Top Investment Banking News for 09/17/2008



Barclays buys Lehman Brothers assets
BARCLAYS has announced it will buy Lehman Brothers North American investment banking and capital markets businesses. RSS feeds and News widgets on Feedzilla.com...

Barclays to Take Lehman North American Investment Banking, Capital .
Barclays has agreed, subject to US court and regulatory approvals, to buy Lehman Brothers North American investment banking and capital markets operations and supporting infrastructure, it has announced...

Barclays to Acquire Lehman North American Investment Banking - Bloomberg

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Barclays to Acquire Lehman North American Investment Banking
Bloomberg - 17 hours ago
17 (Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc, the UK's third- biggest bank, agreed to buy the North American investment banking and capital markets operations of bankrupt .
Lehman unloads its banking divisions to Barclays The Associated Press
Barclays pays 1bn for Lehman's US investment arm Times Online
Barclays in Lehman deal, as market uncertainty continues CNN
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Investment Banking 2.0: Into the Future
Investment Banking 2.0 will be the re-emergence of the boutique, the focused, nimble, high-touch firm that was the bedrock of capital formation in the early years of the stock market boom. Because these mega-firms being created at the ...

Barclays buying Lehman's North American investment banking and capital markets units for $250M (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
NEW YORK - Barclays says it will acquire Lehman Brothers' North American investment banking and capital markets businesses for $250 million in cash...

The Last Two Investment Banks Fight for Position - Washington Post

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The Last Two Investment Banks Fight for Position
Washington Post, United States - 9 hours ago
The concerns were heightened by evidence of weak demand for traditional investment-banking services. Third-quarter revenue from merger advising fell 56 .
Morgan Stanley Dazzles. Sort of. Motley Fool
Guilt by association for Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Los Angeles Times
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Barclays to Acquire Lehman North American Investment Banking (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Barclays Plc , the U.K.'s third- biggest bank, agreed to buy the North American investment banking and capital markets operations of bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc...

Barclays Capital, the UK bank€„¢s investment banking arm, has long stood apart from its rivals for its early decision . (eFinancial News)
Barclays Capital, the UK bank€„¢s investment banking arm, has long stood apart from its rivals for its early decision to exit the cash equities business, more than 10 years ago...

Investment Banking Will Survive - Forbes

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Investment Banking Will Survive
Forbes, NY - Sep 15, 2008
There used to be five stand-alone bulge bracket investment banks on Wall Street. Now there are two. Bear Stearns was merged out of existence. .
Are Commercial Banks the New Kings of Finance? Seeking Alpha
100 Year Crash: Is Morgan Stanley next? BloggingStocks
Barclays Guts Lehman Motley Fool
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Fed's misplaced fulcrum - Asia Times Online

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Fed's misplaced fulcrum
Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - Sep 16, 2008
By Martin Hutchinson The investment bank Lehman Brothers spent last week teetering towards the sort of bankruptcy which, like that of Bear Stearns, .
US banking collapse turns up heat on council Blue Mountains Gazette
Latest developments on Wall Street's momentous day Los Angeles Times
Editorial: Cutting off finance firms will speed their recovery DetNews.com
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Barclays To Buy Lehman Banking Divisions
Two days after walking away from a deal to purchase all of Lehman Brothers, Barclays PLC said Tuesday it had agreed to acquire Lehman's North American investment banking and capital markets businesses for $250 million in cash. ...

Bush: Wall Street Can Handle Investment Banking Shake-up (Fox News)
Bush: Wall Street Can Handle Investment Banking Shake-up..

I feel your pain, says Barclays chief Robert Diamond as he swoops .
Barclays has bought Lehman Brothers' US investment banking and capital markets businesses for $1.7 billion ($952 million), in the first of several sales of the collapsed bank's businesses. News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com...

BofA chief must master change - Chicago Tribune

BofA chief must master change
Chicago Tribune, United States - 12 hours ago
"The world has changed," said David Stowell, the former head of Midwest investment banking for JPMorgan who now teaches at Northwestern University's Kellogg .
Video: Black Monday On Wall Street CBS
Bank troubles leave job offers uncertain Duke Chronicle
Bush: Wall Street can handle investment banking shake-up MarketWatch
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Federal Reserve offers no relief as US rates are held steady
Barclays is understood to have agreed to buy Lehman Brothers North American Investment Banking business for about $2 billion in the first of several sales of the ailing brokers regiona. News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com...

