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The Swiss bank posted the biggest quarterly profit on record thanks to an accounting gain related to its acquisition of Credit Suisse, but weak performance at its former rival hints at a long road back to growth
Imminent half year results will reveal whether the new Swiss bank is a hastily patched monster or a new financial powerhouse
Banks are determined to stick to their growth plans as they see cause for optimism in investment banking thanks to increasing confidence and a growing pipeline of deals
Wall Street is urging the Fed to be cautious despite the regulator hinting higher capital requirements are coming
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Results broadly beat expectations across US banks last quarter, but debt capital markets revenues could not keep apace with IPO underwriting on the investment side of the businesses. -
The large British banks have just completed one of the most complex structural reforms they’ve ever undertaken, severing their UK retail businesses from their wholesale operations to meet ringfence regulations. The sheer disruption of the changes has led competitors to scent blood, while the UK banks have been anxious to reassure their clients that nothing will change.
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UniCredit’s senior management team had to fend off a barrage of questions about the bank’s exposure to Turkish bank Yapi Kredi this week, as yields spiked on Turkish local currency debt and the lira slid further against the dollar. UniCredit’s equity stake is accounted at €2.5bn, but worth less than €1.2bn in today’s market.
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ABN Amro said on Wednesday that it would cut staff and risk-weighted assets from its corporate and investment banking business, aiming to push return on equity at the unit from 5.8% in the first half of this year to above the bank’s 10% target.
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Interdealer broker TP ICAP revealed on Tuesday that it had chosen Paris as its post-Brexit hub in the European Union, as new CEO Nicolas Breteau called for the flexibility to pay company brokers the "market rate".
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Shares in RBS rose 3.5% on Friday morning after the UK bank unveiled its first dividend since it was rescued during the financial crisis, paving the way for more share sales by the UK government once the lockup from the last trade comes off in September.
