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Laskshmi Vilas set to merge with DBS India
Lakshmi Vilas Bank is set to merge with DBS Bank’s operations in India, under a central bank plan to save the cash-strapped local lender.
18 Nov 2020 -
Biodiversity league table: even best banks lack basic controls
The threat to biodiversity is moving up the agenda of financial markets, but banks are woefully unprepared, a new study has found — in fact, they are actively financing what scientists believe is a mass extinction of species.
28 Oct 2020 -
Credit business shines as HSBC vows to speed up change
HSBC's credit and equities business lines were the standout performers in the global banking and markets division (GBM) in the third quarter, the bank's results showed on Tuesday. Meanwhile, group chief executive Noel Quinn said the firm was adapting its business model to chronic low interest rates.
27 Oct 2020 -
Credit Suisse-UBS merger would make investment banking sense
If UBS’s reported exploration of a merger with Credit Suisse actually leads to a tie-up at some point, it would create a formidable European investment bank.
17 Sep 2020 -
Mizuho beefs up convertibles team
Andy Bourne and Ross Webster have arrived at Mizuho International to work on convertible bonds.
15 Sep 2020 -
HSBC wants to take mid-market push beyond UK
HSBC might be in the middle of a big restructuring, but that isn’t stopping plans to develop mid-market M&A efforts in France, Germany and Asia as well as the UK, writes David Rothnie. The bank has also bolstered its teams covering specific sectors.
03 Sep 2020 -
Okuda starts efficiency drive at Nomura
Nomura has cut jobs in its investment banking business in Europe over the summer, following losses in leveraged finance, as its new chief executive eyes up other regions for growth, writes David Rothnie.
27 Aug 2020 -
UBS hits stride after rocky road to collaboration
UBS reckons it has a hit upon a ‘unique formula’ for growth as it expands its investment banking offering to its high net worth clients, writes David Rothnie.
20 Aug 2020 -
ABN Amro to slim down CIB
ABN Amro plans to quit corporate banking outside Europe, except for clearing, and also exit trade and commodity finance in a shake-out of its corporate and investment banking activities.
12 Aug 2020 -
Cost cuts central to Gottstein's Credit Suisse shake-up
Credit Suisse chief executive Thomas Gottstein has brought its investment bank back together but threatens to leave it with a diminished corporate finance business, David Rothnie reports.
06 Aug 2020
