Top Investment Banking News for 10/20/2008
| Bahraini Global Banking Corporation and ADCO sign MoU (MENAFN) Bahraini Global Banking Corporation and ADCO sign MoU.. | ||
3 More Mistakes to Avoid When Answering the Most Important . At the end of your story you must convince me that you are here for 1 reason and 1 reason only: because you want to be in investment banking (or sales & trading, or private equity, or whatever youre interviewing for). ... | ||
UBS boss aims to rebuild as CS steps into limelight (Washington Post) ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS Chairman Peter Kurer is a stern lawyer who embodies the values of conservative Swiss banking -- the exact qualities the bank is desperate to revive after a disastrous venture into risky investment banking... | ||
Gulf Capital puts initial public offering (IPO) on hold Gulf Capital has postponed its initial public offering for 18 months, blaming the volatility of the capital markets for its decision... | ||
Red ink at Orange has ING seeking government boost: report (Reuters)EUR”Dutch financial group ING is in talks with the Dutch government about a state-backed cash injection estimated to be worth up to 9 billion euros ($12.12 billion), the Sunday Times reported... | ||
The Collapse of Wall Street's Investment Banking Model Since equity market participants have been busy finding answers to the challenge of unprecedented volatility ((VIX)), the decision by Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) to seek banking licenses has gone largely unscrutinized. ... | ||
SBV prepares to recognise Vietnamese banking groups (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge EUR While a lot of banking groups have been established and operating in reality, they still have not been legally recognised as banking groups... | ||
Soc Gen appointments - Director of Finance online
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Sweden's bank rescue offers US a lesson Rescue the banks? Been there, done that, says Bo Lundgren, the director general of Riksgälden, Sweden's National Debt Office... | ||
Up In Smoke: The Abridged History of US Investment Banking For more details, please click on the link to read the article... | ||
Global Banking Corporation and ADCO Sign MoU (Khaleej Times) MANAMA - Global Banking Corporation BSC (c) [GBCORP], the Bahrain based investment bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Asia Development Co. Ltd. [ADCO], Thailand... | ||
Japan's Banks: a Tasty Opportunity - Barron's
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Chinese companies offer $5 billion investment (Business Recorder) BEIJING (October 18 2008): China's investment companies and industrial firms have offered to invest $5 billion in Pakistan's defence, banking, oil exploration and mining sectors and Thar coal and Bhasha dam projects... | ||
Up In Smoke: The Abridged History of US Investment Banking by Mike Whitney October 19, 2008 It worked. The credit markets have begun to thaw. Overnight Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate) dropped 27 basis points to 1.67 percent, the lowest level since September 2004. Three month Libor shed 40 ... | ||
Williams: The crash of '08: A view from the future - Record-Searchlight
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Frontera Resources Retains SMH Capital for Capital Markets . - MarketWatch
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Bankers' pink slips: their pain, society's gain - Globe and Mail
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1st Line/ Technical Helpdesk Support Engineer-Investment Banking We are currently recruiting for a Helpdesk support role for an exciting IT consultancy to work on site at an investment bank. Your key role will be to answer technical incidents and requests and initialling call escalation to 2nd line ... | ||
Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. Schedules Third Quarter 2008 . - MarketWatch
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Up in smoke: The abridged history of US investment banking (Online Journal) It worked. The credit markets have begun to thaw. Overnight LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) dropped 27 basis points to 1.67 percent, the lowest level since September 2004. Three month LIBOR shed 40 basis points last week to 4.42 percent... | ||
Arcapita strengthens board with three new appointments Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al Thani from Qatar), Khalifa Mohamed Al Kindi from Abu Dhabi and Dr Haji Mohammed Amin Liew Abdulla from Brunei join Bahrain-based investment bank... | ||
Wall Streets Investment Banking Model Collapses In other words, the classic investment banking model was, in a fundamental respect, incapable of generating the type of profits which featured in news headlines for so many years if prudent accounting governance was in place. ... | ||
Universal banks need careful monitoring - Financial Times
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The Collapse of Wall Street's Investment Banking Model - Seeking Alpha
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Credit Suisse Unseats UBS as Symbol of Swiss Sobriety (New York Times) UBS Chairman Peter Kurer is a stern lawyer who embodies the values of conservative Swiss banking EUR” the exact qualities the bank is desperate to revive after a disastrous venture into risky investment banking... | ||
Islamic banking escapes global financial crisis (Middle East Online) Heavy reliance on property investment, private equity keep Islamic banking away from global turmoil... | ||
Chidambaram hopes repo cut will spur investment (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: Describing RBI's move to cut its key short term rate, Repo, by one percentage point as beneficial for many sections, the Finance Minister, Mr P Chidambaram on Monday expressed the hope that the step would enthuse investors to see through their investment plans... | ||
STORM Networks Collaborates with Major Financial Institutions to . - Business Wire (press release)
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Governments Leap Into Banking Has Its Perils (New York Times) Now that the big five investment banks of America have been shut down, sold off or turned into more staid bank holding companies, there is one big risk-taking banker left: the federal government, The New York Timess Steve Lohr reported... | ||
Banking not a bad investment - Economic Times
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