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Public pension schemes have sold shares in coal, oil and gas companies but are still funding expansion of the gas industry through infrastructure funds
Bank M&A is back on the agenda, but talk of SMBC buying Jefferies is premature. The two firms are prioritising their multi-stranded alliance and a takeover now would jeopardise it
I don’t need to work, but I’m tempted to go back
Corporate broking relationships endure for decades and build deep roots between both individuals and institutions, enabling banks to win outsized revenues from clients they serve. No wonder that a new crop of banks are expanding their ambitions
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has poached a senior equity strategist from Citi for its Japan research team, with the new hire set to start working at the firm from April 2. -
Iranian firms are still hoping for an end to crippling financial sanctions later this year and launching new business ventures in preparation. The latest is Kardan Investment Bank, which launched three new funds this week as part of an effort to modernise Iranian asset management.
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M&A activity in Vietnam is set to get a big surge from July, as laws governing foreign investment into domestic companies will be relaxed by the government in a bid to attract more overseas investors. The prospects of more debt and capital raisings to follow are high, but while international businesses are keen to expand their footprints in the southeast Asian country, finding the right targets will pose the biggest challenge.
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UBS and Credit Suisse tackled the damage to their profitability from the Swiss National Bank’s abandonment of the Swiss franc-euro peg in their full year results this week.
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UniCredit and Intesa Sanpaolo reported skinny profits, but knocked it out of the park compared to last year, when both banks took multi billion euro writedowns to prepare their balance sheets for forensic examinations during the European Central Bank’s Asset Quality Review.
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Two key RHB Bank personnel have left the Malaysian lender, following the collapse of talks for a three-way merger between CIMB Bank, RHB and MBSB last month.
