Investment banking

An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations, and governments in raising financial capital by underwriting or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities. An investment bank may also assist companies involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and provide ancillary services such as market making, trading of derivatives and equity securities, and FICC services (fixed income instruments, currencies, and commodities).

Unlike commercial banks and retail banks, investment banks do not take deposits. From the passage of Glass–Steagall Act in 1933 until its repeal in 1999 by the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, the United States maintained a separation between investment banking and commercial banks. Other industrialized countries, including G7 countries, have historically not maintained such a separation. As part of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act of 2010), the Volcker Rule asserts full institutional separation of investment banking services from commercial banking.

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AfDB Approves US$40m for Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund

This Day 17 Nov 2018

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved its third equity investment of US$40 million in Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund (AIIF3), a closed-ended pan-African infrastructure fund managed by South Africa-based Africa Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)....

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3-year bank FDs: SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank interest rates compared

Live Mint 17 Nov 2018

This might be a good time for you to invest some of your idle savings in bank fixed deposits (FD) as the share markets are volatile and interest rates have increased ... One of the safer ways to earn something from your idle savings is investing in bank fixed deposits....

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We did nothing wrong, says municipality over multi-million rand VBS investments

Business Day 17 Nov 2018

... email from the Treasury in August 2017 on the matter was “neither an instruction nor a directive”; it was instead “vague and presented no basis in law why investments with VBS Mutual Bank were not permitted”....

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China: A New Philosophy of Economics

Dissident Voice 17 Nov 2018

It will mobilize in the coming decades and possibly century trillions of yuan and dollar-equivalent of investments, mostly from China, Russia, the other SCO countries, as well as European partners, and foremost the Beijing-based AIIB (Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank) ......

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Credit Suisse weighs hundreds of job cuts to reduce costs

The National 17 Nov 2018

Credit Suisse initially declined to comment before saying that “the notion that we are weighing hundreds of active job cuts is unfounded.” The bank also said that it will continue to invest in talent and seek to grow revenue in wealth management and investment banking ... Germany's Deutsche Bank fails US Fed stress test....

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Six income tax-saving investments under Section 80C

Live Mint 17 Nov 2018

PPF (public provident fund), ULIP (Unit Linked Insurance Plan), ELSS mutual funds (Equity Linked Savings Schemes), National Savings Certificate (NSC), 5-year bank fixed deposits (FDs) and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana are some of the popular investment options that offer tax benefits under Section 80C ... Tax-saving bank or post office FDs....

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Billionaire Steve Cohen says bear market coming within two years

The National 17 Nov 2018

He said the trend toward index investing isn’t going to go away ... The trader, who already invests his own money in startups through Point72 Ventures, says his goal is to build a “complete” venture capital operation and that he’s been doing a lot of private investing in artificial intelligence, machine learning, fintech companies and cyber security....

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Mexican delegation visits Saudi Arabia to promote trade and discuss investment

Arab News 17 Nov 2018

“A delegation from the National Bank for Services and Public Works (BANOBRAS), the most important development bank in Mexico, visited Saudi Arabia to promote investment opportunities that will bring the countries closer together,” Mexican Ambassador Alfredo Miranda told Arab News on Friday....

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MF Wrap: SIP inflows rise in first 7 months of FY19 despite markets being volatile

Moneycontrol 17 Nov 2018

At present, domestic mutual funds have about 2.49 crore SIP accounts through which investors regularly invest in Indian mutual fund schemes ... Systematic investment plans, better known as SIPs, are in the news again as�their collections rose in the first seven months of FY19, despite the market grappling with volatility in that period....

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Unfavourable business climate stunts growth of firms

The Himalayan 17 Nov 2018

The growth of a majority of Nepali firms has stalled because they ‘avoid undertaking large-scale, risky investments’, as business climate is not favourable here, according to the latest report jointly published by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, a private sector lending arm of the World Bank Group....

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ECB policymakers keep a brave face

Taipei Times 17 Nov 2018

The eurozone economy is testing the mettle of European Central Bank (ECB) policymakers, who need to judge whether a multitude of uncertainties are crystalizing into serious risks to growth ... “The biggest risk for the eurozone is if too many of those risks were to materialize at the same point in time,” Dutch central bank governor Klaas Knot said....

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Gurumurthy Calls For Change In FRBM Act To Ease Liquidity Problem

Yahoo Daily News 17 Nov 2018

S Gurumurthy, RSS ideologue and member of the Reserve Bank of India’s central board, supported the government in seeking easier norms to ensure free flow of credit to small businesses ... India has $150 billion invested in dollars ... The banks were saddled with money ... Still 51 percent of savings of the Japanese are invested in bank deposits....

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Cow Creek Tribe buys Village Station in Roseburg

The Roseburg News-Review 17 Nov 2018

The Umpqua Indian Development Corporation, the Cow Creek Tribe of Umpqua Band of Indians, bought Village Station from Umpqua Bank for $2.7 million. Built in 1998 at 500 SE Cass Avenue, Village Station houses offices for different businesses and organizations including Umpqua Bank offices....