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Byline: Peter Thal Larsen; Reuters REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS Nomura is still limping its way to post-crisis normality. Buoyant fixed-income trading revenue and a better performance in the United States in the [...]

Byline: Peter Thal Larsen; Reuters REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS Nomura Securities is making a symbolic break with the post-Lehman era. Top deal-maker William Vereker, one of the few former executives of the [...]

One of Germany's best-known investment bankers is joining Perella Weinberg, the advisory boutique, as a partner. Stefan Jentzsch, who stepped down as head of the corporate and investment banking arm [...]

Plan to allow clients fast access to assets Chancellor rejects US-style regime Laws dealing with the failure of investment banks are to be tightened, after the collapse of Lehman Brothers [...]

The failure of Lehman Brothers is seen as the trigger that caused the near-collapse of the global financial system, writes Peter Thal Larsen . But the decision by the US [...]

BANKS Capital raising to play increasing role Pressure on M&A and equities profits JPMorgan Cazenove, the UK investment bank, is relying on capital raising by large companies to power its [...]

BANKS JPMorgan Cazenove, the investment bank, is relying on capital raising by large companies to power its profits in 2009 as revenue from advising on mergers and trading equities comes [...]

On the morning of October 7 last year, Sir Fred Goodwin stood in front of a roomful of investors at the Landmark Hotel near London's Marylebone station. It was three [...]

News analysis The bank has taken a contrarian stance but it will be a while before it can claim it was right all along, says Peter Thal Larsen Ever since [...]

banks News analysis John Varley is determined to take a contrarian approach, writes Peter Thal Larsen Ever since the credit crunch started, Barclays has taken a determined contrarian approach to [...]

Move raises questions about group's strategy Speculation over future of investment bank UBS signalled its willingness to take dramatic steps to overhaul its business in response to the financial crisis [...]

UBS signalled its willingness to take dramatic steps to overhaul its business in response to the financial crisis by holding talks late last year with Morgan Stanley over the sale [...]

Concerns US groups will need more help Anglo Irish stock crash forces nationalisation Bank shares tumbled on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday amid intensifying fears Bank of America and [...]

Davies to join Brown inner circle Mandelson cites 'expertise on banks' Mervyn Davies, chairman of Standard Chartered bank, was yesterday hired by Gordon Brown to head Britain's trade promotion efforts. [...]

By Henny Sender, Francesco Guerrera, Peter Thal Larsen and Gary Silverman Published September 15 2008 On May 29 2007, with the clock ticking on one of the greatest global property [...]

UK bank overextended at the wrong time The new chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland yesterday blamed his predecessors for fostering a 'bull market culture' that helped force the [...]

Have we reached the bottom yet? That is the question most bankers are asking after a tumultuous four weeks from the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers to the co-ordinated bank bail-outs [...]

Interview Lord Turner of Ecchinswell Chairman, Financial Services Authority Peter Thal Larsen meets the regulator steering Britain and its banks through choppy waters Nobody can accuse Lord Turner of Ecchinswell [...]

Interview Lord Turner tells Peter Thal Larsen about his first few momentous weeks as FSA chairman Nobody can accuse Lord Turner of Ecchinswell of shirking a big challenge. In the [...]

GENERAL FINANCIAL News Analysis Folding in Lehman is the immediate task, write Chris Hughes and Peter Thal Larsen As the world braces itself for another week of mayhem on the [...]

Interview Sadeq Sayeed was behind deal with Japanese bank, say Chris Hughes and Peter Thal Larsen Two days after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September, Sadeq Sayeed, a veteran [...]

banks News Analysis The collapse of Lehman Brothers is being felt far and wide, writes Peter Thal Larsen When the US authorities allowed Lehman Brothers to fail last month, nobody [...]

UBS stake was held in bankrupt broker Location of SFr1.4bn holding uncertain Luqman Arnold's investment company, Olivant, has been hit by the collapse of Lehman Brothersas it emerged that itsentire [...]

Luqman Arnold's investment company has been hit by the collapse of Lehman Brothers after it emerged that its entire shareholding in UBS was held in accounts managed by the failed [...]

When Lloyds TSB called in its investment banking advisers late last month to advise it on the [pounds sterling]15bn takeover of HBOS, its domestic rival, executives at the UK lender [...]

