Top Investment Banking News for 11/14/2009



SWIFT and Path Solutions partner to create messaging system standard for Islamic banking products (Zawya)
14 November 2009 Path Solutions Path Solutions , the global provider of Islamic banking software, announced today that it has signed an agreement with SWIFT, a worldwide provider of secure financial messaging services, aimed at the development of cutting-edge new standard messages for Islamic products to constantly meet industry needs...

Bill Totten's Weblog: Ten Years After Glass-Steagall
Glass-Steagall protected depositors and prevented the banking system from taking on too much risk by defining industry structure: Commercial banks could not maintain investment banking or insurance affiliates (nor affiliates in ...

Britain's 2 biggest banks report strong investment banking profits (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
LONDON - Britain's two biggest banks, HSBC Holdings PLC and Barclays PLC, reported strong investment banking profits on Tuesday and signalled that bad debts may be nearing their peak, raising hopes the worst of the financial crisis is over for them...

Investors warned of land-banking scheme based in Mexico (Investment Executive)
Investors are being warned by New Brunswick Securities Commission (NBSC) staff about a potential land-banking investment scheme. Securities regulators in Saskatchewan and Ontario have ordered land-banking companies based in Puerto Vallarta to cease trading...

RELM Holdings Inc. Executes Investment Banking Agreement (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
WILMINGTON, DE--(Marketwire - 11/11/09) - RELM Holdings Inc. (Pinksheets: RELM - News ) executed an agreement with a west coast investment banking firm to assist the company with placement of Senior and Mezzanine Debt to fund its previously announced strategic acquisitions. In addition to funding activities, the firm will advise management on strategic funding decisions and financial structuring ...

Goolsbee Says Glass-Steagall Repeal Wasn'ta Cause of Crisis - Bloomberg

Big Government (blog)

Goolsbee Says Glass-Steagall Repeal Wasn'ta Cause of Crisis
Bloomberg
EURIt's hard to actually pin this crisisEUR on a combination of commercial and investment banking, Goolsbee, a member of President Barack Obama's Council of .
Federal Reserve in crosshairs, but many experts say hold fireMiamiHerald.com
Op-Ed Contributor Where Credit Isn't DueNew York Times
As us's Frank Finishes Off Reg Reform, Sen. Dodd Set To BeginMarket News International
Scripps News
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John Varley's blueprint for successful and responsible banking - Telegraph.co.uk

John Varley's blueprint for successful and responsible banking
Telegraph.co.uk
Some question the utility of investment banking. I want to explore the point here for a moment. What lies behind the question is the presumption that .
Barclay's John Varley admits banks have 'much to be sorry for'Telegraph.co.uk
Financial crisis is a chance for banks to make a fresh startTelegraph.co.uk

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RELM Holdings Inc. Executes Investment Banking Agreement (dBusinessNews.com)
WILMINGTON, DE - RELM Holdings Inc. executed an agreement with a west coast investment banking firm to assist the company with placement of Senior and Mezzanine Debt to fund its previously announced strategic acquisitions...

Mentoring in local UK schools
The London CIB (Corporate and Investment Banking) schools programme has recruited an additional 38 members of staff as mentors for the 2009/10 academic year, adding to the 24 existing volunteers already enrolled on the programme. ...

The third quarter broadly displayed a slowdown in investment banking revenues across the board compared to the second . (eFinancial News)
The third quarter broadly displayed a slowdown in investment banking revenues across the board compared to the second quarter; however, some banks were able to buck the trend, while others underperformed...

Aliza Rudman, Reid Stein - New York Times

Aliza Rudman, Reid Stein
New York Times
His father is a vice chairman for investment banking and oversees investment banking in the Southwest region for the Merrill Lynch brokerage unit of Bank of .

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Investment banking
Dr Kathy Walsh from the School of Banking and Finance at the Australian School of Business has produced a video that introduces undergraduate students to the world of investment banking. For more information go to ...

SocGen Third-Quarter Net Doubles on Investment Bank - Bloomberg

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SocGen Third-Quarter Net Doubles on Investment Bank
Bloomberg
4 (Bloomberg) -- Societe Generale SA, France's second- largest bank by market value, said third-quarter earnings doubled as its investment-banking unit .
Rebound Powers SocGen's ProfitWall Street Journal
SocGen, Bank of Ireland rise after beating forecastsMarketWatch
Societe Generale Q3 profit more than doublesForbes
Reuters -eTaiwan News -CITY A.M.
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Abnormal Interests: Investment Banking And The Academy
Investment Banking And The Academy. Mark Goodacre has yet another story of a questionable academic termination and possible assault on a respected academic program. This time it's Lloyd Pietersen, Senior Lecturer and Research ...

RELM Holdings Inc. Executes Investment Banking Agreement (Marketwire)
WILMINGTON, DE--(Marketwire - November 11, 2009) - RELM Holdings Inc. ( PINKSHEETS : RELM ) executed an agreement with a west coast investment banking firm to assist the company with placement of Senior and Mezzanine Debt to fund its previously announced strategic acquisitions. In addition to funding activities, the firm will advise management on strategic funding decisions and financial ...

