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Credit Suisse makes changes in levfin, DCM, energy and infra
Credit Suisse has given staff including Jeff Cohen new positions and is also creating a new energy and infrastructure group.
03 Aug 2020 -
Boutique wheel of fortune spins into another crisis
Independent firms were the big winners of the 2008 financial meltdown. But they will find the Covid-19 crisis tougher to navigate, as they grapple with a unique set of challenges, writes David Rothnie.
30 Jul 2020 -
People news in brief: July 30, 2020
SPDB loses investment banking head — MUFG names PF, ESG head for Oceania — Loans veteran Ooi moves to Sydney
30 Jul 2020 -
MUFG appoints Ward to head project, ESG finance
MUFG Bank has appointed Rob Ward as head of project finance and head of ESG finance for Oceania, the firm said on Thursday.
30 Jul 2020 -
UBS promotes Paz-Galindo
Nestor Paz-Galindo has become global co-head of M&A at UBS, replacing Greg Peirce, with Philipp Beck succeeding him as head of M&A for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
29 Jul 2020 -
SPDB loses investment banking head
Yorkie Wong, head of investment banking at Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, has left the firm.
28 Jul 2020 -
MUFG’s Ooi relocates to Sydney
Siong Ooi, MUFG Bank’s co-head of debt capital markets, loans and bonds, has relocated to Sydney from Singapore.
28 Jul 2020 -
HSBC creates solutions teams for ESG, FIG and corps
HSBC has become the latest bank to create a dedicated team for sustainable finance amid the coronavirus crisis. This is part of a new strategic solutions group, which will also house two other solutions units: one for corporate finance, and one for financial institutions and capital.
27 Jul 2020 -
Boekhout lays out corporate client strategy at Commerz
The double whammy of coronavirus and a crisis at the top of the bank makes the most testing of times for the new head of Commerzbank’s corporate clients division to make his mark. But Roland Boekhout has a broad vision for the firm’s corporate and investment bank and ideas for how to implement it, writes David Rothnie.
23 Jul 2020 -
Investors need to stop imagining auditors or anyone else offers fraud protection
Several companies boasting Big Four accounting firms as auditors have emerged as fraudulent, leading many to wonder what value auditors bring to an investors' understanding of a company. The big issue is that auditors have little obligation to detect fraud at companies they audit, and neither it seems does anyone else. Until they do, investors need to stop believing a Big Four sign-off is a seal of approval. In fact, for a system supposedly built with its own reputation in mind, developed markets have offered investors very little protection.
21 Jul 2020
