investment banking

RBC fired investment banking chief over affair with staffer

06/08/18

Royal Bank of Canada fired its U.S. investment banking chief Blair Fleming because he failed to disclose that he was having an improper relationship with an employee.

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Stifel to bolster wealth management operations with bank purchase

05/11/18

The investment bank agreed to buy Business Bancshares in St. Louis.

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Deutsche Bank mulling 20% reduction in U.S. workforce: Report

05/09/18

The German banking giant isn’t targeting a specific level of cuts in the U.S. and the final figure will depend on each business line’s decisions, a source said. The U.S. makes up about one-tenth of its global workforce.

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Deutsche Bank scales back U.S. ambitions to focus on Europe

04/26/18

The measures will lead to a “significant reduction” in the roughly 97,100-person workforce this year, the German banking giant said.

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What can a Goldman veteran do for a small N.C. bank?

04/24/18

Live Oak Bancshares wants its next bank president to “step on the gas” as it accelerates growth into new industries.

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M&A, tax cuts boost KeyCorp

04/19/18

The Cleveland company's acquisition of a boutique investment banking firm contributed to an increase in its fee income.

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Barclays is said to be sounding out clients about trading crypto

04/16/18

Barclays has been gauging clients' interest in the British bank starting a cryptocurrency trading desk, potentially joining Goldman Sachs in pioneering a new business on Wall Street, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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Bank of America’s cost-cutting drive pushes profit to record

04/16/18

Bank of America Corp. hit a milestone in its years-long effort to get costs under control.

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Wells Fargo's rosy results may soon wilt as settlement looms

04/13/18

The firm warned Friday that it may take a charge of as much as $1 billion to settle a U.S. probe of its consumer business.

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JPMorgan finds its Goldilocks moment in first-quarter volatility

04/13/18

Revenue and profit for the first three months of 2018 rose to all-time highs, the bank said Friday, spurred by record results from stock trading.

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