Investment Banking
Singapore's investment banking fees hit record-breaking $868.1m in 2019
DBS Group clinched 11.8% or $138.79m of the total fee pool.
Singapore's investment banking fees hit record-breaking $868.1m in 2019
DBS Group clinched 11.8% or $138.79m of the total fee pool.
Crypto bank Sygnum clinches capital markets services licence
It will roll out a multi-manager fund on 1 November.
Singapore investment banking fees down 2% to $796.12m
Advisory fees for completed M&A dropped 16.5%.
Singapore investment banking fees down 15.9% to $366.3m
Advisory fees for M&A deals shrank 49% to $76m.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Barclays unveils new electronic trading platform; South African banks strengthen defense against armed robberies
And UniCredit Bank sells 17% stake in online broker FinecoBank.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Morgan Stanley's wealth unit boosts earnings amidst trading decline; Deutsche Bank and UBS in talks for merger of AM units
And Saudi Arabia’s largest Islamic bank saw Q1 profits rise 21% to $771m.
Unlicensed investment banks cash in on Korea's bond issuance spree
They earn more than $17.6m in fee income annually without being required to pay taxes.
UBS Singapore to occupy 9 Penang Road by 2020
The building will house 4,000 staff and the bank’s in-house university.
Asian Banking & Finance Corporate & Investment Banking Awards 2019 is now open for nominations
Entries will be accepted until 29 May 2019.
Singapore banks lead STI gains with 6.1% rally in April YTD
Their average 2019 YTD total return stands at 8.6%.
JPMorgan names Paul Uren as APAC investment banking co-head
He previously served as senior country officer in Australia and New Zealand.
Singapore investment banking fees down 24.8% to $172.8m in Q1
Advisory fees from M&As plunged 63.6% even as deal numbers rose.
Citigroup fires eight traders in Hong Kong
An internal investigation found out that the traders misled clients.
Hong Kong slaps $100m fine on global banks over IPO sponsor failures
UBS faces the highest fine of $47.77m.
Japanese players cash in on China's financial opening as US banks flounder
JPMorgan Chase is still stuck in application stage despite passing an application in May 2018.
JPMorgan mulls onshore wealth business in China
Banks execs earlier unveiled a plan to ramp up hiring in the country. Bloomberg reported that JPMorgan is considering launching a private bank in...
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: US investment banks trample European peers in market share; Standard Chartered to cut $700m in costs
And banks in Zimbabwe have started trading new currency.