Top Investment Banking News for 11/03/2008



Date set for BofA-Merrill shareholder vote - Bizjournals.com

Date set for BofA-Merrill shareholder vote
Bizjournals.com, NC - 55 minutes ago
The deal also promises to make BofA a much larger institution in investment banking, where the bank has largely been a fringe player. .
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UBS hires Lehman's Ren for China banking team (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
HONG KONG, Nov 3 (Reuters) - UBS AG has hired former Lehman Brothers banker Jeff Ren as an Executive Director for its China investment banking team, according to an internal memo obtained by Reuters on Monday...

Evergreen Energy Retains Investment Bank to Review Strategic Alternatives (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DENVER----Evergreen Energy Inc. , a cleaner coal technology, energy production and environmental solutions company, has retained an investment banking advisor to assist in a review of the companys strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value...

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 ...

State-related investment banks take big hit - Minneapolis Star Tribune

State-related investment banks take big hit
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 23 hours ago
Amid the global credit crisis, investment banks with strong ties to Minnesota assisted in only four initial public offerings, the same number as the .
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Peter Hornick Joins Deutsche Bank as Head of Credit Sales - WELT ONLINE

Peter Hornick Joins Deutsche Bank as Head of Credit Sales
WELT ONLINE, Germany - 4 hours ago
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., member NYSE, FINRA and SIPC, is the investment banking and securities arm of Deutsche Bank AG in the United States.
STREET MOVES:Lehman's Hornick Joins Deutsche Bank Securities CNNMoney.com
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Rescue cash may attract 1800 institutions: report
(Reuters)EUR”As many as 1800 publicly held institutions could apply for US government investment in coming weeks, the Wall Street Journal said, citing Treasury and banking regulators...

Struggling Citi bids farewell to bankings No. 1 spot
(Crain's New York Business)EUR”One year ago this week, the board of a struggling Citigroup Inc. ousted Chief Executive Charles Prince in hopes of turning the bank around...

Iceland banking saga hands A&O, 2Birds roles on Kaupthing UK sale (The Lawyer)
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Bird & Bird are the latest firms to win instructions resulting from Icelands banking crisis, acting on the sale of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlanders (KSF) UK investment management business. ...

Lehman vets opening boutique investment bank (Crain's Chicago Business)
(Crains) EUR” Three investment bankers are leaving the remnants of Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc. to open a Chicago office next month for Wall Street investment banking boutique Greenhill & Co. Glenn Tilles, a 34-year Lehman veteran, says he and colleagues Doug Jackson and Chris Roehm will ...

Former Washington Lobbyist, Bank CEO Launch Corporate and . - MarketWatch

Former Washington Lobbyist, Bank CEO Launch Corporate and .
MarketWatch - 9 hours ago
. a global investment banking and asset management firm interested in penetrating Treasury's TARP initiative and a real estate investment fund looking to .
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Movers & shakers: Nov. 3, 2008
Nomura Holdings Inc. gave top investment banking spots to three former Lehman Brothers Inc. bankers. Christian Meissner and William Vereker became heads of investment banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. ...

A Few Silly Investment Banking Jokes
Here's a few silly investment banking jokes that have been doing the rounds...

ABC in dual tranche facility for African bank
$65 million and ‚¬31 million for Afreximbank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Standard Chartered Bank joined as co-arrangers, while Ghana International Bank joined as lead manager and Union de Banques Arabes et Francaises-UBAF as ...

Evergreen Energy Retains Investment Bank to Review Strategic . - MarketWatch

Evergreen Energy Retains Investment Bank to Review Strategic .
MarketWatch - 5 hours ago
Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, provides a wide range of services, including mergers and acquisitions, financing, financial opinions and .
Evergreen Energy exploring its future Bizjournals.com
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Barclays Capital expands EMEA investment banking franchise into Israel (Banking Business Review)
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays, has expanded its European, Middle East and Africa investment banking franchise into Israel, with the takeover of Lehman Brothers Israel operation. The bank has appointed Leonard Rosen, formerly CEO of Lehman Brothers for Israel, as CEO of Israel at Barclays Capital...

