - Reuters

Sal.Oppenheim aims to sell investment bank: sources
Reuters
Oppenheim aims to sell its investment banking business to focus solely on managing assets for wealthy clients if Deutsche Bank takes a stake in the private .
For Sale: Investment Bank, one troubled ownerReuters Blogs

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UBS adds 20 senior staff to investment team (Financial Times)
UBS has unveiled senior appointments within its investment banking division, a week after admitting that it missed the credit boom that fuelled near-record profits at global rivals...

Oppenheimer Continues Expanding Investment Banking - Marc Thompson Returns as Head of Software Banking in Tech & Telecom (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., a unit of Oppenheimer Holdings, is pleased to announce that Marc Thompson will rejoin the firm to take up his former role as Managing Director and Head of Software Banking in the Technology & Telecom group...

Banking and Financial (Mondaq)
11 Aug 2009 - United States - Banking and Financial - Obama Administration Proposes Investment Adviser Legislation To U.S. Congress - Shearman & Sterling - On July 15, 2009, the U.S. Department of the Treasury delivered to the U.S. Congress the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009, which would, among other things, require certain advisers to private investment funds to ...

HSBC and Barclays ride out global storm EUR FT.Com Banks - An .
Monday's first-half results showed that both HSBC and Barclays have taken advantage of the frantic trading in bonds, interest rate products and currencies, and profits from investment banking are offseting rising bad debts from ...

Under the Willow Tree: Ken Lewis is Confused - BoA's Investment .
Commercial banking is fundamentally different to investment banking, and Ken Lewis doesn't get that. That's why BoA is going to continue to have a second rate investment banking franchise. And that's why, in the years to come, ...

Corporate Finance - The investment banking and private equity .
The investment banking and private equity landscape is changing. 08:01:42 am, Categories: Market Structure. There have been massive overcapacities in investment banking after the bursting of the real estate bubble in the US. ...

Investment Banking Buoys HSBC and Barclays - 投资业务推动汇丰å'Œ .
LONDON EUR” HSBC Holdings and Barclays reported robust first-half profits Monday based largely on the performance of their investment-banking businesses, along with their Wall Street peers. Yet the banks also set aside a combined $22 ...

BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking Creates Insurance Solutions Group for the Americas (Marketwire)
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 10, 2009) - BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking is pleased to announce the creation of the Insurance Solutions Group for the Americas. Francois Leblanc, formerly head of global risk solutions and structured capital markets for the Americas, will head the new group. Also joining the group is Josee Deroy, who has been appointed a Director. She will be ...



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