investment-banking operations

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  UBS Could Shake Up Investment Bank

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 26, 2012

  UBS is considering a revamp of its investment bank that could see it granting more responsibility to Andrea Orcel, co-head with Carsten Kengeter, and less to Kengeter, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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  French Banks’ Trading Assets Create ‘Systemic Risk’

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 3, 2012

  The investment banking units of BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Credit Agricole and Natixis hold 2.05 trillion euros ($2.64 trillion) in trading assets.

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  EU Group Calls for Firewall on Risky Investment Banking

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 2, 2012

  An EU advisory group said that the risks of investment banking should be separated from retail banking activities as a means of protecting depositors and taxpayers.

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  London Is Bleeding Bankers

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 1, 2012

  Third-quarter drops in revenue and profits have reportedly cost the City of London 9,000 jobs in the financial services sector, according to a survey by a business lobby group.

• Nomura to Scale Down Global Presence

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 6, 2012

  The Japanese brokerage firm Nomura Holdings plans to seek nearly half of a planned $1 billion in savings from cutting European and Middle Eastern operations, with the rest to come from the Americas and Asia.

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  Merrill Loses Four Advisors to Wells Fargo

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  June 20, 2012

  The departures come on the heels of news that BofA is selling some operations to Julius Baer and firing some U.S. Trust managers.

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  UBS on Review for Moody’s Downgrade

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 16, 2011

  The same day the $2 billion loss hit the news, the firm was placed on review by Moody’s Investors Service for possible downgrade over its risk control measures.