Top Investment Banking News for 08/22/2009



MOVES-Raymond James, Morgan Stanley, ANZ - Reuters

MOVES-Raymond James, Morgan Stanley, ANZ
Reuters
Rakusin assumes a newly created position on the firm's Canadian Investment Banking team as Managing Director and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions. .
Raymond James hires muscle in Canadian M&AReuters

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ConservativeHome's Platform: Andrea Leadsom: The lessons about .
I was just 30 and had joined Barclays from the investment banking arm, BZW. Unusually for a banker, I was very familiar with treasury products, derivatives, trading etc. Also unusually for a banker, I had no formal credit or risk ...

Regulators seize Guaranty Bank, sell it to Spanish banking giant (Austin American-Statesman)
Federal bank regulators closed Austin-based Guaranty Bank on Friday, and sold it to BBVA Compass, a U.S. subsidiary of Spanish banking giant Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria...

Donald Dillingham and Scott Brown Join Board of Directors at The .
From July 1994 to December 1995, he was Vice President of Investment Banking with Bank of America, where he worked with issuers of debt, providing clients with asset/liability analyses of their proposed offerings. ...

First Eastern Investment Bank plans US investment bank acquisition .
First Eastern already owns investment banking licenses in Hong Kong, London and Dubai, so buying into a U.S. bank would expedite fund-raising by its mostly mid-sized clients, Chu said, without identifying potential targets. ...

Credit Suisse: 25% Of Rev From Asia-P. - Wall Street Journal

Credit Suisse: 25% Of Rev From Asia-Pacific In Future
Wall Street Journal
"We are hiring in a very focused way and are looking at people to serve ultra high net worth customers and some in investment banking," he said. .

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Raymond James hires industry veteran to lead investment banking team (Investment Executive)
Investment dealer Raymond James Ltd. Friday announced that industry Jeremy Rakusin will join the firm effective September 9. Rakusin assumes a newly created position on the firms Canadian investment banking team as managing director and head of mergers and acquisitions...

Merrill Hires Life Sciences Investmen. - 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)
BROKER'S WORLD:Sontag Quits While Many Merrill Brokers StuckWall Street Journal
Bloomberg -BusinessWeek -Independent -Times Online
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Investment Banking Jobs - Trades & Tombstones » Blog Archive .
Finding the best Investment Banking Jobs can be difficult and time consuming. Investment Banking Job Digest has done the hard work for you - giving you a competitive advantage in the job market. ...

Text of Fed Chairman Bernanke's comments - msnbc.com

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Text of Fed Chairman Bernanke's comments
msnbc.com
The case of the investment bank Lehman Brothers proved exceptionally difficult, however. Concerted government attempts to find a buyer for the company or to .
Bernanke: He Didn't Just Miss the Housing BubbleThe American Prospect
Bernanke: US economy will soon start to growDaily Finance
Bernanke foresees 'difficult challenges' sustaining recoveryChristian Science Monitor
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Transaction costs and Investment Banking - Strat. In
It is also not about investment banking bonuses about which lot has been written (My personal take is that much of the criticism is absolutely justified), though some inferences about the culture surrounding bonuses could be derived ...

Morgan Stanleys Zhao, Sun Leave China Investment Banking Team (Bloomberg)
Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley announced the departures of Betty Zhao and George Sun, two of its senior investment bankers for China. Zhao, formerly with Credit Suisse Group AG, has left the New York-based bank and Sun, a former HSBC Holdings Plc banker, has resigned, said Nick Footitt , a Hong Kong-based spokesman for Morgan Stanley...

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 ...

Raymond James Ltd. Hires Jeremy Rakusin As Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, Investment Banking (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Investment dealer Raymond James Ltd., the Canadian arm of North American investment dealer Raymond James Financial Inc., today announced that industry veteran, Jeremy Rakusin, will join the firm effective September 9, 2009...

First Eastern eyes US investment bank. - Reuters

First Eastern eyes US investment bank acquisition
Reuters
First Eastern in March acquired the investment banking unit of London-based Evolution Group Plc (EVG.L). "In the US, we will either buy, control or just .

