I-bankers queue up to join boutique banking outfitsAshok Mittal, Pankaj Kalra and Prahlad Rao are among the dozen or so heavyweight i-bankers who have moved from larger firms to smaller outf...
How I-banking has evolved nearly five years after the Lehman collapseWith the primary equity market in doldrums, I-banks have turned their attention to qualified institutional placements and mergers and acqui...
- HDFC Bank beefs up I-banking division, hires Donald D'Souza, Nishikant Das
The senior level hiring comes at a time when many global investment banks are grappling with layoffs and restructuring.
Investment bankers use the downturn to prepare next big move; unwind with familiesIn Mumbai, there are at least a dozen top i-bankers who have moved out of high-profile roles over the past few months & are waiting for the...
- Layoffs & restructuring grapple investment banks like UBS, Nomura, Credit Suisse & Goldman Sachs
For now, foreign I-banks in India are looking to maintain a skeleton staff. Will hiring pick up anytime soon?
- Mid-sized investment banks such as Chicago's Lincoln Int, Japan's Mizuho, UK's Investec plan setting up arms in India
Nearly half a dozen new IBanks are setting up operations in India either as a wholly-owned subsidiary or in partnership with Indian entitie...
- Small is in for i-bankers as big-ticket deals disappear
There were 82 PE deals worth $1.4 b between Oct 2008 & Feb 2009 against 282 deals worth $8.6 b in the corresponding year-ago period.
- I-banks give IIM-A placements a miss
IIM-A, which started its placement season on Wednesday, saw i-banks leaving the turf to top consultancy firms. Pink slip blues | Siemens-in...
I-banks give IIM-A placements a missIIM-A set date with the second-best consulting firms such as McKinsey & Co, Bain and Co.
- I-banks' fee-based income dips
As companies put a break on investment and fund raising, investment banks face a sharp drop in their fee-based income.
- Global credit crisis shrinks i-bankers' pay packets
The global financial crisis has created a situation that investment bankers may not have imagined in their wildest of dreams.
- What's the problem in being an I-Bank ?
Investment banks did not stick to collecting fees from advising corporates, or managing other people’s books and money.
- Investment banking fees crash 32%
The subprime crisis seems to have had its effect on investment banks in India. Fewer deals and a falling equity market have caused a 31.6% ...
- Local investment banks outdo global peers at IIMs
Indian investment-banks have kept pace with the salaries offered by foreign firms for India operations. A typical offer is made for Rs 20 l...
- Wall St i-bankers are here
After years of ruling the world of M&As and big-ticket transactions, the K-Club of Mumbai comprising Kothari, Kotak and Kampani is now givi...
- Merger mania takes i-banks to a new high
This year, investment banking houses have earned more than $200 million from deals involving India Inc.
- Teller Instinct: I-Bankers groove across sectors and verticals
The Indian investment-banking (I-banking) space is witnessing a lot of churn.