Barclays in talks to buy Asian, European ops of Lehman - Economic Times

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Barclays in talks to buy Asian, European ops of Lehman
Economic Times, India - 6 hours ago
Barclays is likely to buy out only the investment banking and brokerage business. The move would help the bank kick-start its equity capital market business .
Lehman discovers life after death in Europe and Asia Euro Week
Bahamas To Feel Effects of Lehman Brothers Collapse The Bahama Journal
European markets up slightly Forbes
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Barclays may buy all or part of Lehman's investment banking (Asbury Park Press)
Barclays PLC will unveil a plan to acquire all or part of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s investment banking and trading operations as early as today, a person close to the talks said...

Reliance Capital Considers Foray Into Investment Banking (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - Tuesday, the media reported that Reliance Capital, promoted by Anil Ambani is considering foraying into investment banking as soon as market condition gets better despite the global players of the segment reporting huge losses now...

Goldman posts worst quarter since going public - The Associated Press

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Goldman posts worst quarter since going public
The Associated Press - 20 hours ago
Investment banking revenue tumbled 40 percent, and trading and investments notched 67 percent lower. The fall of Bear Stearns last March when it was sold to .
Goldman Sachs reports big profit plunge CNN
Goldman profit plunges 70 pct amid market slump guardian.co.uk
Goldman Sachs posts 70 percent slide in third-quarter earnings International Herald Tribune
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Investment Bankers Rank Goldman Sachs as "Most Prestigious" Banking Employer in Europe, Says Vault (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LONDON----Praised as "the cream of the investment banks" Goldman Sachs has been ranked highest in overall prestige by banking and finance professionals for the third consecutive year in a survey by London-based career information publisher Vault.com Ltd. ...

Goldman's Investment-banking Revenue Falls 40% (Fox News)
Goldman's Investment-banking Revenue Falls 40%..

Barclays to buy Lehman banking divisions for $250M (AP via Yahoo! News)
Two days after walking away from a deal to purchase all of Lehman Brothers, Barclays PLC said Tuesday it had agreed to acquire Lehman's North American investment banking and capital markets businesses for $250 million in cash...

Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. Announces New Senior Hires in M&A, Software Investment Banking and Brokerage (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWPG), a growth sector focused investment bank, announced that Seth Ferguson joined the firm as Managing Director and Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Christopher Poggi joined as Managing Director for Investment Banking focused on Software and Douglas Leo joined as Head of Commission Management for Brokerage. Mr...

Barclays to acquire some of Lehman Brothers US units for $1.75 billion
Barclays has agreed to acquire Lehman Brothers North American investment banking and capital markets operations and supporting infrastructure for $1.75 billion. News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com...

Shut the revolving door between investment banks and government - Hindu

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Shut the revolving door between investment banks and government
Hindu, India - 3 hours ago
The most important thing, says Ms Rajiva, is to shut the revolving door between the investment banks and Government. EURœWe need to treat bankers as private .
Wall Street's Coming Reforms Council on Foreign Relations
Press Briefing by Dana Perino and Secretary of the Treasury Henry . MarketWatch
Capitalism's Genius Perverted by Subprime Madness: John Helyar Bloomberg
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the decline of status in investment banking
Investment banking seems to no longer be a viable model; commercial banks, in contrast, have more sources of funding and have been more profitable. It may not be long before Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are forced to either buy a ...

US Federal Reserve bails out AIG - RTE.ie

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US Federal Reserve bails out AIG
RTE.ie, Ireland - 10 hours ago
Meanwhile, Barclays said it had reached a deal to buy Lehman's US investment banking and capital markets businesses. The $250m deal, which is subject to .
US giant down but not out The Age
Fed gives AIG emergency loan Hemscott
AP Executive Morning Briefing The Associated Press
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Wall Street's Unraveling - Washington Post

Wall Street's Unraveling
Washington Post, United States - 18 hours ago
Merrill and other retail brokers, which once served individual clients, have ventured into investment banking. So have some commercial banks that were .
Video: CEO's Talk Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Deal AssociatedPress
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Money Morning
A new world on Wall Street Globe and Mail
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Barclays to Pay Billions For Lehman Brother's Assets, Investment .
Barclays announced late Tuesday night that it plans to acquire Lehman Brothers' North American investment banking for $0.25 billion. Barclays will pay close to current market value of $1.5 billion for the Lehman head office and data ...

DFSA clears the air over Lehmans Dubai operations
Says Lehman has not been in breach of DFSAs requirements, difficulties encountered by Lehman relate to operations elsewhere and does not result from any action by DFSA...



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