01/18/2012

Morgan Stanley said to limit cash bonuses

Members of the company’s operating committee, led by Chief Executive Officer James Gorman, 53, won’t get any immediate cash, said the person, who declined to be identified because the plan hasn’t been made public. Mark Lake, a spokesman

01/18/2012

Citigroup Q4 2011 net income declines

Citigroup 2011 full year net income was $11.3 billion on revenues of $78.4 billion, compared to net income of $10.6 billion on revenues of $86.6 billion for the full year 2010.

01/17/2012

RBC GAM launches new corporate class structure

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01/16/2012

Miami Lakes-based BankUnited explores sale

Florida's second-largest bank is holding talks with potential buyers, said the people, who declined to be identified because the discussions are private. The lender, with a market value of about $2.25 billion as of yesterday, is working with Goldman

01/13/2012

First Niagara to sell 37 HSBC branches to KeyCorp

The divesture includes the 26 branches that First Niagara had agreed to sell in the Buffalo, New York area in order to gain approval from the U.S. Justice Department for its purchase of 195 branches in HSBC's U.S. network.

01/13/2012

JPMorgan to sell its customs and trade compliance services

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01/11/2012

Emerging markets growth to weaken, says UBS

The Swiss investment bank still expects these countries to outperform industrialised nations but at a slower annualized real growth rate of 5% or less in the first half of 2012, compared with 7-8% at its peak and 5.5% last year, thanks to a moderation in

01/09/2012

U.S. demands names of Swiss bank staff: paper

Citing banking sources, the NZZ am Sonntag said Swiss banks had until January 23 to transfer documents to the U.S. Justice Department relating to their U.S. business since 2000.

01/06/2012

Risk management top priority among corporate treasuries - study

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01/03/2012

Financials hold key to Wall Street revival

With healthy banks widely seen as essential to economic recovery, there is concern that US equities will struggle in 2012 unless financials break out of their deep slump.

01/03/2012

French banks 'cutting US staff'

A French banker based in the United States told Les Echos that the layoffs had been "particularly brutal" in the past few weeks.

01/03/2012

Goldman Sachs puts Hollywood holding up for sale

Sale of the company, which was first reported by the Financial Times, would include Canadian and other rights to a library of more than 11,000 films, as well as Canadian distribution rights for pics from Relativity, Lionsgate Entertainment, Focus Features

01/03/2012

Top US lenders brace for new tax rules

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