Top Investment Banking News for 09/19/2008



Credit Risk Analyst - Investment Banking; HK$40k+ per month
Title: Credit Risk Analyst - Investment Banking; HK$40k+ per month; Company name: Robert Half Hong Kong Limited - FSG; Qualification: University / College; Experience: 3 years; Work Location: Hong Kong; Date: 20 Sep 2008...

Shotgun mergers could result in uneasy union - The Age

The Age

Shotgun mergers could result in uneasy union
The Age, Australia - 5 hours ago
Already this year Wall Street has undergone the most dramatic overhaul since the Great Depression after five of its investment banking pillars crumbled into .
Investment banking Is there a future? Economist
Short Selling Ban to Hit Investment Bank Profits Hedgeworld (subscription)
google news commentComment by Christopher Whalen Managing Director, Institutional Risk Analytics
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Plastics, investment banking.
Everybody remembers the famous line from "The Graduate" in which the older executive advises young graduate Dustin Hoffman about the future he should pursue: "Plastics." It came to mind when reading this NYT piece by Roger Cohen about ...

US debt bail-out plan drives up global stocks - AFP

China Daily

US debt bail-out plan drives up global stocks
AFP - 7 hours ago
The latest vicious chapter of the 14-month-old US subprime home-loan crisis began at the weekend with the collapse of US investment banking giant Lehman .
Credit Crunch Is Overpowering Current Investment Banking Model Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition
Stocks tumble after government bailout of AIG The Associated Press
Wall Street turnaround checks panic Otago Daily Times
Huffington Post - Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Debt takes a holiday: No investment-grade bonds issued this .
Deterred by the seizing financial markets, no US companies issued new investment-grade debt last week for the first time in nearly 19 years, according to data from Thomson Reuters...

Financial Crisis: What Will The Collapse of Investment Banking .
What will this mean for corporate social responsibility in the investment banking sector? Investment Banks have long been the entrepreneurs of Wall Street. Sure they take risk but then look at the return that they bring. ...

Shut the revolving door between investment banks and government - Hindu

Shut the revolving door between investment banks and government
Hindu, India - Sep 17, 2008
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 .
Henry M. Paulson, Jr. TIME
Ex-Lehman boss weighs in Wall Street's woes Globe and Mail
Liquidity not the antidote Business Spectator
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(IT) Head Of Enterprise Infrastructure - Investment Banking .
Specifically, we look to you to manage a team of technical staff to provide system support to multiple investment banking divisions. You will also oversee a number of complex projects, ensure all systems remain operational and available ...

Mounting fears shake world markets as banking giants rush to raise capital (eFinancial News)
Universal banks are likely to dominate investment banking league tables into the future, following the merger of some of the world's largest banking groups, according to recently compiled figures...

Leverage Leaves With Demise of Investment Banks - CNNMoney.com

Leverage Leaves With Demise of Investment Banks
CNNMoney.com - Sep 18, 2008
On leverage, most observers are relieved that the take-over of three stand- alone investment banks by commercial banks - and, given the rumors about talks .
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Duff & Phelps Adds Managing Director to Investment Banking Practice, Expands European M&A Services (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Duff & Phelps Corporation , a leading provider of independent financial advisory and investment banking services, today announced that Paul Teuten has joined the company as a managing director in the firm's London office...

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...

Morgan Stanley talks to suitors but Goldman Sachs says it's . - Telegraph.co.uk

The Money Times

Morgan Stanley talks to suitors but Goldman Sachs says it's .
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 19 hours ago
Mr Mack also stressed at the meeting how well the bank is doing on its own, having won 16 new investment banking clients in Europe this week alone, .
Mergers for Washington Mutual and Morgan Stanley? BusinessWeek
Search for white knight takes in Charlotte and Beijing Financial Times
Ground shifts in global finance upheaval The Australian
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Time to divorce retail, investment banks (The Globe and Mail)
Banker says move would safeguard retail banking, impose true cost of capital on investment banks..

