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JPMorgan execs to resign over US$2bn trading loss

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... managing positions and the quality of risk management systems were unsophisticated against those employed in the investment banking division. In an interview with NBC's Meet the Press Dimon said the bank had made a "terrible, egregious mistake. There's ...

BNP Paribas Investment Partners shuts FI

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... Standard. "BNP Paribas continues to offer primary and secondary fixed income services through its Corporate & Investment Banking business." The local fixed income team was established in 2010 in response to investor interest in the asset class following ...

Citi wins elite investment firm mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... Guggenheim Partners currently has more than US$125bn in assets under management and provides asset management, investment banking and capital markets services to institutions, foundations, endowments and single and multi-family offices. The Investment ...

Australian finance sector jobs plummet

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... advantage of the market availability of retrenched bankers to hire talent. Hong Kong has seen more redundancies in investment banking than Australia, Singapore and China, the research found, while sector recruitment in Singapore remains largely driven ...

Goldman Sachs defends reputation after scathing NY Times op-ed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Global investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has hit back at the views of former executive director Greg Smith, who slammed the firm in a strongly worded resignation letter published in the New York Times. The former head of US equities in Europe ...

Investment complexity on the rise for UHNW clients

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... Suisse has named its integrated strategy encouraging cross-divisional co-operation between the Private Banking, Investment Banking and Asset Management teams as a key success factor. "Where we've been successful is ensuring the Australian ultra high ...

Pengana fund manager departs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... Armitage. Before joining Pengana in 2004, Miller worked with South African financial services group Samlams investment banking arm Gensec. He also worked as a trader/analyst, as well as a hedge fund arbitrage manager and proprietary trader in both South ...

S&P downgrades US bank ratings

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... "foregone conclusion". Hans Wright, head of research, said changes to the criteria included the approach to investment banking, funding analysis, and the capital standards used, particularly in high risk countries. Wall Street had closed before these ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... slightly thanks to a $US1.9 billion ($A1.87 billion) risk accounting revision. Acknowledging a "challenging investment banking and capital markets environment," the bank reported a profit of $US4.3 billion, down four per cent from the same quarter in ...

AMP appoints new CFO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... smooth transition to AMP's new CFO," said Dunn. Prior to Qantas, Storrie held finance and accounting roles in investment banking and the NSW Government.