Top Investment Banking News for 11/20/2009



Barclays' investment banking unit in joint venture (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC said Friday it has formed a joint venture with Goff Capital Inc. to acquire Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, a Texas-based office building owner...

Standard Bank Promotes Munro to Head Global Investment Banking (Bloomberg)
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Standard Bank Group Ltd., Africas largest bank, named David Munro as chief executive officer of global investment banking, promoting him from being the head of its Corporate & Investment Banking unit in South Africa...

15 Most Common Investment Banking & Finance Interview Questions
15 Most Common Investment Banking & Finance Interview Questions Some of the most common banking interview questions for an investment banking interview include (some are a bit on the tough side but they DO come up very often, ...

bofa Merrill Lynch Global Research Hires Chris Flanagan as Head of U.S. . - PR Newswire (press release)

The Associated Press
bofa Merrill Lynch Global Research Hires Chris Flanagan as Head of U.S. .
PR Newswire (press release)
The company's corporate and investment banking, and sales and trading businesses operate under the Bank of America Merrill Lynch brand. .
Steve Bodurtha Joins Citi Private Bank as Managing Director and Head of .WELT ONLINE

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Standard Bank Promotes Munro To Head Global Investment Banking - Wall Street Journal

Reuters South Africa
Standard Bank Promotes Munro To Head Global Investment Banking
Wall Street Journal
JO), Africa's largest lender by assets, Thursday said David Munro will be promoted to a new position as global head of investment banking. .
UPDATE 1-Standard Bank appoints new corporate investment CEReuters
Standard Bank sees corp. defaults remaining highReuters South Africa
Standard shuffles bossesMoneyweb
Bloomberg -Banking Times -Moneyweb
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Middle Market Investment Banking Firm FOCUS LLC Secures Financing for Nextek, Inc. (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON----FOCUS LLC, a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announces that Huntsville, Ala.-based Nextek, Inc. has entered into a $6,419,000 senior term and working capital loan facility to replace its previous banking and subordinated debt arrangements...

Standard Bank Promotes Investment Banking Chiefs (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Standard Bank Group Ltd ., Africas largest bank, named David Munro as head of global investment banking in a management reshuffle aimed at bolstering its emerging-markets expansion and defending business in its South African home market...

JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) Acquiring All of Cazenove for $1.67 Billion .
With the heads of the cash equities and investment banking unit currently reporting to Kheraj, it's hard to know if he'll have any role or what it would be after the acquisition because will report directly to executives from JP Morgan ...

Moody's Interfax Downgrades the Rating of Interregional Investment Bank - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

Hurriyet Daily News
Moody's Interfax Downgrades the Rating of Interregional Investment Bank
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Moody's downgrade of the NSR rating for Interregional Investment Bank isa result of the withdrawal of its banking license by the Central Bank ofrussia (CBR) .
Moody's Downgrades UBS RatingsWall Street Journal
Moody's cuts UBS, cites loss of client confidenceReuters
Moody's cuts UBS to 'Aa3'; outlook negativeMarketWatch
Benzinga -Wall Street Journal (blog)
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Carney Shows How Canada Controls Risk So Central Banks Can Too - Bloomberg

Carney Shows How Canada Controls Risk So Central Banks Can Too
Bloomberg
20 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, the former investment banker who helped the country avert the worst of the financial crisis, .

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Analysts See Opportunity in I-Banks - TheStreet.com

Analysts See Opportunity in I-Banks
TheStreet.com
While the largest, most diversified ones will be impacted, they will have other areas, like investment banking, to pick up some of the slack. .

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Barclays' investment banking unit in joint venture - Forbes

Barclays' investment banking unit in joint venture
Forbes
AP , 11.20.09, 06:44 PM EST NEW YORK -- The investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC said Friday it has formed a joint venture with Goff Capital .

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Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking
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Standard Bank make brace of appointments
Bungane will assumes responsibility for all the firm's corporate and investment banking operations within South Africa, and will be directly responsible to Sim Tshabalala, chief executive of Standard Bank South Africa. ...

Europe's biggest banks have been adjusting headcount in their investment banking teams over the past 18 months. Here . (eFinancial News)
Europe's biggest banks have been adjusting headcount in their investment banking teams over the past 18 months. Here, Financial News takes a look at those that have released year-on-year figures on staff numbers in 2009...

