Bloomberg Nomura Holdings Inc raised its pretax income target for the financial year ending March 2023 by 14%, with the bulk of growth expected to come from its wholesale division as it moves on from the implosion of Archegos Capital Management. Japan’s biggest brokerage expects pretax income at its retail, investment management and wholesale divisions to rise to 320 billion ...
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Barclays faces senior credit trader exodus over bonuses
Bloomberg Barclays Plc has been hit by a string of departures among senior credit traders in New York and London unhappy that their bonuses failed to reflect the pandemic profit surge. The bank has offered promotions to some employees and given assurances over future pay in an attempt to address their concerns, according to people familiar with the matter, who ...
Read More »DBS kicks off Asia’s first bank-backed crypto trust service
Bloomberg DBS Private Bank started Asia’s first bank-backed trust solution for cryptocurrencies as demand for digital assets increases. The offering will allow private banking clients to invest, custodise and manage these assets in a safe, secure, and structured manner, DBS group Holdings said in a statement. It builds on the DBS Digital Exchange, which launched in December, and offers institutional ...
Read More »Chile pledges record-low key rate until recovery takes hold
Bloomberg Chile’s central bank held its benchmark interest rate at a record low and said borrowing costs would stay at that level as long as needed for the economic recovery to strengthen. The bank board, led by its President Mario Marcel, kept the overnight rate at 0.5%. In an accompanying statement, policy makers wrote that economic prospects have improved. “The ...
Read More »ECB pressed by banks to extend capital relief
Bloomberg Banks are lobbying the European Central Bank (ECB) to extend temporary capital relief granted during the pandemic to keep credit flowing to fragile economies, according to people familiar with the matter. Lenders on the continent have been pressing officials to be allowed to keep excluding deposits held at central banks when calculating their leverage ratio. The exemption, set to ...
Read More »JPMorgan to bring UK staff back to office next month
Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. has told UK-based staff that more of them will return to office working starting next month as the country begins to wind down Covid-related restrictions. The American bank said in a memo that more workers would come to its London and Bournemouth sites from June 21. The offices will operate at a maximum of 50% ...
Read More »Commerzbank boosts outlook after posting surprise profit
Bloomberg Commerzbank AG posted a surprise profit in the first three months and upgraded its full-year revenue outlook, providing support to Chief Executive Officer Manfred Knof after he unveiled a new turnaround strategy to boost profitability. Revenue soared 35% in the first quarter after the bank joined peers in profiting from strong trading and investment banking conditions. That helped drive ...
Read More »Deutsche Bank overhauls fixed income sales
Bloomberg Deutsche Bank is rearranging how it sells fixed-income trading products as it seeks to lower costs without sacrificing revenue from the company’s biggest source of income. The new model will divide the coverage team into two groups, one focusing on flow and liquidity and another on client solutions. That’s in an effort to provide purely electronic or voice offerings ...
Read More »UBS bankers get $40,000 bonus on promotion to associate level
Bloomberg UBS Group AG will pay a $40,000 one-time bonus to its global banking analysts when they are promoted, doubling what some competitors are offering, as lenders seek to reward younger employees weighed down by a surge in dealmaking. Starting as soon as this month the Swiss bank will pay the sign-on bonus to analysts promoted to associates on top ...
Read More »Nomura moves past Archegos with Australia, New Zealand tie ups
Bloomberg Nomura Holdings Inc. announced business partnerships at home, Australia and New Zealand as Japan’s biggest brokerage seeks to move past a $2.9 billion hit from the implosion of Archegos Capital Management. Nomura signed an agreement with three regional Japanese banks to set up a joint venture to provide remote financial consulting services. It also struck up an alliance with ...
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