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SocGen fourth-quarter profits tumble - FT.com
www.ft.com | 21 hours 1 minute ago
Société Générale, France’s second-largest lender by market value, warned that the trading environment would continue to be volatile this year as it reported an 89 per cent fall in fourth-quarter profits after its investment bank plunged into loss

Arqaam Capital extends use of Orc Trading solution - bobsguide.com
www.bobsguide.com | Feb 16, 2012
bSuccessful, longtime partnership with Orc and E2E Infotech renewed to address future needs of leading Middle East investment bank. /b

Financial Sector Concerns Persist Despite US FATCA Relaxations
www.tax-news.com | Feb 13, 2012
Tax-News.com delivers news headlines and features on international tax, law, politics, economics and trade.

Wall Street Bonuses Aren’t What They Used to Be | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Feb 10, 2012
Wall Street Bonuses Aren’t What They Used to Be. If maintaining employment served as your only Christmas bonus last December, you might not feel too bad for the investment bankers at Barclays PLC. - PR11796073

Video: BNN Market Call's top picks - The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com | Feb 10, 2012
Charles Dillingham, VP&Portfolio Manager, Morguard Financial, shares his top picks

Financial Technologies Forum LLC - Welcome to Clawback Season
www.ftfnews.com | Feb 9, 2012
In theory, we are in bonus season. But it’s looking more like clawback season as banks give bonuses more in line with performance. A case in point is UBS, which for the first time in its history is taking back part of the bonuses slated for its investment bankers, according to a report in the Wall

Credit Suisse results show just how bad it has become /Euromoney magazine
www.euromoney.com | Feb 9, 2012
Credit Suisse posted a loss for Q4 and a disappointing return for 2011 as a whole. But this says as much about the state of the industry as it does about the bank itself

Deutsche Bank tops Institutional Investor’s annual survey for European equity research
www.db.com | Feb 7, 2012
Deutsche Bank announced today that it has been ranked No 1 for the second consecutive year on Institutional Investor’s All-Europe Research Team, the benchmark 2012 survey of the region’s best sell-side equity research analysts ...

Investing In Banks For Income - Seeking Alpha
seekingalpha.com | Feb 7, 2012
< strong > By Michael Terry: < /strong > < p > One problem I have read about in many comments and articles is the inability to invest in the domestic "big banks" for income. When looking at the four largest banks in the United States, we see some puny dividends: < /p > < p > Wells Fargo ( < a

James Gorman: Market doesn't 'understand' Smith Barney deal - InvestmentNews
www.investmentnews.com | Feb 6, 2012
James Gorman, the CEO of Morgan Stanley, says the market doesn't understand the potential of the firm's acquisition. Instead, he said,