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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...
Tags: Bank, Capitalism, Investment, Investment Bank, Sarbanes-Oxley, Financial Services, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Steve Tobak
Blog posts 2008-09-18
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...
Tags: Bank, Information Technology, Investment, Investment Bank, Strategy, Management
White papers
Investment banks seek to lock up top staffers;Legal clauses take aim at defectors.(Brief Article)
New York investment banks are turning from golden handcuffs to something more akin to the real kind. In an effort to retain their employees, more and more investment banks are inserting legal clauses in their employment contracts aimed at quieting New York investment...
Tags: agreement, Prudential Insurance Company of America
Research articles 2000-04-03
The price of atonement - Investment banks; Investment banks.(Investment banks are paying for their sins in the bubble years)
Investment banks have been unable to resolve conflicts of interest between their different businesses. Consumers are cross and regulators have their knives out THEY are in disgrace. Not so much for their role in the financial legerdemain at Enron, WorldCom and the like,...
Tags: bank, banker, financial
Research articles 2002-11-16
Red Herring Editors Name Adams, Harkness & Hill One of Top 25 Investment Banks for 2000; AH&H-Led Deal Also Listed Among Most Successful Technology IPOs For the Year
Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--June 7, 2001 Adams, Harkness & Hill, the Boston-based investment bank specializing in emerging growth companies, has been ranked #17 among national investment banks in Red Herring's survey, "Top 25 Investment Banks of 2000." Moldflow Corporation, whose initial public offering in March 2000 was lead...
Tags: Adams Harkness & Hill, bank, FINANCE, Investment, IPO, Moldflow Corp., Red Herring
Research articles 2001-06-07
How Investment Banks Can Save $2 Billion
Research Recap submits: McKinsey sees considerable scope for investment banks to cut their noncompensation costs – possibly up to $2 billion in recurring savings. In a new survey of eight firms, McKinsey found a significant difference in noncompensation costs per head count between the top- and bottom-quartile banks....
Tags: Financial
External links 2008-08-26
Subprime Crisis Hit Investment Banks Hard in Third Quarter, but Business Models Remain Sound, Says BCG
Leading investment banks felt the effects of the subprime crisis in the third quarter and should take steps to strengthen their risk management strategies and practices, according to The Boston Consulting Group's latest quarterly Investment Banking and Capital Markets report. BCG's report gauges the impact of the crisis on...
Tags: bank, Boston Consulting Group Inc., FINANCE, Investment, revenue
Research articles 2007-11-19
Investment banks locked in battle for control of the bond index sector.
Byline: Piers Townsend Turf warfare has broken out in the highly competitive world of European credit indices as investment banks jostle for market share among bond investors.In an internal memo sent last week, JP Morgan launched an attack on a product linked to iBoxx,...
Tags: ABN AMRO, bank, bond, Deutsche Bank AG, FINANCE, indice, Investment, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Research articles 2003-03-09
Battle of the bulge bracket. (competition among major investment banks)(Cover Story)
Investment banks are pursuing aggressive growth strategies to avoid being taken oven during the next market downturn. Majority of them have adopted an approach that focuses on increasing their size, improving the quality of their earnings and reducing their dependence on any one revenue source. The investment banks are trying...
Tags: bank, equity, FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., hiring, Investment, London, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Morgan Stanley, Salomon Smith Barney
Research articles 1997-03-01
Recent Performance of Investment Banks Sets the Stage for a Challenging Year
A difficult fourth quarter capped a challenging year for investment banks. Pre-tax profit margins of leading banks fell 30 percentage points in 2007, and revenues declined by 32 percent, according to The Boston Consulting Group's latest quarterly "Investment Banking and Capital Markets" report. Write-downs stemming from the subprime crisis...
Tags: bank, Boston Consulting Group Inc., equity, FINANCE, Investment, performance, revenue, Securitization
Research articles 2008-03-10
The new retail model. (retail broking by investment banks)
Retail broking has suddenly become the new model of the investment banking industry. The recent spate of brokerage acquisitions includes the Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Salomon Smith Barney tie-ups, the contract between JP Morgan and Charles Schwab, the rumored deal between Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette and Dresdner Bank reflect...
