Top Investment Banking News for 09/15/2008
| UBS looks to settle private banking tax issues (vnunet.com) Judith Tydd, Accountancy Age , Monday 15 September 2008 at 16:47:00 Investment bank UBS is caught in a wrangle between disclosing data to US authorities and satisfying Swiss banking rules Investment bank UBS is negotiating with the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission following alleged breaches by its offshore private-banking unit.... | ||
Lehman Brothers: Countdown to bankruptcy - Times Online
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Why Ken Lewis Likes Investment Banking Again EURWe are good at this.EUR So said Kenneth Lewis, the head of Bank of America, when analysts raised questions Monday morning about the $7 billion or so in pre-tax cost savings that his company claims it will generate by acquiring Merrill ... | ||
Reliance Capital plans to nter investment banking biz (Business Standard India) Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Capital is considering to venture into investment banking as soon as market condition gets better, though global players of the segment are suffering huge losses now... | ||
Middle East is a magnet for banking talent (eFinancial News) The influx of international investment banking talent to the Middle East has increased more rapidly than expected. Over the past few years, there has been a constant flow of recruits into Middle Eastern investment banking, most significantly to Dubai, as a result of its rise as the regionâs financial hub... | ||
Investment Banking Will Survive The Crisis (Forbes) Today's conventional wisdom is that standalone investment banks, like Goldman and Morgan Stanley, are yesterday's model. Rubbish... | ||
Lehman Brothers collapse: How it compares The collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers has led to widespread comparisons with the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Here we examine how the current crisis measures up alongside the major recessions of the past century. ... | ||
Bank of America-Merrill: Highlights of the Conference Call - Wall Street Journal Blogs
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UBS looks to settle private banking tax issues (Accountancy Age) Investment bank UBS is negotiating with the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission following alleged breaches by its offshore private-banking unit... | ||
US, foreign shares plunge as Lehman Bros. declares bankruptcy - The Miami Herald
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Investment Banking Will Survive The Crisis - Forbes
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How to define--and execute-- "innovation" in investment banking? - BusinessWeek
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Investment Bank, RIP "Without doubt, the investment banking industry will never be the same," Larry Tabb, founder of the advisory firm Tabb Group wrote in a report today. "The days of the all-in-one global investment bank may be nearing an end. ... | ||
Prime UK jobs at risk after Lehman collapse Thousands of jobs were at risk today after the UK arm of troubled investment bank Lehman Brothers was placed into administration. The move follows Lehman's US holding company filing for Ch. News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com... | ||
Lehman, Merrill Lynch Moves Wreak Market Havoc To avoid bankruptcy, the nation's largest brokerage firm, Merrill Lynch, agreed to sell itself to Bank of America for $50 billion. The fourth-largest US investment bank, Lehman Brothers, couldn't find a buyer and decided to file for ... | ||
Lehman workers clear desks, weep after bankruptcy Posted: 8:16 AM- LONDON (Bloomberg) -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s employees worldwide are clearing their desks, waiting to hear if they'll be paid, and starting to look for work after the investment bank filed for the biggest ... | ||
Why Ken Lewis Likes Investment Banking Again (New York Times) EURWe are good at this.EUR So said Kenneth Lewis, the head of Bank of America , when analysts raised questions Monday morning about the $7 billion or so in pre-tax cost savings that his company claims it will generate by acquiring Merrill Lynch for $50 billion... | ||
Bush: Wall Street Can Handle Investment Banking Shake-up (Fox News) Bush: Wall Street Can Handle Investment Banking Shake-up.. | ||
Credit Suisse hires Chinese investment banking MD In his new role, Zhu will be based in Beijing initially and report to Liping Zhang, head of the China Investment Banking Department and vice chairman of Non Japan Asia Investment Banking Department... | ||
Banking in crisis as US giant Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy (Daily Record) GLOBAL banking was in crisis last night as US investment giant Lehman Brothers prepared to file for bankruptcy... | ||
Barclays chief's predictions on Wall St. banks appear vindicated - International Herald Tribune
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BAC: To Present At Bank of America Investment Conference @ 10:00 . - Trading Markets (press release)
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Independent Investment Banks `Won't Exist' CIBC's Nesbitt Says - Bloomberg
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Banks, investment banks, and government - state of crisis The day to day Banks that we all see are enormous holding companies comprising banking, brokerage, mutual funds, and investment banking. Then there are the specialised investment banks such as Merrill and Lehmans, So the obvious school ... | ||
Weekend Merger Struck With Bank of America Bank of America struck a $50 billion deal yesterday to buy Merrill Lynch, a merger that will unite the nation's largest consumer bank with one of its most celebrated investment banking firms. News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com... | ||
Thousands lose jobs in UK as investment bank collapses in US - Press Trust of India
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Merging with Merrill: how the investment banks stack up in Europe (eFinancial News) The $44bn (31bn) acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America will put its commitment to European investment banking to the test. While analysts and bankers suggested that the capture of Merrills wealth management business outside the US was one of the deals biggest drivers, the takeover also provides a significant fillip to Bank of Americas international business... | ||
Fall Of 2 Financial Titans Shakes Market Lehman Brothers says it will file for bankruptcy after a plan to rescue the 158-year-old investment firm failed, capping a weekend of seismic shocks from Wall Street, including the takeover of Merrill Lynch by the Bank of America for ... | ||
Reasons to cheer Lehman's demise - Reuters
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BANKING (Miami Herald) BANKING Kevin J. Gordon has been hired at accounting firm Berenfeld Spritzer Shechter & Sheer as senior managing director of Berenfeld Capital Markets, the firm's new investment banking affiliate. Previously, he was a managing director of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co... |








