News Topic: investment banking
Search Results
SVB Leerink hires Citi health care banker Jackey
Wall Street units drive BofA's 1Q profits
Citi creates new investment banking unit in sustainability push
The move is part of a broader push at Citigroup to reduce carbon emissions. Jane Fraser, who took over as CEO on March 1, vowed on her first day that the bank would achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its financing activities by 2050. ]] ... Read full article
Wells Fargo to expand investment bank as Scharf sets strategy
Inside Wells Fargo, managers say they intend to build a more commensurate presence on Wall Street, where the firm ranks a mere ninth in capital markets and deal advisory, by focusing on business lines and industries where it already has credibility. ... Read full article
BofA chairman of global corporate, investment banking to depart
Bank of America’s chairman of global corporate and investment banking, Anne Clarke Wolff, is leaving the firm. ... Read full article
Berkshire Hathaway sells another piece of its Wells Fargo stake
Warren Buffett's company has been pulling back from the scandal-ridden bank as it prepares to unveil strategic changes. ... Read full article
Top Citi banker Ray McGuire leaves to pursue NYC mayoral run
Ray McGuire, one of Citigroup’s top investment bankers, has been vocal about his ideas for improving education and access to health care in low-income and minority neighborhoods. ... Read full article
Profits nearly double at Goldman on broad revenue strength
Revenue at each of Goldman’s four divisions rose from a year earlier, pushing earnings per share to a record that was almost twice as high as analysts predicted. ... Read full article
Credit Suisse set to hire former BofA investment banker Meissner
Credit Suisse Group is set to hire Christian Meissner, Bank of America’s former investment bank head, as it seeks to link up its richest customers with deals sourced by its securities unit. ... Read full article
Goldman Sachs expands sustainability efforts with new investing team
Goldman Sachs Group is starting a group focused on investment opportunities in clean energy, waste and other sustainability industries, joining several major banks in making climate commitments in recent weeks. ... Read full article
Morgan Stanley to purchase Eaton Vance for about $7 billion
Morgan Stanley agreed to purchase Eaton Vance for about $7 billion in CEO James Gorman's second major acquisition this year, both of which tilt the investment bank further toward the steadier business of money management. ... Read full article
Some Lehman Brothers creditors set for payday 12 years after collapse
Investors in two subordinated bonds from Lehman Brothers received word that a payment is coming, just two weeks after the 12th anniversary of one of the world’s most spectacular banking collapses. ... Read full article
Goldman shakes up units in fresh push to win over investors
Goldman Sachs Group shuffled its business lines and announced a raft of management changes, carving out new divisions aligned with a strategy pivot unveiled earlier this year. ... Read full article
Citi asks Revlon lenders to return mistaken $900 million
The bank has recouped part of the payment, which it blamed on a clerical error, but some of the lenders say they were owed the money in connection with an ongoing dispute. ... Read full article
Goldman's 2Q profit surges on record trading revenue
Goldman Sachs Group made the most of a historic market rebound in the second quarter as the Federal Reserve’s stimulus efforts handed a bonanza to Wall Street trading desks. ... Read full article
The high court's CFPB ruling; Wells to cut dividend in Q2
Supreme Court says the president has the power to remove the director at will; the bank is the only one of the six largest U.S. banks to say they will cut their dividend next quarter. ... Read full article
Big banks' best defense in a pandemic: A diversified strategy
A properly deployed combination of asset-based lending, commercial loans and investment banking is imperative in these circumstances. ... Read full article
Justice Department targets PPP fraud; Wells (again) under the microscope
Prosecutors charge two Rhode Island men with trying to rip off the program; the bank says it has received “inquiries” from state and federal officials on its offering of small business loans. ... Read full article
Banks urgently pitch investors on lending to needy companies
Investment bankers have are trying to drum up interest from investment firms and hedge funds to provide tens of billions of dollars in financing to companies in industries upended by the coronavirus. ... Read full article
