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...An initial Sunday Times report said Ineos had put down a deposit in return for three months’ exclusivity in negotiations, and revealed that HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc are poised to provide financing...
...The website for the holding group, which owns agencies such as Group M and Burson-Marsteller, was unavailable. Saint Gobain, the French construction group, was also hit....
...Share Sale IBS Group Holding Ltd., a Russian provider of information-technology services, is considering a spinoff of its software development unit Luxoft via an initial public offering in the U.S....
...Yet, despite retaining Lehman’s expensive investment bankers, Nomura’s ranking in the global IB league table in terms of fees, fell from 13th in 2008 to 16th last year and in the first six months of this...
...Amid a lack of traction that not even they can deny – Nomura’s share of the global IB fee pool dropped to 1.3 per cent in the first ten months, from 2 per cent last year – the bank has announced another...
...Nomura has provided PCP3 with a ‘collar’ to provide downside risk protection of its holding of shares and warrants in Barclays....
...- The IFR charity auction and Barc IB in Markets Live. On FT.com, - Société Générale issues profit warning. - German GDP contracts 5% in 2009. - Google to defy China over censorship....
...Relative to 4Q, we expect core balance sheet contraction (lower managed loans, higher deposits), mixed fee income trends (increased trading but pressured IB, core mortgage, deposit and card fees), lower...
...The company was set up in 2000 and is still majority-owned by Russia’s IBS Group. Because 45 per cent of its customers are banks, the financial crisis has been hard on Luxoft....
...Finance, the social service that aims to match attractive but relatively poor women with relatively unattractive but rich finance professionals correct gender imbalances between New York bar scenes, is holding...
...Related links: Balancing banks – The New Yorker FDIC and the magical accountant: a financial fairytale – FT Alphaville The IBs of March – FT Alphaville The return of the IB capital call – FT Alphaville Goldman...
...The move is part of Goldman’s plan to cut nearly 10 percent of its staff as it moves from being solely an investment bank to a bank holding company....
...I can’t remember if I cried, When my salary was pushed aside, But something resounded worldwide, The week the IB died....
...There are signs of weakness, but relative even to commercial banking peers, nevermind IBs, the bank is in an enviously strong position....
...Bear in mind, though, that many institutions holding the preferred stock will also hold the senior debt, and likely in larger quantity....
...The Stilwerk properties were the core holding of 1st RED, Garbe’s quoted real estate company, and the group now wants to bring the concept to Britain....
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