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ING has hired 11 bankers in research, sales and execution to its equities business in a build out of its Russian and Turkish brokerage operations.
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RBS believes it can beat its once-great adversary, Barclays Capital, along with that other UK powerhouse, JP Morgan Cazenove on its home turf. Its role on the G4S deal might just be the start, as David Rothnie reports.
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The third quarter results season for investment banks got off to a worrying start this week when JP Morgan’s investment bank escaped reporting a collapse in profits only because of a $1.9bn accounting gain related to the widening of the bank’s own spreads. Given the relative strength of the firm, the tough result bodes very ill for the rest of the industry.
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Stock exchanges in Hong Kong, Brazil, India, China, Russia and South Africa have formed an alliance that will allow investors to trade index futures and options for each exchange on their domestic market in their own currency.
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The eurozone crisis has hammered investment banking revenues in the third quarter. But a recapitalisation plan for the region’s financial institutions — when it finally arrives — could provide a welcome source of fees. David Rothnie writes.
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UniCredit has bid farewell to several senior figures in its corporate and investment bank but is holding off appointing permanent replacements until it reaches a conclusion in the strategic review that is being conducted across the whole group.