News Analysis WaMu's collapse illustrated extent to which banks were exposed, writes Peter Thal Larsen The latest wave of the credit crisis can be traced back to two bank failures [...]

BANKS Effort to retain top London talent Bank will pay out in two tranches Lehman Brothers' top investment bankers in London have been offered large guaranteed cash bonuses by Nomura, [...]

BANKS Pledge in contrast to mood elesewhere Bank will pay out in two tranches Lehman Brothers' top investment bankers in London have been offered large guaranteed cash bonuses by Nomura, [...]

BANKS Pledge in contrast to mood elesewhere Bank will pay out in two tranches Lehman Brothers' top investment bankers in London have been offered large guaranteed cash bonuses by Nomura, [...]

Man in the News BOB DIAMOND Last Sunday evening, Bob Diamond was walking to a Manhattan restaurant with his wife and daughter when he received a phone call. It was [...]

Consolidation The deal will see BofA snap up its third large bank in less than two years, writes Peter Thal Larsen Ken Lewis, chairman and chief executive of Bank of [...]

Bank of America The Merrill deal is the third large bank BofA will have acquired in under two years, writes Peter Thal Larsen Ken Lewis, chairman and chief executive of [...]

US central bank firm in spite of turmoil AIG depresses stocks as banks hoard cash The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged at 2 per cent yesterday in spite of [...]

Cost of protecting defaults jumps Industry divided over turmoil When Chase Manhattan bought JPMorgan in the autumn of 2000, many thought the deal would trigger a series of mergers in [...]

Who's Next? Ever since Bear Stearns was rescued in March, a macabre game has been playing out in the financial markets. Institutional investors, hedge funds and banks have all been [...]

A bank that survived the Great Depression was finally felled by poor property investments and a small capital base, write Henny Sender , Francesco Guerrera , Peter Thal Larsen and [...]

A bank that survived the Great Depression was finally felled by huge property investments made at the top of the market, write Henny Sender , Francesco Guerrera , Peter Thal [...]

Regulators prepare ground for bankruptcy Barclays walks away over lack of guarantees Top Wall Street executives and officials were last night engaged in increasingly desperate efforts to save Lehman Brothers [...]

BofA leading candidate to buy Wall St bank Solution sought before opening of markets Lehman Brothers - one of the great names of Wall Street - is facing a weekend [...]

News Analysis Peter Thal Larsen , Francesco Guerrera and Henny Sender on the bank's options When Bear Stearns was rescued by JPMorgan Chase in March, bankers and regulators believed they [...]

BofA leading candidate to buy Wall St bank JC Flowers and China wealth fund involved Lehman Brothers - one of the great names of Wall Street - is facing a [...]

Bank of America among groups in talks Last-ditch effort to avert collapse Lehman Brothers was last night in talks with potential buyers - including Bank of America - in a [...]

Hunt for buyer amid share price plunge Bank of America among groups in talks Lehman Brothers was last night in talks with potential buyers - including Bank of America - [...]

News Analysis Peter Thal Larsen and Francesco Guerrera on the bank's new strategy for survival In recent months, Lehman Brothers executives have been involved in increasingly frantic efforts to raise [...]

Bank moves to sell $30bn property assets Credit crunch-related losses reach $15bn Lehman Brothers yesterday pinned its hopes of surviving the financial crisis on selling most of its prized asset [...]

News Analysis After the reshuffle, Peter Thal Larsen weighs up the investment bank's strategy In a less turbulent market, the reshuffle of senior management at Lehman Brothers would seem little [...]

Lehman Brothers has launched a sweeping shake-up of its senior management in a move that will see a number of executives, including the head of its international operations, leave the [...]

The head of Lehman Brothers' international operations is stepping down, triggering a broader shake-up of senior management at the embattled Wall Street bank. Jeremy Isaacs, the long-serving chief executive of [...]

BANKS News Analysis After the reshuffle, Peter Thal Larsen weighs up the investment bank's strategy In a less turbulent market, the reshuffle of senior management at Lehman Brothers would seem [...]

Korea Development Bank confirmed yesterday that it was in talks about a possible investment in Lehman Brothers, the beleaguered US investment bank that is under pressure to raise more capital [...]