investment banking

Barclays PLC revealed Friday that it is slashing its bonus pool after earnings at its investment banking division fell sharply and dented overall profitability.

Credit Agricole SA, France's second- largest bank by assets, will report a loss for 2011 and eliminate 2,350 jobs at its investment-banking and consumer- finance units as Europe's debt crisis erodes economic growth.

The outlook for investment banking -- and the capital markets divisions of banks -- is looking pretty dismal for the third quarter.

Major British banks should ringfence investment banking operations from mainstream activities by 2019 to reduce the risks of taxpayers having to bear the cost of any future bailouts, a government-appointed commission recommended on Monday.

The British government intends to force banks to insulate their retail operations from their more volatile investment banking, a Treasury source confirmed Wednesday.

An independent British commission recommended Monday that banks should be reorganized so that firewalls protect retail operations from riskier investment banking activities.

Isaac Adomako Boamah is enrolled on the CFA Program in Ghana.

His boss, Joseph Cudjoe , encouraged him to study for the qualification Isaac A Adomako Boamah, a 26-year-old Ghanaian living in Accra, faces a nail-biting wait this weekend.

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed an explosive complaint yesterday against the investment banking titan.

How will they defend it?

City minister tells industry it cannot rely on taxpayers' 'charity' and calls for independent review of investment banking arm.

The Royal Bank of Scotland posted a wider first-half net loss Friday, as bad debts jumped to 7.5 billion pounds and sluggish activity in its retail and corporate businesses wiped out strong gains in investment banking.