Top Investment Banking News for 12/25/2008



St. Lawrence Energy Corp. Announces Funding Negotiations With .
Announces Funding Negotiations With Major Investment Banking Firm (Business Wire) - PALO ALTO, Calif.----St. Lawrence Energy Corp., a reusable energy and technology company, announced today that it is seeking funding...

Motorola suspends company kick-in to 401(k) plans - Financial Week
Accounting · Banking/Investment Banking · Benefits Finance · Compensation · Compliance/Governance · The Economy · Financing · Human Resources · Insurance/Risk Management · Investments · Investor Relations ...

Investment Banking Blues
Last week's issue of The Economist cites some sobering figures about the investment banking sector. Data from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Thomson Reuters indicate that revenues were down by over 75% in the ...

China: corruptive government vs borderless finance, banking, politics, competition (cmi valparaíso)
is corruption to bankrupt China soon? What is really inside Chinese business, government, banking, and finance world? Is global financial crisis accelerating the ongoing corruption and labor cisis? Get lastest analysis and knowledge by leading experts...

Vietnam expected to see Indian investment boom (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge EUR An Indian trade expert has forecast a boom in the flow of Indian investment into Vietnam in the years to come as a result of the efforts by the Southeast Asian nation to improve its business environment...

Citi to combine commercial and investment banking - FierceFinance
There was a day, long ago when anti-trust regulators thought it wise to separate investment banking from commercial banking. But in the modern era, the idea seems quaint. According to media reports,. Read more...

Bank eranings jump 57 % in 2 yrsEUR”Report - Nation Online

Nation Online

Bank eranings jump 57 % in 2 yrsEUR”Report
Nation Online, Malawi - 2 hours ago
A report by an African investment bank and financial advisors, the African Alliance released recently has revealed a substantial jump in Malawis banking .
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FACTBOX-How Europe's top banks fared in 2008 crisis - Reuters

FACTBOX-How Europe's top banks fared in 2008 crisis
Reuters - Dec 23, 2008
Prospects for 2009: Capital still a concern, especially if central and eastern Europe weakens and headwinds build in investment banking and asset management .
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USAA earns solid credit ratings from AM Best - Bizjournals.com

USAA earns solid credit ratings from AM Best
Bizjournals.com, NC - Dec 23, 2008
San Antonio-based USAA is a diversified financial services company with operations in insurance, banking, investment brokerage, financial planning and .
AM Best Affirms Ratings of USAA and Its Subsidiaries Business Wire (press release)
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St. Lawrence Energy Corp. Announces Funding Negotiations With Major Investment Banking Firm (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PALO ALTO, Calif.----St. Lawrence Energy Corp., a reusable energy and technology company, announced today that it is seeking funding through a major investment banking firm. This funding will be used to finance the operations and the R&D efforts with NASA. EURœIt is now exciting to see interest from the investment banking sector, as we accelerate our movement to become a fully operating company in ...

Legacy of Former CEOs Grips Woori Bank - 코리아íƒEUR임즈

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Legacy of Former CEOs Grips Woori Bank
코리아íƒEUR임즈, South Korea - 1 hour ago
In addition, during the tenure of the two ex-CEOs, the bank beefed up its investment banking division and invested aggressively in derivatives, .
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St. Lawrence Energy Corp. Announces Funding Negotiations With . - Business Wire (press release)

St. Lawrence Energy Corp. Announces Funding Negotiations With .
Business Wire (press release), CA - Dec 23, 2008
EURœIt is now exciting to see interest from the investment banking sector, as we accelerate our movement to become a fully operating company in the alternative .
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Words from the (investment) wise 12.21.08 | The Big Picture
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Dec 15 - 21, 2008) EURœAmericans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity...

Jobs India - Mumbai - Consultants Client - AVP Investment Banking
Jobs India - Mumbai - Consultant's Client - AVP Investment Banking Client profile : Our client is a joint venture between an established US & India...

Citigroup to merge corporate, investment banking-source - Reuters

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Citigroup to merge corporate, investment banking-source
Reuters - Dec 17, 2008
In 2004, a global banking group was created, although client coverage for corporate and investment banking remained separate. For many of its clients over .
Citi to meld corporate, investment units InvestmentNews
Pandit looks to end the 'Citi swarm' The Daily Deal (subscription)
EUR˜Citigroup to merge investment, corporate banking operations Times of India
Trading Markets (press release)
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Information Arbitrage: Citi to Integrate Corporate and Investment .
Citi to Integrate Corporate and Investment Banking - 10 Years Too Late. Citigroup is creating a unified global banking group? This is almost a joke - talk about anti-climactic and too little/too late. I wrote about this very issue two ...

