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Derivatives go back to the drawing board
When the most powerful man in the world ... US President Barack Obama’s verdict on derivatives, in ... The collapse of Lehman Brothers, the AIG affair, ... At the same time, derivatives volumes have fallen ... Credit derivatives have received the most negative publicity....
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Compensation consultant predicts pay boost for traders
Bankers working in equity and fixed income will ... According to compensation consultants Johnson Associates, equities and ... However, it said the improvement in market conditions ... Nevertheless, Johnson Associates' sample of seven major investment ... In contrast, its analysis of eight public asset...
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Top executive remuneration drops 91% at Macquarie
Top executives at Macquarie Group, the Australian financial ... Macquarie Group's top two executive directors, along with ... Including earnings from a restricted profit share programme, ... The company also announced that A$500m in deferred ... The company said in a statement today that...
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StanChart hires UBS star for capital markets push
Standard Chartered has hired one of UBS' top ... Henrik Raber, who is co-head of European credit ... Raber will run the bank’s US and European ... His hire comes shortly after Standard Chartered said ... Deepak Kohli, Standard Chartered’s global head of debt ... Standard Chartered declined to comment on the record....
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Global downgrades hit record levels
Downgrades to the credit worthiness of governments and ... The previous record of 91% was set in ... Standard & Poor’s published its findings in a ... Diane Vazza, head of Standard & Poor's global ... In the US, downgrades represented 95% of all ... Downgrades of financial institutions also continued in the...
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FSA to publish review of 'unbundling'
The UK's Financial Services Authority is due to ... The aim of the unbundling, which was introduced ... It also promised to give fund managers the ... One indication that unbundling has been slow to ... The 2008 Financial News Buyside Trading Poll showed ... The poll, which was based on a survey...
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Investment banking fees to worsen after 23% fall
Banks are to suffer from a further deterioration ... Worldwide investment banking fees totalled $3bn (€2.3bn) in ... Last month's fall in fees came despite a ... The Credit Suisse analysts wrote: "We continue to ... It added: “In our opinion, the good news ... Falls in revenues from capital markets and M&A...
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McKinsey survey finds restructuring plans on the rise
The issue of restructuring of companies during the ... The proportion of executives that said their companies ... The trend was identified by a survey ... The results come as boutique advisory firms expand ... The proportion of executives surveyed by McKinsey that ... However, the most common strategies adopted by executives...
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Citi forecasts 41% dive in financials' future earnings
Earnings from global financial companies will collapse by ... The Citigroup strategists have argued in the report, ... It predicted that equity returns for global financials ... It has based its analysis on the depth ... Earnings by global financials have already declined by...
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Oriel hires UBS listed funds team
UK broker Oriel Securities has continued to expand ... The UBS investment funds team has had conversations ... Simon Bragg, chief executive at Oriel Securities, said: ... “The individuals wanted to stick together and join ... He added that every new starter at Oriel ... Iain Scouller has been appointed a partner in...
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Bruised banks brave awards bash in not-so-rich man's world
It was somewhat fitting that the entertainment at ... Despite months of market turmoil and reports of ... Even JP Morgan, the big winner on the ... The main room at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel ... Rival banks, used to jostling for bragging rights ... The traditional tombstone fundraising for the Save The...
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Global bank recapitalisations could top half a trillion dollars
Banks in the US and Europe face a ... In a normal banking crisis, Credit Suisse predicts ... In addition, the Swiss bank's strategists forecast that ... Banks in France are preparing for a second ... The government recently pledged to invest a further ... Pebereau said the banks are working with the...
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Oppenheimer Redux: markets still in 'fundamental disequilibrium'
The financial markets remain engulfed in "fundamental disequilibrium" ... In note entitled Oppenheimer Redux, published by Recovery ... Jurshevski said: “We have been trawling through the ... He added: “Therefore we have to say ‘thank ... The advisory firm believes there are three critical...
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Comment: A survivor’s guide to 2009
The holiday season is traditionally the time to ... It has been a horrible year. Job cuts, ... Yet amid all the carnage, there are perhaps ... 1) The return of simplicity ... For years, investors lived by one, easy-to-understand, rule ... The last five years have seen that rule...
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Highlights of '08: Vital ingredient missing from recovery
Take yeast, flour and water and you can ... Fund managers and economists hope the ingredients for ... Andrew Milligan, head of global strategy at UK ... The markets are well stocked with cheap shares. ... However, the outlook for company earnings is not ... Financial News surveys the worst bear markets of...
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What crisis? Analyst says fears are being overplayed
A new report from market research firm Celent ... Celent argues that it has found “irreconcilable differences” ... For instance, when Ben Bernanke, chairman of the ... Marenzi said: “It is evident that commercial lending ... He cited as further evidence a study published...
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The strong will survive the hedge fund crisis
With the credit crisis ravaging the investment banking ... Returns were down by 23% in the 10 ... While the headline figures look damning from the ... Second, the total number of hedge funds in ... Furthermore, participants say many redemptions this year have ... There is no doubt some changes will have...
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FSA proposes two-tier system for London listings
The Financial Services Authority has proposed the creation ... Under the proposals, UK listings would be clearly ... There were concerns that secondary or global depositary ... Sally Dewar, FSA managing director of wholesale and ... Premium listings will have to meet the UK’s...
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