investment banking

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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.

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  Barclays Names Jenkins CEO

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 30, 2012

  Antony Jenkins, head of Barclays' consumer business, is taking over the spot vacated by Bob Diamond in the heat of the LIBOR scandal.

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  12 Best & Worst Broker-Dealers: Q2 Earnings

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  August 24, 2012

  Earnings fell as much as 58%, but also jumped over 600% within the broker-dealer industry—AdvisorOne spotlights the six best and six worst.

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  SEC, FINRA, DOL Enforcement Roundup: Investing Website Exposed as $600M Scam

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 23, 2012

  A CEO who fed inside tips to a pro baseball player and an investment website running a $600 million Ponzi scheme were among those charged by the SEC recently.

• Going Independent?

  By Nancy Miller  |  August 23, 2012

  Going independent? Already selected your new venue? Then you’ve already made some very big decisions about making a change and the kind of change you want.

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  Sandy Weill Wants Banks Small Again, Chris Dodd Wants Them Big

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  July 26, 2012

  If politics makes strange bedfellows, it also makes for strange adversaries.

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  UBS Offers Big Help for Small Business

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  July 26, 2012

  The program gives company owners one-on-one strategic financial and business advice and access to UBS senior executives, plus a smorgasbord of other UBS resources. Objective: new job creation.

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  New Hire Roundup: Feldman Named Gold Bullion CEO

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 18, 2012

  This week in new hires, Steven Feldman was named CEO and Eric Schwartz was made chairman of the board at Gold Bullion International, and United Capital brought in three new management team members.