Harley-Davidson, Inc. Selects Investment Banking Firm to Assist in Sale of MV Agusta (The Auto Channel)
Harley-Davidson, Inc. has selected the investment banking firm, BNP Paribas in Milan, to assist Harley-Davidson in the sale of MV Agusta. Harley-Davidson is currently identifying potential buyers for the Italian-based motorcycle company...

Moody's Cuts UBS Ratings | Daily Markets
Moody's Investors Service has cut various ratings on UBS AG (UBS) pointing out the significant challenges the company continues to face in its Investment Banking and Wealth Management businesses. Moody's has downgraded the bank ...

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, the asset management arm of Lloyds Banking Group, is set to launch a pair of . (eFinancial News)
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, the asset management arm of Lloyds Banking Group, is set to launch a pair of real estate funds within the next three months despite investment consultants' fears of a shortage of opportunities...

The UK Treasury considered implementing a Glass-Steagall type split between investment banking and retail banking, but . (eFinancial News)
Welcome to Financial News Online , the most comprehensive source of news, analysis and commentary in Europe for the investment banking, asset management and securities industry...

Standard Promotes Munro to Head Investment Banking (Correct) (Bloomberg)
(Corrects to say Munro is head of global investment banking and not chief executive officer.) Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Standard Bank Group Ltd., Africas largest bank, named David Munro as head of global investment banking, promoting him from being the chief of its Corporate & Investment Banking unit in South Africa...

Commerzbank CFO: Not Experiencing Credit Crunch In Germany - Wall Street Journal

Commerzbank CFO: Not Experiencing Credit Crunch In Germany
Wall Street Journal
Moreover, capital requirements within a bank should vary depending on the risks undertaken by various units such as commercial and investment banking, .

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Barclays Capital Hired 150 Asia Bankers; To Hire 100 More - Sources - Wall Street Journal

New York Daily News
Barclays Capital Hired 150 Asia Bankers; To Hire 100 More - Sources
Wall Street Journal
The 100 or so hires are expected to be in various areas including equities, investment banking, research and information technology, one person said .
Lehman claims may total up to $1 trilllionTelegraph.co.uk
Lehman's estate, creditors sue Barclays CapitalThe Daily Deal
Barclays faces lawsuit over Lehman Brothers gainsBanking Times

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CBRE Investment Banking Branch to be Open in New York | E1 BTL .
CB Richard Ellis announced the expansion of its investment banking platform into the Americas. | E1 BTL FINANCE News...

JPMorgan Buys Out a British Banking Partner (New York Times)
The American bank paid $1.7 billion for the rest of Cazenove to strengthen its investment banking unit In Britain...

JPMorgan Buys the Rest of a British Bank Partner - New York Times

BBC News
JPMorgan Buys the Rest of a British Bank Partner
New York Times
LONDON EUR” JPMorgan Chase agreed on Thursday to buy the rest of Cazenove, its partner in a British investment banking joint venture, .
End of an eraInternational Financing Review
JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) Acquiring All of Cazenove for $1.67 BillionAmerican Banking News
JPMorgan Chase to acquire Cazenove GroupTrading Markets (press release)
Bloomberg -Wall Street Journal -Telegraph.co.uk
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Finance jobs, banking jobs, recruitment in investment banking & in .
Finance jobs, banking jobs, recruitment in investment banking & in the financial markets...

Goldman Sachs, Shareholders Just Can't Get Along | BNET Financial .
GOLDMAN Sachs is confident the JBWere transaction will not affect its investment banking pitch despite selling a majority stake in the retail private client and brokerage business. The network of more than 200 financial advisers will ...

UBS reveals investment banking 'revolution' to regain profits - guardian.co.uk

Globe and Mail
UBS reveals investment banking 'revolution' to regain profits
guardian.co.uk
UBS is rehiring some of the traders it fired to try and push investment banking into profit. Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters UBS plans to revamp itself .
UBS's Debt Trading May Be Key for Profit RevivalBloomberg
UBS Aims For CHF15B In Pretax Pft; No Quick FixWall Street Journal
UBS Outlines Plan to Return to ProfitNew York Times
MarketWatch -Here Is The City -Reuters
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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 ...

Investment Banking Opportunity (Dubai, United Arab Emirates - UAE .
Description of job: A major international in Dubai in seeking exceptional analysts and associates to join its Middle East and North Africa investment banking team based in Dubai. The team has recently relocated to Dubai. ...



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