Top Investment Banking News for 09/26/2008



HSBC cuts 1,100 staff from its investment bank (Financial Times)
HSBC slashed 1,100 jobs in its investment banking division as the financial group tightened its belt due to the slump in the financial markets...

VTB has completed the creation of its investment banking business and said it expects the division to become . (eFinancial News)
VTB has completed the creation of its investment banking business and said it expects the division to become operational next month despite the turbulence in RussiaĆ¢‚¬„¢s stock markets, which last week resulted in the collapse of a Moscow-based broker...

Investment banking not down and out as Nomura picks up Lehman business (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE : Investment banking giants have taken a beating in recent weeks, due to the sub-prime crisis and subsequent credit crunch. But recent moves by Japanese banks to snap up assets of struggling banks show that there is still a market for their services...

Finally end of investment banking - Merinews

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Finally end of investment banking
Merinews, India - Sep 24, 2008
The failure of the independent Investment banking concept, the last two biggest I-Banks Goldman and Morgan Stanley have decided to close shop and turn to .
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The New Face of Investment Banking CNBC
Do not exaggerate investment bankings death Financial Times
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Shore Bancshares, Inc. Recognized Among Nation's Top Performing Small-Cap Banking Companies; Makes Sandler O'Neill . (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Shore Bancshares, Inc. has been named by investment banking firm Sandler O'Neill + Partners as one of top performing U.S. banking companies in the nation...

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-25 18:26 UPDATE 1-SocGen confirms targets for investment bank (Interactive Investor)
VILLIERS-LE-MAHIEU, France, Sept 25 (Reuters) - French bank Societe Generale said on Thursday it was sticking to its 2006-10 revenue and profitability targets for its investment banking unit...

Crisis on Wall Street EUR The Investment Banking Giants Are No More
by Erin Abrams (New York City). This Glass Hammer financial reporter went on vacation last week, and returned to find the financial landscape in New York utterly transformed into something practically unrecognizable. ...

UBS announces changes in China investment banking team (Banking Business Review)
UBS Investment Bank has appointment Joe Zhang as deputy head of investment banking in China. He will report to the current chairman and head of investment banking in China, Henry Cai, who will assume his expanded role as vice chairman of investment banking in Asia...

Renaissance man says deal crucial for new investment banking era
The UK bank HSBC was said to have been close to taking a 10% stake a year ago for $300m, while state-controlled VTB, which has just recently launched its own investment banking division, is widely reported to have valued Renaissance at ...

HSBC cuts 1100 staff from its investment bank - Financial Times (subscription)

HSBC cuts 1100 staff from its investment bank
Financial Times (subscription), UK - 6 hours ago
By Peter Thal Larsen, Banking Editor HSBC slashed 1100 jobs in its investment banking division as the financial group tightened its belt due to the slump in .
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Insiders And Outsiders - Forbes

Insiders And Outsiders
Forbes, NY - Sep 24, 2008
Sandy Weil has laughed all the way away from Citibank, which he turned into a hodgepodge of investment banking, trading, retail brokerage, .
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Economic Life: Can a shrinking financial industry survive the . - Independent

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Economic Life: Can a shrinking financial industry survive the .
Independent, UK - Sep 24, 2008
It will be fascinating to see how many of the Lehman employees in London are snapped up by other houses, for though investment banking will shrink, .
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UPDATE 1-SocGen confirms targets for investment bank - Reuters

UPDATE 1-SocGen confirms targets for investment bank
Reuters - 11 hours ago
PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Thursday it was sticking to its 2006-10 revenue and profitability targets for its investment banking unit. .
SocGen: 'Well-armed' to face financial crisis CNNMoney.com
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UBS Appoints Deputy Head of Investment Banking in China
UBS Investment Bank has appointment Joe Zhang as deputy head of investment banking in China. He will report to the current chairman and head of investment banking in China, Henry Cai, who will assume his expanded role as vice chairman ...

Bill Clinton on the Banking Crisis, McCain, and Hillary - BusinessWeek

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Bill Clinton on the Banking Crisis, McCain, and Hillary
BusinessWeek - 23 hours ago
. if you made it possible for [commercial banks] to go into the investment banking business as Continental European investment banks could always do, .
Politico Perpetuates Glass-Steagall Myth Heritage.org
Villain Phil National Review Online
Regulation Could Have Been the Lehman Aid CU Columbia Spectator
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How We Got Where We Are.


Then the mortgage companies sold off big blocks of this business to investment banking houses or to conglomerates such as AIG. Envisoning huge profits, these firms often held no more than 3 per cent of their total liability on ...

A Future for Investment Banking - The Dismal Scientist (subscription)

A Future for Investment Banking
The Dismal Scientist (subscription), PA - 8 hours ago
That's by Dwight M. Jaffee and Mark Perlow: "Investment Banking Regulation After Bear Stearns," in the electronic journal The Economists' Voice (another .
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Goldman, Morgan Stanley abandon investment banking model (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley sought shelter with the Federal Reserve to survive a financial storm that has destroyed their rivals, effectively killing off the Wall Street investment banking model of the past two decades...

Banking sector under threat of foreign investment not being renewed (Otago Daily Times)
A cash squeeze could come to bear in the New Zealand banking sector when some of $120 billion of foreign investment in securities is not renewed during the next two to three years as it matures, further depressing the strength of the New Zealand dollar...

Investment Banking Wall of Shame
With all of the house cleaning/unpacking that needs doing here at Steingruebl World Enterprises, I've had a lot of time to listen to radio coverage of this whole "save the planet by throwing money at investment bankers" mess. ...

Is it time to Embrace the Universal Banking Model?
All the companies above not only offer commercial banking services such as regular checking and savings but also investment banking services. After last weekends events, Goldman [GS: 135.50, +2.50 (+1.88%)] and Morgan Stanley [MS: ...

IIM students prefer micro-finance to investment banking (SiliconIndia)
Ahmedabad: The collapse of investment banking giant on the Wall Street, Lehman and Brothers and status conversion of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley into independent banks have forced IIM students to give up on careers in Investment banking, which was once the most lucrative option for them...

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So who is smarter, Goldman or Nomura? - FinanceAsia

So who is smarter, Goldman or Nomura?
FinanceAsia, Hong Kong - 6 hours ago
By Dan Slater | 26 September 2008 Some observers argue that the high-leveraged investment banking era is over, and that Goldman Sachs has made a graceful .
Financial crisis may save some of the interns -- from themselves The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
Domestic firms act on global aspirations/ MUFG, Nomura take . The Daily Yomiuri
Japans big banks put their megabucks to work in the West Economist
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National Investment Banking Assoc. Conference Hosts Entrex CEO . - Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung)

National Investment Banking Assoc. Conference Hosts Entrex CEO .
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 16 hours ago
25, 2008 -- Stephen H. Watkins, founder and CEO of Chicago-based Entrex, will discuss a proprietary new investment tool at the National Investment Banking .
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Nomura acquires Lehman's equities and investment banking ops (Thaipr.net)
Nomura, the pre-eminent Asian-based investment bank, announced it had reached an agreement to acquire the European and Middle Eastern equities and investment banking operations of Lehman Brothers. The..

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Geeks On Call(R) Presents at National Investment Banking . - IT News Online

Geeks On Call(R) Presents at National Investment Banking .
IT News Online, India - 12 hours ago
The National Investment Banking Association is a national trade association of national, regional and independent broker dealers, investment banking firms, .
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