said on Wednesday it named Nick Reid and former joint head of corporate broking Tim Waddell as joint heads of UK investment banking.
The two will replace Hew Glyn-Davies, who will become a vice -chairman of the invstment banking department and focus on client relationships as well as advising the new team, UBS said in a [...]
Lehman shares fell another 3.6 percent before the bell on Wednesday in electronic trading ahead of the New York Stock Exchange open. Over the past three days, the stock has tumbled 18 percent, chopping nearly $4 billion of market value from the company.
According to the newspaper, options for Lehman in Korea include the state-run Korea [...]
Chennai, June 3 International rating agency, Standard & Poor’s (S & P) has lowered its ratings on a number of top investment banking companies in the United States. S & P has downgraded Lehman Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., and Morgan Stanley.
According to a press release issued by S & P, it has [...]
Back in the 1980s, David Bonderman was the chief dealmaker for Robert Bass, a Texan billionaire. He helped to structure the $550 million buyout of American Savings and Loan Association of California, which was caught in the S&L morass. It was a complex deal, requiring lots of negotiations with federal regulators. But it ultimately turned [...]
InStorage Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: IS.UN) announced today that Alay Shah Finance Investment, the REIT’s Chief Financial Officer, has resigned his position effective June 4, 2008.
The Board of Trustees has appointed Robert Masaki, CA, as the REIT’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Masaki is a senior financial executive with expertise in corporate finance, financial [...]
Wall Street investment companies are borrowing less from the Federal Reserve’s emergency lending program.
A Fed report Thursday says the companies averaged $12.3 billion in daily borrowing over the past week. That compares with $14.2 billion the previous week.
The program begun March 17 is one of several steps the central bank has taken in response to [...]
HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe’s biggest bank, said Friday it plans to continue to invest primarily in fast-growing emerging markets where it expects “reasonable growth” this year against a weaker outlook for the United States and Europe.
However, Chairman Stephen Green also said that HSBC would invest further in the United States, particularly in markets that target [...]
Canadian growth shrank 0.3% in the first quarter, as a wrenching restructuring in the manufacturing sector hobbled an economy half-way in recession.
It was the first decline in annualized growth in nearly five years and the weakest in the Group of Seven, behind the United States, Britain, Europe and even Japan.
“This is a bitterly disappointing and [...]
Humboldt Capital Corporation announces that effective March 31, 2008, the Corporation reported a net asset value of $4.37 per share compared with $4.42 per share at December 31, 2007.
The value of Humboldt’s investment portfolio declined by 1% in the first quarter of 2008 due to the continued weakness in the gas related equities and shares [...]
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has hired a hedge fund consulting firm to examine part of the state pension fund’s portfolio during the next three years.
DiNapoli, the trustee of the $154.5 billion state retirement fund, said he has retained New York City-based Aksia LLC for investment advice. The firm will focus on the “absolute return” part [...]
