06/12/2013

SocGen to ease African trade

The bank is now providing financial services - including import and export financing, bond issuances and bank guarantees - to its Chinese clients in Africa, especially in the northwestern part of the continent, Liu said.

04/14/2013

Hermes-Qinvest deal at risk

Egypt's largest investment bank, has released a statement saying its merger deal with the Qatari company Qinvest may not be executed if the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority ( EFSA ) does not approve it before 4 May

07/01/2012

Global investment banking fee income falls 25%

The fees totalled nearly $14 billion in the second quarter, down from more than $18 billion in the first quarter of 2012. Year to date, fees have totalled $32 billion, down 25 percent from the same period in 2011.