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Barclays boasts of share gains in markets
Barclays enjoyed a record quarter in equities, but in its advisory and equity capital markets it lagged behind competitors, it showed in third quarter results on Friday.
09.45 AM -
UBS IB benefits from leveraged capital markets, IP sale
UBS's investment bank beat analyst consensus as capital markets revenue was up sharply year-on-year, while a sale of intellectual property rights resulted in a one-off gain, the bank showed in third quarter results on Tuesday.
20 Oct 2020 -
ECM powers US bank gains
The leading US investment banks raked in fees from equity origination in the third quarter, with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America all doubling their ECM revenues year-on-year.
15 Oct 2020 -
What crisis? Investment bank RoE projected to rocket
The top investment banks will achieve substantially higher returns on equity this year, predicts analytics firm Coalition, after revenues in fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) soared in the first half of the year.
02 Sep 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 -
Market welcomes new Natixis CEO Namias
Investors appeared positive on Natixis's prospects after Nicolas Namias replaced François Riahi as chief executive. Meanwhile, the bank has said it will reposition its equities division after it endured another tough quarter.
06 Aug 2020 -
UniCredit turns profit with bolstered MDA buffer
UniCredit returned to profit in the second quarter with a larger pool of excess capital to reward shareholders from next year, if the European Central Bank gives its permission.
06 Aug 2020 -
Commerz warns on corona impact for corporate clients
Commerzbank expects its corporate division to remain under pressure from the coronavirus crisis in the second half of the year, after a second quarter where international firms rushed to take out debt products but the bank was stung by a large single provision, understood to relate to disgraced payments company, Wirecard.
05 Aug 2020 -
Embattled HSBC to press on with restructuring
HSBC revealed a big increase in credit loss provisions in its second quarter results on Monday, as it vowed to step up the pace of its strategy shift. In the investment bank, it was a strong outing for fixed income and currencies trading, but a disappointing quarter for equities.
03 Aug 2020 -
SG to derisk structured products
Société Générale will make its structured products less risky, it said, after a difficult first half of the year in its equities business.
03 Aug 2020