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Investment Banking Explained: An Insider's Guide to the Industry .
Insider guidance to the modern world of investment banking today In Investment Banking Explained, Wharto...

Citadel Said to Plan Trading Operatio. - Bloomberg

Citadel Said to Plan Trading Operation for Bank Debt
Bloomberg
In May, Citadel said it hired former Merrill Lynch & Co. executives to help expand into investment banking. Todd Kaplan joined in March to head the .
Citadel Aims To Build Leveraged-Loan GroupFINalternatives

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Too big to fail, a Swiss icon swings . - Globe and Mail

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Too big to fail, a Swiss icon swings back to life
Globe and Mail
It had also used the purchases of Dillon Read, SG Warburg and PaineWebber, bought for $11.8-billion in 2000, to become a global force in investment banking .
Quick UBS exit points to what Swiss got rightTelegraph.co.uk
UBS Money Laundering: What Did Phil Gramm Know?Truthdig
UBS tax evasion cases gather pace in the USBanking Times
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Veteran Investment Bankers Create New Healthcare Focused Advisory Firm (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ATLANTA----Edge Healthcare Partners, LLC, an independent Atlanta-based investment banking firm led by industry veterans, has joined forces with Edge Corporate Finance, LLC , to provide M&A and other advisory services to middle-market healthcare companies and private equity firms...

Lazard hires Tom Tuft to help lead its global capital markets, investment banking businesses (The Washington DC Examiner)
NEW YORK EUR” Lazard Ltd., a financial advisory and money management firm, on Tuesday named Tom Tuft chairman of its global capital markets advisory business and vice chairman of its U.S. investment banking operations...

Texas Banks Exceed National Median In Profitability: New Article Available from Sheshunoff & Co. Investment Banking (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
AUSTIN, Texas----Sheshunoff & Co. Investment Banking announces a new article reporting on the health and strength of Texas banks. The 2009 second quarter results are in and Texas banks continue to exhibit better profitability, stronger asset quality and greater capital than the national median...

Financial News: Soaring Costs 'Likely. - Wall Street Journal

Financial News: Soaring Costs 'Likely To Hit BarCap Profits'
Wall Street Journal
Rising costs at Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm, resulting from the acquisition last year of Lehman Brothers' North American business could .

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Morgan Stanley In Hiring Mood | Daily Markets
Though Morgan Stanley's investment banking revenues were strong in the reported quarter, its conservative approach to trading hindered its ability to reap higher profits to offset the special charges. Furthermore, the company's capital ...

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, ...

Investment changes will make NZ poorer (Newstalk ZB via Yahoo!Xtra News)
The Government is under fire from the Opposition, over its decision to lift trans-Tasman investment thresholds...

ALL BUSINESS: What are bank loan valu. - Forbes

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ALL BUSINESS: What are bank loan values worth?
Forbes
"We have plenty of banks holding loans at face value that they could never sell at face value," said Len Blum, managing partner at the investment-bank .
Guaranty's assets may go to Spanish bank giantDallas Morning News
BBVA Compass buys failed Guaranty BankBizjournals.com
Regualtors seize Guaranty Bank, sell it to Spanish banking giantAustin American-Statesman
San Antonio Express -ABC News -The Daily Deal (subscription) -The Associated Press
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Texas Banks Exceed National Median In. - Business Wire (press release) (press release)

Texas Banks Exceed National Median In Profitability: New Article .
Business Wire (press release) (press release)
Investment Banking announces a new article reporting on the health and strength of Texas banks. The 2009 second quarter results are in and Texas banks .

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HSBC May Be in Talks for Hong Kong Banking Venture (New York Times)
HSBC is in advanced talks with China's Industrial Securities to create an investment banking venture, Reuters said, citing a report from Hong Kong's Apple Daily...

INTERNAL CONTROL MANAGER at an investment Banking group | Jobs and .
An investment Banking group (issuing House, Asset Management and Stock Broking) requires an astute and seasoned management staff to drive its Corporate Finance...

Saudi Arabia- Leading the Investment Banking Field (MENAFN)
Saudi Arabia- Leading the Investment Banking Field..



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