Wall Street Faces 'Live Ammo' as Congress Aims to Unravel Banks - Bloomberg

Miami Daily Business Review

Wall Street Faces 'Live Ammo' as Congress Aims to Unravel Banks
Bloomberg
Today marks a decade to the day that President Bill Clinton signed the repeal of the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act that split investment-banking from .
Market Updates: Citigroup (NYSE: C), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), JPMorgan .Jutia Group
Citigroup, Bank of America: Break up law closerDirector of Finance online
Financial firms fight giving government breakup powersThe Hill

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UBS Seen Adopting Credit Suisse Model For Recovery Game Plan - Wall Street Journal

UBS Seen Adopting Credit Suisse Model For Recovery Game Plan
Wall Street Journal
For UBS the strategy would translate into referrals between units of the bank, which bankers are rewarded for, and in particular tapping investment banking .
PREVIEW-Clock ticking at UBS for turnaround wizard GruebelReuters
Dealogic league table roundup, November 13FinanceAsia

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Dubai lslamic Bank launches new Al Islami Online Banking (Zawya)
In line with its ongoing commitment to customer care and technical innovation, Dubai Islamic Bank Dubai Islamic Bank ( DIB DIB ) announced today the launch of its new Al Islami Online Banking system. The launch marks the first phase in the modernisation initiative of Al Islami Online Banking...

Finance jobs, banking jobs, recruitment in investment banking & in .
Finance jobs, banking jobs, recruitment in investment banking & in the financial markets...

GelTech Solutions Announces the Engagement of Investment Banking Firm, R.F. Lafferty & Co, Inc. (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
GelTech Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has retained R.F. Lafferty & Co, Inc. as its investment banking firm to assist in achieving various corporate goals...

Britain's 2 biggest banks report strong investment banking profits (Canadian Business)
LONDON - Britain's two biggest banks, HSBC Holdings PLC and Barclays PLC, reported strong investment banking profits on Tuesday and signalled that..

Banker 'Oligarchs' Block Break-Up Moves, Kay Says - Bloomberg

Banker 'Oligarchs' Block Break-Up Moves, Kay Says
Bloomberg
King also cited Kay as he argued in a speech last month for splitting retail operations from investment banking. EURI'm struck actually when I talk to an .

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Origins of the Federal Reserve Banking System :: The Market Oracle .
By the turn of the century, the political economy of the United States was dominated by two generally clashing financial aggregations: the previously dominant Morgan group, which began in investment banking and then expanded into ...

iTWire - IT and Telecommunications Jobs Australia - Solution .
Solution Architect - Investment Banking (S11). My client, a leading investment bank, is currently seeking Solution Architects to work in various parts of their organisation. In these roles, your strong communication and interpersonal ...

UBC's First National Investment Banking Conference
The UBC Finance Club invites you to explore the world of Investment Banking on our first national conference. See conference details at http://www.ibc.ubcfinanceclub.com/conference/info. Featuring: 2 outstanding keynote speakers ...

Don't You Think It's Time to Reinstate the Laws That Would Have Prevented the . - AlterNet

Don't You Think It's Time to Reinstate the Laws That Would Have Prevented the .
AlterNet
It divided up the banking landscape into two parts, commercial banks and investment banks. The federal government would back commercial banks and consumer .
Warner - Separation of investment and retail bankingDeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
Happy (belated) Gramm Leach Bliley DayBaltimore City Paper
John Reed, Vikram Pandit Re-Consider Glass-Steagall 10 Years OnWall Street Journal (blog)
New York Times (blog) -Forbes -Marketplace (blog)
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Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking
Vault has a wealth of information about major employers and jobsearching strategies as well as comments from workers about their experiences at specific companies...

Sir Philip Hampton: the era of big international banks is far from over - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk

Sir Philip Hampton: the era of big international banks is far from over
Telegraph.co.uk
RBS not Sir Philip's first foray into banking. His early career was as an investment banker at Lazards before joining .

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iTWire - IT and Telecommunications Jobs Australia - Test Analyst .
Test Analyst - Investment Banking (S11). My client is a prestigious investment bank based in Sydney's CBD. They are currently seeking a Test Analyst to join their team for an initial contract role. Financial Services experience is ...

Investment Banks Are Too Big to Veil - Wall Street Journal

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Investment Banks Are Too Big to Veil
Wall Street Journal
Some of the US's largest financial firms contain sizable investment banks and securities operations. Yet even though these businesses tend to .
Morgan Stanley Wants to Team up with New Chinese PartnerTrading Markets (press release)
Morgan Stanley's CICC Stake: What's It Worth and Who Will Get It?ChinaStakes.com
EUR Weeks of November 9, 2009The Asian Banker (subscription)
Zacks.com
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