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A slimmer, tamer RBS
Royal Bank of Scotland is to exit a large part of its investment banking business, either through outright sales or by simply shutting down operations. Equities, equity capital markets, corporate broking and M&A are all set to be closed if the bank doesn’t receive acceptable bids in the next month.
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Alibaba hires two for 'Project Avatar'
Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley have begun working on the listing of Alibaba Group under the code name “Project Avatar”, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.
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Anshu Jain and the building of a flow monster
Last Tuesday was Anshu Jain’s last day as co-CEO of Deutsche Bank. It was almost 20 years to the day since the then 32-year-old banker left his managing director role at Wall Street behemoth Merrill Lynch to join the German bank, widely regarded back then as a sleepy European lender focused primarily on the German Mittelstand.
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Apple goes big – and gets it right
Years of badgering Apple to consider the virtues of taking on debt finally paid off for the investment banking industry – and for two banks in particular – when the world leader in consumer technology innovations issued a record-breaking US$17bn of bonds.
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Auden's small but perfectly formed ABS
Auden Group, a fintech company providing short-term loans to borrowers with poor credit histories, has structured and sold the first asset-backed security parcelling up such assets.
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BAML's Koder to replace Meissner as CIB chief
Christian Meissner is leaving Bank of America Merrill Lynch as head of corporate and investment banking and will be replaced by senior Asia banker Matthew Koder.
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Bank of the Year: JP Morgan
JP Morgan dominates investment banking in a way no other institution has in the modern era. Whatever the measure – wallet share, market share, revenue, profits, share price performance, or sheer presence – JP Morgan is the answer. For the second year running, it is IFR’s Bank of the Year.
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Bank of The Year: JP Morgan
JP Morgan bestrides the world of finance in a way unprecedented in the modern era. It does more deals, makes more money and has bigger ambitions than any other banking institution. JP Morgan is IFR’s Bank of the Year and Loan House of the Year.
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BarCap suffers – but not as badly as some
Barclays’ investment banking arm grabbed market share from its rivals in the third quarter of the year, helping the group’s results exceed market expectations. Barclays Capital reported a 19% fall in pre-tax profits to £2.7bn in the nine months to the end of September compared with the same period a year ago.
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Barclays rebound leaves questions
Barclays posted its best performance in two years at its investment bank during the first quarter, as more than €1trn of loans from the European Central Bank boosted fixed income and rates markets, creating a boon for the bank’s single most important business.
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