Islamic banking to be a $4 trillion industry (MENAFN)
Islamic banking to be a $4 trillion industry..

Commentary: Give bankers some of their own medicine (CNN)
You know the financial crisis is bad when investment bankers are grumpy at Christmastime. That's because in investment banking, Christmastime is bonus time, and bonus time is what it's all about...

UBS Further Slims Down Investment-Banking Arm - Wall Street Journal

UBS Further Slims Down Investment-Banking Arm
Wall Street Journal - Dec 22, 2008
UBS will now only run a precious metals and exchange-traded commodities arm, part of a dramatic reduction of investment banking under unit head Jerker .
UBS further trims investment banking business Wealth Bulletin
UBS sells some commodities businesses to JP Morgan Reuters
JPMorgan buys UBS Canadian commodities unit Globe and Mail
Financial Post - WELT ONLINE
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Nigeria: Banking Sector - the Last Hope (AllAfrica.com)
The banking sector did not betray the confidence the nation repose on the sector as it remained the most vibrant of the economy even in the face of the world financial meltdown...

Asia bankers brace for job cuts - International Herald Tribune

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Asia bankers brace for job cuts
International Herald Tribune, France - Dec 23, 2008
The corporate cost-cutting in Asia's investment banking industry highlights how quickly growth has slowed or, in some cases, stopped across banking .
Jobs axe hangs over investment banks in Asia Reuters
ANALYSIS-Asia bond sales poised to pick up as freeze relents Reuters India
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Marginal Revolution: The future of investment banking
Ok, I'll tell you the future of investment banking. I've said it before - and I suspect this won't be the last time I say it - the great investment banks will be reborn in about oh, 18-24 months time. ...

Qatar Islamic Bank to Sell 39.4 Million Shares to Wealth Fund (Bloomberg)
Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Qatar Islamic Bank SAQ , the Persian Gulf states biggest bank complying with Muslim banking rules, said its shareholders approved the sale of 39.4 million new shares to the Qatar Investment Authority, the countrys sovereign wealth fund...

Banking and Financial (Mondaq)
24 Dec 2008 - United States - Banking and Financial - FRB, OTS And NCUA Approve Final Credit Card Rules And Proposed EFT Overdraft Rules - Goodwin Procter LLP - The FRB adopted final amendments (FinalRules) to Regulation AA (Unfair or Deceptive Acts orPractices), Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) and Regulation DD(Truth in Savings) that impose new requirements on issuers ofcredit cards and ...

Bank of America, Merrill Name Leaders at Merged Investment Bank - Bloomberg

Bank of America, Merrill Name Leaders at Merged Investment Bank
Bloomberg - Dec 23, 2008
The jobs were among several dozen positions included in the new leadership lineup of Bank of Americas global corporate, commercial and investment bank, .
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Philippine Investment One counsel replies to Atty. Alberto Reyes (The Manila Times)
In referring to our office as legal counsels of Philippine Investment One, we are now drawn in to respond to the allegations of one Atty. Alberto Reyes on the SPV Law (R.A. 9182) and its effect on dead-beat borrowers, which appeals to misplaced emotion, rather than reason...

Citigroup to Merge Corporate, Investment Banking - Financials * US .
Citigroup is combining its corporate and investment banking businesses, in a bid to streamline and cut costs, a person briefed in the matter said on Tuesday...

Investment Banking 2008 Christmas Card by SP Blogger
and Latest Christmas carol for 2008!!!You'd better watch outYou'd better not cryYou'd better keep cashI'm telling you why:Recession is coming to town.It's hitting you once,It's hitting you twiceIt doe...

UCBH Holdings, Inc. and China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. Complete Second Phase of Strategic Investment (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN FRANCISCO----UCBH Holdings, Inc. , the holding company of United Commercial Bank , today announced that it has completed the issuance of approximately 6.2 million new shares of its common stock to China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. at a price of $4.85, representing the 90-day average UCBH closing price as of August 30, 2008, which is the second phase baseline date, plus a 5% premium...

Madoff Dealings Tarnish a Private Swiss Bank - New York Times

Madoff Dealings Tarnish a Private Swiss Bank
New York Times, United States - Dec 23, 2008
The UBP letter acknowledges some concerns over how Mr. Madoffs firm combined investment management and brokerage services. But the Geneva bank said it .
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