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- New Tools for Risk Management
- There are some new players on the competitive battlefield, vying for the risk manager's attention. Investment banks are creating vehicles that can transform insurance risk into an investment offering, thus opening up another avenue to the capital markets. How do transformers work, and how will the traditional insurers and...
- White papers 2000-03-01
- Industrializing IT - Creating a More Efficient IT Model for Investment Banks
- The paper highlights that investment banks spend twice as much on information technology IT as their commercial and retail counterparts on a revenue percentage basis. The perception is that the higher IT costs result from the information-intensive and technology-dependent nature of the industry. The reality is global investment banks do...
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- Karma Strikes Investment Banks
- Finally, proof that Karma exists. Wall Street's investment banks have had a sweet deal, a free ride, for decades. Now they’re finally getting what’s coming to them. In every major corporate fraud story --- Enron, WorldCom, Refco, you name it --- at least one investment bank was complicit. Ten...
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Goldman, Morgan Dive Into Banking System's Safety Net
- All of a sudden those down-to-earth neighborhood bank accounts are looking pretty good next to a couple of Wall Street's fallen stars, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. In scrapping the pure investment banking business model and opting to become bank holding companies, the duo will be allowed to attract and hold billions...
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Are Conflicts of Interest Destroying American Business?
- When you look at the addressable aspects of our current economic predicament, a single phenomenon is at the heart of it all: conflict of interest. People talk about regulation, but our regulatory processes are wrought with conflicts of interest. It's a dysfunctional system that infects American business. by Steve Tobak
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan And Rivals Benefit From Healthcare M&As
- Investment banks can thank the healthcare sector -- particularly the drug industry -- for providing much-needed fee income from mergers and acquisitions so far this year. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley were all able to remain dominant in M&A league tables of financial advisers on a global basis, according...
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- Are U.S. Banks Decoupling From Foreign Rivals?
- An article in The Wall Street Journal today outlines an interesting perspective: retail banks in Europe may be in better shape than investment banks. That perspective, which is being touted right now by various analysts in the region, differs from the prominent one in the U.S., where investment banks are...
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Weekend Round-Up
- Telegraph Why bad bosses like Basil are also nastiest There's a reason Basil Fawlty bullied Manuel. Aggressive bosses who are overwhelmed by their own inabilities are more likely to lash out than competent leaders, says a study by the University of Southern California published in the Psychological...
- Blog posts 2009-10-18
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- Kuwaiti investment bank in default
- Global Investment House, the biggest investment bank in Kuwait, said Thursday it had defaulted on most of its debt. It was the first of several expected casualties among Kuwaiti financial companies because of the global credit crunch, just months after the government rescued one of the country's biggest banks. The news is...
- News items 2009-08-07
- RBS Cuts Losses, Investment Bank Slumps
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Steve SlaterLONDON (Reuters UK) - Losses at part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland more than halved in the third quarter with a sharp reduction in bad debt writeoffs, despite a slump in profits at its beleaguered investment bank."I have repeatedly said this is a marathon, not a...
- News items 2009-11-06
- Iceland's Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank hf acquires Finnish investment bank eQ Corporation
- NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-22 May 2007-Iceland's Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank hf acquires Finnish investment bank eQ CorporationC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Icelandic investment bank Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank hf said on Tuesday (22 May) that it has agreed to acquire a 62% majority stake in the Finnish investment bank eQ Corporation. ...
- Research articles 2007-05-22
- CHINA INVESTMENT BANK BIGGEST AGENCY OF ODS PROJECTS
- AsiaInfo Services 01-06-1998 China Investment Bank Biggest Agency of ODS Projects CHINA, January 6, AsiaInfo Services, Inc -- China investment Bank recently acquired two agency businesses of World Bank ODS projects with gross sum of US$ 13 mi ...
- Research articles 1998-01-06
- BAHRAIN: BAHRAIN ISLAMIC INVESTMENT BANK ACQUIRES STAKE IN BAHRAIN ISLAMIC BANK.(Brief Article)
- According to Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper, member of the board of directors of the Bahrain Islamic Investment Bank, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Janahi, who also serves as the Bank's chief operations officer, announced that the Bank recently acquired 19% of the shares of the Bahrain Islamic Bank. The Bahrain...
- Research articles 2000-02-29
- MOODY'S ASSIGNS FIRST TIME RATINGS TO FIRST INVESTMENT BANK AD
- Moody's Investors Service has assigned firsttime ratings to First Investment Bank AD of B2/NP stable outlook forlong- and short-term foreign currency bank deposits respectively, and D-stable outlook for Bank Financial Strength. First Investment Bank'sMoody's Investors Service has assigned firsttime ratings to First Investment Bank AD of B2/NP stable outlook forlong-...
- Research articles 2003-03-18
- Woori Finance plans to choose purchaser of Investment Bank.
- Jan 30, 2003 (The Asian Wall Street Journal - ABIX via COMTEX) The South Korean government-owned holding company, Woori Finance Holdings, is selling Woori Investment Bank. A buyer will be selected in early February 2003. Several groups have expressed their interest, including US investment...
- Research articles 2003-01-30
- Investment Bank Robertson Stephens Expands In Israel.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- The American investment bank Robertson Stephens Inc. ended its sixth annual growth and technology conference in Israel with an announcement that it is expanding its staff in Israel by 50 percent. The American investment bank is a leader in providing The American investment bank Robertson...
- Research articles 2000-12-01
- Warburg's woes. (S.G. Warburg investment bank stops trading all but UK and US government bonds)
- HOW important is it for an investment bank with global pretensions to be active in bond markets? Not very, judging by the announcement on January 9th by S.G. Warburg, a British investment bank, that it would stop making bond prices to clients except inHOW important is it...
- Research articles 1995-01-14
- GOLDMAN SACHS ALLOWED TO SET UP JV INVESTMENT BANK
- AsiaInfo Services 12-06-2004 Goldman Sachs Allowed to Set Up JV Investment Bank BEIJING, Dec 06, 2004 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Goldman Sachs, a world's leading investment bank, announced on November 2, 2004 that itsapplication for setting up a AsiaInfo...
- Research articles 2004-12-06
- Only 4% expected to withdraw if peace fails. (US investment bank)
- Leading US investment bank, Oppenheimer & Co. recently held a discussion with several other major US investment houses regarding the effect of the Middle East peace process on the level of foreign investment in Israel. The panel included Oppenhe Leading US investment bank, Oppenheimer &...
- Research articles 1997-05-31
- MOODY'S CHANGES FIRST INVESTMENT BANK'S BFSR OUTLOOK TO POSITIVE
- Moody's Investors Service has changed to positive from stable the outlook on the D bank financial strength rating BFSR of First Investment Bank FIB. As a result, the outlook on the bank's: i Ba1/Not-Prime short- and long-term global local currency (Moody's Investors Service has changed to positive from stable the...
- Research articles 2007-11-04
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