Top Investment Banking News for 11/15/2009



Investment Banking: The Power behind the Scene
Understanding the role of the investment banker and how technological development has changed the world of investment banking...

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...

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...

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...

AT ISSUE: COMPENSATION Nation's 3 biggest banks set big bonuses - Detroit Free Press

Washington Times
AT ISSUE: COMPENSATION Nation's 3 biggest banks set big bonuses
Detroit Free Press
Global heads of equities, commodities trading, interest-rate trading and investment banking each will receive total compensation that may reach at least $10 .
Wall St record bonuses return as Big 3 may pay $30bnGulf Times

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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 ...

Singed in stock sale, investors chastise Chase - Crain's Chicago Business

Crain's Chicago Business
Singed in stock sale, investors chastise Chase
Crain's Chicago Business
JP Morgan won privatebancorp's investment banking business last spring, leading a May sale of more than $200 million in fresh equity after the banks' stock .

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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...

Area banks wary of reform - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Area banks wary of reform
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
They were slow to spot the risky condition of some big banks that combine commercial banking, investment banking and trading. "There wasn't one regulator .
Discretion and Financial Regulation: Always Doing the Wrong ThingSeeking Alpha (blog)

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Why Warren Buffett Loves Wells Fargo - Seeking Alpha (blog)

Why Warren Buffett Loves Wells Fargo
Seeking Alpha (blog)
Growth opportunities for Wells include investment banking, international growth, and expansion of their business model within the US. .

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Goldman's Blankfein: Firm's wealth unit 'should be bigger' - InvestmentNews

Goldman's Blankfein: Firm's wealth unit 'should be bigger'
InvestmentNews
EURœThey can add offices and get a very steady stream of business, but if it remains a stepchild to their trading and investment-banking areas, .

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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 ...

Barclays Capital Names Gatto to I-Banking Post - DealBook Blog .
Barclays Capital has named Joe Gatto as its chairman of investment banking for the Americas, according to an internal memorandum obtained by DealBook...

Investment banking powers JPMorgan Chase & Co Q3 (The Economic Times)
Investment banking powers JPMorgan Chase & Co Q3Investment banking powers JPMorgan Chase & Co Q3..

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 ...

A Career In Investment Banking
Selecting investment banking or forex trading as a career is a popular choice for those with intentions to get rich quick. However, the modern world of investment banking is not the same as it was before the fall of major companies in ...

First Metro Investment earns P824m (Manila Standard Today)
First Metro Investment Corp., the investment banking unit of the Metrobank group, yesterday said consolidated net income jumped 164 percent to P824.2 million in the first nine months of the year from P312.2 million year-on-year...

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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3. Reform push must continue (The Star)
A big debate is taking place in the United States on whether there is need to prevent financial institutions from being involved in both commercial and risky investment banking activities...

Finance and Banking (Mondaq)
Proposals to require the registration of investment advisers to private funds continue to work their way through Congress...

This week marks the tenth anniversary of the repeal of the Glass .
We need to specifically reinstate section 16 of the Glass-Steagall Act that had restricted national commercial banks from engaging in most investment banking activities, up to a certain small percentage, coming from client directives, ...

First Metro income up 164% in 9 months (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
FIRST Metro Investment Corp. of the Metrobank group reported a 164-percent year-on-year growth in its nine-month profit to P824.2 million on record income from investment banking, as well as fixed income and equity trading...

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
EURą Weeks of November 9, 2009The Asian Banker (subscription)
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Reform push must continue - Malaysia Star

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Reform push must continue
Malaysia Star
In 1998, Citicorp (a commercial bank) merged with Travelers Group Inc, which owned the investment firm Salomon Smith Barney Holdings, to form Citigroup. .
Voice of the Day Re-establishing firewall would help rebuild financial sectorNews-Leader.com
10-Year Anniversary of the Bill That Led to the Current Economic CrisisAllGov

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Wanna Be A Bigwig? Try Investment Banking
A career in this high-stress field can be very rewarding for the right person. Find out if you have what it takes...

J.P. Morgan Nears Deal To Buy Rest of Cazenove - Wall Street Journal

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J.P. Morgan Nears Deal To Buy Rest of Cazenove
Wall Street Journal
In the coming weeks, the two sides are expected to strike a deal in which JP Morgan would buy the remaining 50% of the investment-banking partnership that .
JP Morgan to Bid For Cazenove StakeNew York Times
JP Morgan close to 1bn deal for CazenoveTelegraph.co.uk
Cazenove nears a happy endingFinancial Times
Times Online -Bloomberg -The Press Association
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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 ...

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. EURœI'm struck actually when I talk to an .

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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. ...

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...



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