Tags: bank, Benefits, equity, FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Investment, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Morgan Stanley, Salomon Smith Barney
Research articles 1998-04-01
American securities regulators reached a $1.4 billion settlement with ten Wall Street investment banks, ending months of government wrangling over past practices.(includes other business news)
Business American securities regulators reached a $1.4 billion settlement with ten Wall Street investment banks, ending months of government wrangling over past practices. Three banks, Citigroup Salomon Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse First Boston, were singled out for "fraud". The...
Tags: agreement, bank, government, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., regulator, Salomon Smith Barney, security, settlement
Research articles 2003-05-03
American banks eye the euro-11.(American investment banks are betting on European investment banks)(Brief Article)
AMERICANS are famous for two characteristics: dauntless optimism, and the desire to make the rest of the world like home. Of late, disarray in the financial markets has robbed American bankers of this traditional jauntiness. But there is a bright spot in the gloom: Europe. ...
Tags: bank, equity, Europe, FINANCE, Investment, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Morgan Stanley
Research articles 1998-11-07
Commercial banks pose big threat to investment banks
LARGE COMMERCIAL BANKS WILL likely pose a growing threat to big investment banks, although the latter can survive with strong management and close attention to asset quality, Standard & Poor's says. The credit rating agency appeared to hew closer to the position of Philip Purcell, chief executive of Morgan...
Tags: bank, Bank of America Corp., bond, FINANCE, Morgan Stanley, S&P
Research articles 2003-05-30
Big four struggle to match investment banks on corporate advisory to Top 500: the ability of Australia's Big Four banks to successfully provide the Top 500 Corporate segment with investment banking and advisory services is still very much a work in progre
East's latest six monthly Corporate Customer Satisfaction Report, which researches the banking experiences of Australia's Top 500 companies, reveals the major domestic banks continue to significantly lag investment banks in areas such as Equity Raising, Industry Expertise, Corporate Advisory Services, and Mergers & Acquisition Advice. The five best rated...
Tags: bank, Banking, East, equity, FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Investment, UBS AG
Research articles 2005-06-30
Investment banks make asset management move; Midsize players Cowen, Weisel looking to expand.(News)
Byline: Mark Bruno NEW YORK - Midsize investment banks are starting to make noise in the asset management industry, actively recruiting individuals and teams to propel themselves into the business of money management. Two investment bank...
Tags: asset, asset management, Cowen & Co., team
Research articles 2006-11-20
Laddering cases raise policy issues. (Investment Bank E&O).(liability insurers may have to reimburse investment banks)(SEC cases)
Serious public policy considerations about responsibility will be implicated if professional liability insurers are forced to reimburse investment banks that give up or "disgorge" profits illegally obtained in connection with underwriting i Serious public policy considerations about responsibility will be implicated if professional liability insurers...
Tags: insurance company, IPO, insurance, Credit Suisse Group AG, exclusion, SEC
Research articles 2002-11-11
So long, banker; Investment banking.(A dreadful year for investment banks, and the future looks no better)
Investment banks are having a dreadful year, with thousands of jobs cut. The future looks no better WAS it only last February that Jack DiMaio's threat to quit prompted his employer, CSFB, to offer the bond trader a 50% pay rise, to about $45m...
Tags: bank, bond, Credit Suisse Group AG, FINANCE, Investment, IPO, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2001-10-27
It's time to get together.(investment banks enjoy boom in international mergers and acquisitions)(Industry Overview)
Investment banks were kept busy by the sheer volume of long-delayed transactions made possible during 3rd qtr 1998 when world stock prices staged a rally. Investment bankers had it so good starting from Oct 19, 1998 with the announcement of four American transactions worth $25 billion to British Petroleum and...
Tags: advisor, Credit Suisse Group AG, FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Investment, M&A, merger, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Morgan Stanley, Pacificorp, Salomon Brothers
Research articles 1999-02-01
Market Turmoil Overshadows First-Half Gains by Investment Banks, Says Report by The Boston Consulting Group
Investment banks achieved a $15 billion turnaround in revenues in the second quarter of 2008, according to a report by The Boston Consulting Group BCG, but recent gains have been overshadowed by the collapse of Lehman Brothers and concerns that the financial crisis may continue to deepen. The report, "Investment...
Tags: bank, Boston Consulting Group Inc., FINANCE, revenue
Research articles 2008-09-30
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