Posts tagged: Bob Diamond
Monday, 5 December 2022, 11:46 pm
Buccaneering Bob Diamond is facing some stiff competition for Credit Suisse's new (or old) CS First Boston unit.
According to hacks at the Wall Street Journal, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is considering an investment of around $500 million to back the new Credit Suisse unit and its boss Michael Klein, the veteran dealmaker. Below is a link to the WSJ tale:..
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Sunday, 4 December 2022, 9:43 am
It's been quite a while since Betaville has seen David Rothnie's by-line appear on the front pages of the business section of a British national newspaper.
But today Rothnie - former investment banking editor at Financial News - turned up with a stunning tale about Bob Diamond weighing an offer for Credit Suisse's dealmaking advisory unit, which is now called CS First Boston...
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Monday, 18 January 2021, 7:46 pm
Things are going from bad to worse at Panmure Gordon, one of the City of London's oldest stockbrokers.
According to the accounts filed at Companies House last week, the storied company posted a post tax loss of £27.4 million in 2019 (in 2018 losses came in at £24.3 million). Ouch!..
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Thursday, 23 March 2017, 7:10 am
It struck me whilst combing through the recent coverage of the Bob Diamond / Panmure Gordon deal over the last few days that none of the excellent commentators had picked up on what a shoddy investment the stockbroker has been for Qinvest, the Qatari "investment bank" now run by some ex Goldman Sachs types...
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