The New York Post reports that there's 'unrest' over at Deutsche Bank which is 'creating a talent drain as bankers and traders head for the exits'.
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Top Firm Staff Said To Be Heading For Exits Over Pay
Here Is The City Careers Has Gone Through An Overhaul
We're not completely there yet, but we have simplified the way our Careers offering works.
Read more »Probably The Greatest Bank CEO Rant Ever
This week sees the second anniversary of the sale of Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Chase, and we dipped into perhaps the most definitive account of the saga - 'House of Cards' by William D. Cohan for a quick refresher of how things went down.
Read more »Top Firm To Give Staff More Say In Running Organisation
The Financial Times reports that Barclays Capital is now rolling out a 'partnership' organisational model, which will allow 'partners' to have 'more say in the bank's future direction and their pay will be more aligned with profitability'.
Read more »'I Almost Threw Up When I Read The (Lehman) Report'
Here are a few reactions to Anton Valukas's 2,200 page report on the underlying reasons for the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008.
Read more »The Vic Daniels Column
First off, I've got to have a moan about the UK government's latest efforts to protect the public from dangerous dogs.
Read more »Lehman's Accounting 'Shenanigans'
Here's an interesting interview Bloomberg TV ran Friday with Brad Hintz, a top-ranked analyst over at Sanford C. Bernstein, on the subject of that 2,200 page report published last week on the events which led to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
Read more »BofA, Barclays, JPMorgan, Northern Trust, RBS
The Wall Street Journal reports that Bank of America has now agreed to disclose details of donations made with corporate funds to political parties and committees. The bank will not, however, disclose individual political contributions made by employees.
Read more »Top Firm Said Under Pressure To Break Itself Up
Fox Business News's Charlie Gasparino has reported that Bank of America is coming under 'increasing pressure' from US government and regulatory officials to break up the empire, as it is thought to be still much 'too big to fail'.
Read more »If Your Firm Was A World Cup Football Team........
32 teams have made the World Cup Finals in South Africa this year. And we were wondering what banks are most like the teams that have qualified.
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