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. ...

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...

Investment banking crisis: what happened? - Telegraph.co.uk

Voice of America

Investment banking crisis: what happened?
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Sep 18, 2008
Unlike high-street banks, investment banks do not have individual savers who put deposits in current accounts. Instead, they collect interest on the money .
Your Top Five Banks: Merrill, Lehman Deals Wont Reshape . Wall Street Journal Blogs
5 China Insurance Giants Keep Aloof from Lehman Brothers Trading Markets (press release)
Weekend Merger Struck With Bank of America Washington Post
Banking Business Review - Money Morning
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Citi appoints new head of global M&A
Citi has appointed Mark Shafir as the new head of the company's global mergers and acquisitions department. He will report to Raymond McGuire and Alberto Verme, co-heads of investment banking at Citi. RSS feeds and News widgets on ...

Investment banking becomes less profitable, but it is still breathing (International Herald Tribune)
Investment banking is in the midst of a major cyclical recession, even without taking into account issues with how they fund themselves..

Behind the global crisis in the financial sector - Globe and Mail

Globe and Mail

Behind the global crisis in the financial sector
Globe and Mail, Canada - 7 hours ago
The year-old credit crunch has become a full-scale financial crisis that this week alone has seen the collapse of a major Wall Street investment bank, .
Need to know: Woolworths criticised . Ryanair levels out . Times Online
Fundamental Outlook at 1400 GMT (EDT + 0400) Fxtraders.eu
Central banks step up efforts to keep financial system alive AFP
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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...

HLB to woo 50,000 customers for its personal banking service (The New Sabah Times)
KUALA LUMPUR : Hong Leong Bank Bhd expects to attract 50,000 customers for its newly-launched Personal Banking service in the next 12 months. Its chief operating officer for Personal Financial Services, Moey Tan said the new segment was aimed at customers aged between 30 and 50-years old and with current deposit and or investment assets of between RM50 ,000 and RM200 ,000 with the bank...

Clock ticking on deal for Lehmans Asia group - Malaysia Star

Sify

Clock ticking on deal for Lehmans Asia group
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - 19 hours ago
Barclays has 5000 employees in investment banking and investment management in 11 countries in Asia. As an investment bank, Barclays Asia strength is .
Asian markets fall as worries increase CNN International
Rivals rush in to get Lehman's clients International Herald Tribune
Barclays bank eyes Lehman Brothers Japan The Australian
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Investment Banking Today: Less Profitable but Breathing INSIDE THE .
  • The greatest financial upheaval since the Depression won't kill investment banking, but will make it smaller, less profitable and probably a lot less lucrative for its workers.
  • Bear Stearns and Lehman went out the hard ...

Separating commercial and investment banking
It's that our response to the current turmoils should be to reinstate the break between commercial and investment banking. Over the Pond this is referred to as Glass Steagall and while I don't think we have a name for it the same idea ...

TN Ninan: Naked - Business Standard

TN Ninan: Naked
Business Standard, India - 41 minutes ago
It seems obvious now that the whole investment banking model is simply not viable. They made fat profits because they ran risky, over-leveraged businesses; .
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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...

Universal banks set to dominate investment banking - Financial News

Telegraph.co.uk

Universal banks set to dominate investment banking
Financial News, UK - 15 hours ago
Universal banks are likely to dominate investment banking league tables into the future, following the merger of some of the world's largest banking groups, .
If Goldman Sachs is in the line of fire few can be confident of . Telegraph.co.uk
Morgan Stanley Dazzles. Sort of. Motley Fool
The great Wall St earthquake Independent
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Universal banks set to dominate investment banking
Universal banks are likely to dominate investment banking league tables into the future, following the merger of some of the world's largest banking groups, according to recently compiled figures...

Morgan Stanley talks continue on all fronts: source
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley's talks with Wachovia Corp, China Investment Corp and other institutions continue, though the rebound in its stock and debt prices gives the investment bank more time to consider its options, ...



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