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Bank Results Season: Morgan Stanley bidding adieu to Investment Banking with a loss of $0.55 per share?

Unfortunately we will bid adieu (only to Morgan Stanley) here at advantages.us as of Q3 2012. A little unfortunate also because right now we do not really have a list of reasons why we would not like to follow thenm

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, US

Bank of America lets go of another Non US business | Deal Insight – Banking Insight

After $50 bln of asset sales thru 2009-2011 the bank was unable to satisfy the Treasury of its dividend plans and barely made the stress test parameters in Q1 as its new plans to go global witha strategy look more

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, European Sovereign Debt crisis, US

RBS sale of Asia Assets | Banking Insight – Deal Insight

RBS Asia got RBS off to a good start with the bank weeks away from shutting down the business of Corporate Investment Banking without bidders. Reuters report that more than 30 bidders have bid for various Asia Pacific assets. The

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Posted in Financial Markets

A global Banking tweet-o-rama | Advantage zyaada

The PBOC has opened a liquidity window all week supplying RMB 300 bn over 4 days to fund AgBank IPO #china 20 minutes ago via HootSuite AgBank has in the meantime closed the institutional window early to ‘devote’ tuesday to

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, China, Emerging Markets, Financial Services

Kotak Bank: Lying low and staying dull after ICICI (Bank)

On rants: Driving the agenda for quicker results announcements It is supposedly results season, Financial reforms have been on in this country for almost 20 years and Kotak is announcing results on May 12. Just when will people appreciate the

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Posted in Banking, Financial Markets, Retail Lifestyle

Why do we discuss Financial results? | Advantage 'zyaada'

I think a healthy discussion on results is a step up for Asian markets in the efficient markets stage, for Efficient Markets Hypothesis itsef or other theoretical constructs not singularly dependent on lack of flowing inside informationa nd compromised trades

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Posted in China, Financial Markets, Financial Services, India, Investments, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized, US

Russian Banks get into the act

Russians step in a big way to track out of the current depression probably emboldened by their presence on social media like facebook and social gaming. In a bid to follow on to traces of Russin gumption as commodities continue

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Posted in Emerging Markets, ETC, Financial Markets, Uncategorized

HSBC making the right noises? | Advantage zyaada

After ANZ bought RBS Asia assets for $550 m (A$ 600 m now ) minus India China and Malaysia and Stanchart failed to make the grade, HSBC got into the act as usual. With both the birds wounded in  pursuing

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Posted in Financial Markets

ING gets to make a profit, Buyer Beware?

The Discussion on Citi, BofA results, GS bonuses and JPM’s growth is scheduled on the same Diwali weekend as well.. The ING Sale: Will OCBC grow into a larger Pan Asian role? ING has sold the Asian private banking business

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Posted in Amitonomics, Emerging Markets, Financial Services, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized

ING's Private Bank sale

ING is trying to sell its Private Bank in Asia because it needs the $1 billion from the sale to cover the $11 billion borrowed from the Dutch Government (Netherlands, Prince Philip) The erstwhile sponsor of the New York Marathon,

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Posted in China, Global, Private Equity, Retail Lifestyle