RBC appoints US investment banking head - InvestmentNews

RBC appoints US investment banking head
InvestmentNews, NY - 4 hours ago
By Aaron Siegel RBC Capital Markets Corp. of New York has appointed Kevin Lewis as a managing director and head of its US investment banking consumer/retail .
The Lehman Brothers diaspora Financial News
Culture clash in Lehman acquisitions Financial Times
BarCap Absorbs Lehman's Fixed Income Markets Media (press release)
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Kenmore Property Group and Watan Investment announce Saudi Arabian strategic alliance (AME Info)
Kenmore Property Group, the trading, development and co-investing property Fund Manager with operations in Europe and the Middle East, and Watan Investment and Securities, the Saudi Arabian investment banking firm, are today pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a strategic alliance...

State-supported investment banks set billions aside for bonuses - guardian.co.uk

State-supported investment banks set billions aside for bonuses
guardian.co.uk, UK - 23 hours ago
With the near collapse of the financial system putting pay for bankers on the political agenda, the investment banking division of Barclays has set aside a .
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7 Simple Steps to Avoiding Investment Banking Burnout
. all you need are 2-3 good projects to discuss. So if you already have 5 deals under your belt, will the 6th one make a difference? I would say no, and so should you if you want to avoid investment banking burnout...

Cullen/Frost Bankers will not seek federal bailout funds - Bizjournals.com

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Cullen/Frost Bankers will not seek federal bailout funds
Bizjournals.com, NC - 2 hours ago
The company provides a full range of commercial and consumer banking products, investment and brokerage services, insurance products and investment banking .
Bailout? Some banks say, 'No thanks' CNNMoney.com
Rescue Cash Lures Thousands of Banks Wall Street Journal
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Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt Remarks at the U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Business and Investment Climate (United States Department of the Treasury)
It is a pleasure to join in welcoming you to the Dialogue on Business and Investment Climate...

UPDATE 2-MOVES-Deutsche Bank, Greenhill, Needham, Standard Life - Forbes

UPDATE 2-MOVES-Deutsche Bank, Greenhill, Needham, Standard Life
Forbes, NY - 1 hour ago
The Swiss investment bank named former Lehman Brothers banker Jeff Ren as an executive director for its China investment banking team, according to an .
Lehman vets opening boutique investment bank Crain's Chicago Business
Greenhill & Co. Expands to Chicago to Cover Industrial Sector and . PR Newswire (press release)
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The Business of Investment Banking: A Comprehensive Overview: K .
Investment banks must navigate the shifting regulatory terrain and counter mounting competition, while taking full advantage of burgeoning investment banking opportunities. In meeting these challenges, timely and accurate information is ...

Dubai Banking Group Delays Conversion of Shuaa Bonds (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai Banking Group , an investment company owned by Dubai Holding LLC, delayed by one year the conversion of bonds into shares in Shuaa Capital PSC after the shares lost 59 percent of their value this year...

Dubai Banking Group, Shuaa Agree to Extend Tenor of Dh1.5b Convertible Notes (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI - Shuaa Capital PSC, UAEs biggest investment bank, said on Monday it has reached an agreement with the Dubai Banking Group on extending the period of convertible notes by one year pending shareholders approval...

Fed says credit conditions continue to tighten
The Federal Reserves Senior Loan Officer survey, released today, confirmed that banks have gotten more stingy with their loans over the past three months...

KBW Announces Changes to KBW Bank Index (BKX) and KBW Regional Banking Index (KRX) (wallstreet:online AG)
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., a full service investment bank that specializes in the financial services..

Cullen/Frost rejects Treasurys capital infusion program as EUR˜too .
Cullen/Frost Bankers said today that it decided to say EURœthanks, but no thanksEUR to the Treasurys Capital Purchase Program on Friday based on confidence in its fundamentals and a simple cost/benefit analysis...

Societe Generale Profit Declines 84% on Writedowns (Update2) - Bloomberg

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Societe Generale Profit Declines 84% on Writedowns (Update2)
Bloomberg - 13 hours ago
Corporate and investment banking revenue rose 21 percent excluding exceptional items, helped by higher demand for interest-rate and foreign exchange .
Societe Generale profits down 84 percent CNN International
SocGen net slumps, but can get through crisis Reuters
French bank SocGen reports quarterly profits collapse AFP
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