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It's a rotten time to be a banker. Whether their fingerprints are on a single credit default swap or collateralized debt obligation or not, financiers are being fingered for blowing up the global economy. The assets they traded are "toxic" and their bonuses "obscene." And members of the public...
Advising companies on mergers has long been one of the big moneymakers on Wall Street. Companies doing an acquisition or being bought typically hire an investment bank, or a few, to steer them through the transaction. The companies pay fees for this work, which advisers for both the buyer and...
For decades pure investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley dominated M&A. But in the past few years, the ability of the large banks to offer billions of dollars in loans to finance transactions has raised their standing among dealmakers. Citigroup has been the most successful in wresting...
For the time being, Citi's M&A team appears unaffected. Shafir says none of the hundred bankers who work in his division have left the firm on their own. And the firm is expected to rank among the top global M&A advisers when the so-called League Tables...
Is the stock market rally over? Up through Thursday's close, stocks were up 21% over two weeks, a gain fueled by positive news from the moribund housing market, an uptick in durable goods orders, and a well received plan from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to clean up the banking...