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Deutsche Bank swings to €92m loss on legal costs
October 29th, 2014
Deutsche Bank swung to a loss in the third quarter because of higher legal costs to settle investigations. Germany’s largest lender posted a net loss of €92m ($117m; £72.6m) in the three months to September, compared to a profit ...
Deutsche Bank names new CFO
October 29th, 2014
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) will reshuffle top management by naming Marcus Schenck, former finance chief at energy group E.ON (EONGn.DE) and Goldman Sachs banker, as chief financial officer and putting current CFO Stefan Krause in charge of operations and strategy, ...
Fears that Pimco and other Big Firms being unable to unload risky bonds
October 17th, 2014
Financial experts warn that a small group of giant asset managers that have amassed high-risk, high-yield bonds could find themselves unable to raise enough cash during a sell-off. When it comes to high-risk bonds, the asset management giant Pimco ...
Banks to change rules governing derivatives market
October 8th, 2014
The world’s biggest banks have agreed to change rules that govern the $700 trillion derivatives market, the Financial Times reported. Eighteen banks, ranging from Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.VX) to Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), have agreed to give ...
A.I.G. Bailout, Revisionists’ Version
October 7th, 2014
Maurice R. Greenberg, A.I.G.’s former chief and a large shareholder, has spun a ludicrous tale in court that the bailout of the insurer was unfair to its investors. Was the bailout of the American International Group by the government ...
Citizens Financial’s Offering Raises $3 Billion as It Parts From R.B.S.
September 24th, 2014
After 26 years within the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Citizens Financial Group, the American retail bank, is setting off on its own. The bank raised $3 billion in its initial public offering on Tuesday, valuing itself at $12.9 ...
Carney Steering BOE in Scots Vote as Quebec Casts Shadow
September 15th, 2014
Mark Carney’s history is catching up with him. Having watched Quebec’s attempt to break away from his native Canada in 1995 while working at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Scots go to the polls in three days, and with the ...
China and India’s growing strategic weight
September 15th, 2014
The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India this week, so early in the term of India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, underlines the growing strategic weight of the relationship between the two countries. Modi’s prime ministership, with ...
China’s Tianhe denies overstating profits, cites investor support
September 11th, 2014
Tianhe Chemicals (1619.HK) has denied allegations that it made false statements in its initial public offering prospectus and said key investor Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia (MSPEA) has given it full support. A report by Anonymous Analytics, which describes ...
Wall St middle-aged bankers stuck in squeezed middle
September 9th, 2014
It is Wall Street’s “squeezed middle”: a large cohort of bankers in their thirties and forties are fretting that promotions to their banks’ top tier are becoming harder to secure. Many of them accept that being stuck on a ...
