01/04/2019
UBS, Macquarie top dealmaking league tables
UBS topped the Australian rankings for mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets deal volumes.
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01/02/2019
Allahabad Bank, SBI Life join hand for bancassurance partnership
This will empower the consumer to address their complete financial needs under one roof.
12/28/2018
Japan's Daiwa Securities eyes Italian return with M&A advisory office
Last week, Daiwa announced the acquisition of boutique Spanish investment bank Montalban Atlas Capital for an undisclosed sum.
12/27/2018
Japan's Nomura aims for increased deal-related business in U.S. push: CEO
Our key words are ‘America’, ‘corporate clients’ and ‘solutions business
12/21/2018
Nomura says China's about to juice its property market again
Tier one and two cities are the largest of the large in China.
12/21/2018
HSBC, Standard Chartered to Cut Off Huawei: WSJ
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada recently for alleged sanctions violations and fraud affecting banks including HSBC.
12/19/2018
Investment Banker Exodus Hits Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong, Singapore
About 50 bankers have left in H.K., Singapore since May
12/18/2018
Banking credit growth expected to cool in 2019
It said the lower credit growth would be due to a decline in both funds supply and demand.
12/18/2018
Could Australian banks float their NZ subsidiaries?
Capital management initiatives usually means returning capital to shareholders, often through share buybacks
12/16/2018
China Development Bank leads HNA asset sale team
The bank is not involved in individual sale negotiations but any deal would need its nod, according to two of the people.
12/14/2018
NZ bank says high credit card rates 'area of customer harm', wants investigation
Co-operative Bank's credit card interest rate was set at 12.95 per cent, the lowest of all major banks in New Zealand.
12/10/2018
Standard Chartered slashing jobs in Dubai, Singapore
Standard Chartered's job cuts are expected to affect Singapore employees, according to sources familiar with the matter.
12/10/2018
Public Bank launches new premier banking scheme for high net worth individuals
In a statement today, the group said this marks an important milestone for the bank in its growing high net worth customer base.
12/07/2018
Citi Offers Full Range of Apple Products in Loyalty Program
The bank cited more than 30 percent growth in the number of redeemers on the platform across nine markets in the region, in the nine months to September 30.
12/06/2018
SoftBank’s Vision Fund sets up investment team in China
Move comes as US regulators step up scrutiny of Masayoshi Son’s links to country
12/05/2018
HSBC China securities JV to quadruple China research coverage
HSBC is working to take advantage of what executives believe is a three-year headstart on international rivals because of its majority control, which it gained by virtue of rules favouring Hong Kong businesses.
12/04/2018
Bank of China to merge investment banking operations
As it finally starts to sort out its competing investment banking arms, Bank of China signals its intention to become a more formidable force across Asia
12/03/2018
StanChart to cut Singapore, Dubai jobs, say sources
The bank had around 86,000 staff at the end of June, up from about 84,000 in 2015.
11/29/2018
Industry funds lead revolt against bank bonuses
Australian Super, which has $8 billion invested in the big four banks and Macquarie, is likely to vote against the remuneration reports of Westpac, NAB and ANZ, but is yet to make a final decision.
11/23/2018
BAY seeks M&A jolt to investment banking
New corporate bonds issued this year are expected to reach 800 billion baht.