08/13/2012

Barclays Cheaper Than Peers Fuels Breakup Talk: Real M&A

David Walker, the former Bank of England executive director named chairman of Barclays last week, is joining the company as lawmakers reignite calls to separate consumer and investment banking operations after the resignation of its top three leaders.

08/09/2012

Whale's Tail Hits Bank on Buyback

The developments came as the New York company tried to unwind a series of problematic positions taken by a trader in the bank's Chief Investment Office nicknamed the "London Whale" for his outsize market bets.

07/31/2012

Wells Fargo's potential legal losses rise in Q2

The San Francisco bank said its "reasonably possible potential litigation losses" in excess of second-quarter legal reserves jumped 30 percent from the first quarter, to as much as $1.2 billion.

07/26/2012

Janus Capital reports 2Q results

Flows and Assets Under Management Average assets under management during the second quarter 2012 were $155.0 billion compared with $158.9 billion during the first quarter 2012 and $171.6 billion during the second quarter 2011.

07/23/2012

Europe's banks stage U.S. retreat

Bank failures, asset writedowns and the sale of loans and businesses have sent US assets of eurozone banks tumbling by $540bn from their $1.51tn peak in September 2007.

07/23/2012

Oppenheimer Reaches Deal With RBS Citizens on Mid-Market Clients

“We focused on the two areas of financial advisory and equity capital markets because those were areas that we saw as imminent needs of our customers,” Matthews said in a phone interview. “It was a nice dovetailing of interests and capab